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EOUT ALL NIGHT.

MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1927.

WANCHAI BLAZE.

CHAUFFEUR'S DEALINGS WITH CHINESE ASSISTANT BURNT PRAPS-P'RAPS NOT!

THREE CHINESE..

FREE RIDES AND FOOD.

The story of how the driver of

TO DEATH.

FIRE BRIGADE'S STIFF FIGHT

A fire broke out at 7.80, on! To-day's Fairy Story: An Arbour A public motor car was victim Saturday night on the ground Day is to be observed at Kowloon ised by three Chinese young men floor of No. 19 Tai Wo Street, Tong every Sunday.

shop to the extent of giving them long Wanchai, occupied by a

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Husband: "But why must I in-

joy rides the charge for which dealing in kerosene oil, A Chin-

as $15, and then tricked into ese, who was trapped in the cock-vite my friend to supper on Tues- paying $5.50 for food which the loft, was burned to death,

Both the Wanchai and Central Wife: "Because the cook's young

days and no other day?"

谢

谶

trio had partaken of in a Wan- chai restaurant, was told to Mr. Station engines were summoned man visits her on Tuesdays, and R. E, Lindsell at the Central and arrived on the scene a few then she cooks her very best!" Magistracy this morning when minutes after the alarm was

They succeeded in 'ex- First Boarder: "This butter is Lam Chau, one of the trio was given.

tinguishing the flames after a so strong it walks over to the coffee. charged.

and says, "How do you do?" According to the driver, he stiff fight lasting 20 minutes,

Second 'Ditto: "Yea, but the For a time neighbouring houses was engaged by the accused out- side the Lee Gardenat 9 p.m., on were threatened, but thanks to coffee is too weak to answer"

Policeman (to motorist who re- Saturday, After driving some the prompt action of the fire fight- distance, the car was pulled ers in directing steady streams of

on the flanks, the flames fused to stop): "Didn't I tell you and up

two other passen-water

to stop?" outside the were confined to the one shop.

Motorist: "Yes, but my wife told taken on gers

The shop was completely gut-me not to stop until I got home." Police Sub Station in Praya East. They then drove on to ted, whilst part of the first floor

Bride: "I want a pound of mince- Aberdeen where the three young and the staircase were also dam-

ment, and please take it from á men went out on a boating picnic aged..

The charred remains of the un-nice young mince." which lasted 95 minutes.

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They then drove back in the fortunate assistant were after-

Friend: "Well, do you make car via Deep Water Bay and went ward picked up and removed to

~much out of selling pigeons?" back to Wanchai where they the public mortuary.

Another assistant of the shop! Bird Dealer: 'ies, it's a pay- I sell them in the stopped at the Hung Tee Restaur- ant. The three young men in-was found by the firemen after ing game, vited the driver up to join them the fire had been extinguished. morning and they all come back at in a meal, but he declined. He He was unconscious, having been night." accepted a cap-of toa, however, overcome by the fumes of the This man and went upstairs to have it. burning kerosene. After spending about half an was immediately taken to the for the first time, hit the ball a hour in the restaurant, one of Government Civil Hospital where terri

he died soon after admission "Now, where do I run to?" he the accused's companions came: down and asked the driver to take without regaining consciousness. cried excitedly.

A part of the premises was oc- him for another spin. They went all over Wanchai and Town, the run about taking one

Then the car a quarter hours.

and

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Smith, being introduced to golf

terrific whack, and sent it half a

cupied by a motor car repair shop, and at the time of the Word craze

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It is claimed that the Cross- will Improve our blaze there were one motor car vocabularies. "The Cross-Word and two motor cycles in the place. Puzzle Book, Third Series," goes

of the machines is stated to be

follows:-

name before the public, and. was ordered to be stopped out These were burned into shapeles so far as to give a sample conver-

side the old Fire Station in more important still, provide Queen's Road Central at about heaps of scrap iron. The value sation between two addicts, as Mrs. W. By the way, don't I him with his daily crust of 1.90 a.m., on Sunday. Telling $4,000. Both the kerosene and hear that your little Junior met

the driver

to wait a moment, the repair shops were not covered with an accident? the man disappeared down a by insurance. side lane off Jervois Street and was not seen again.

bread.

As an "echo" of Moscow he visited Canton and other centres of China some months ago, when, poor man, he was moved to tears by the spectacle of a mere youth expounding on a public platform the "oppression" of China at the hands of the "hated Imperialists." Now that he is back under the always safe protection of the Union Jack he has been enjoying

CATHOLIC CLUB.

Mrs. F-Yes. The little oaf fell from an apse and fractured his artus.

Mrs. W.-Egad}

Mrs. F.-And to make matters worse. Dr. Bloop botched it so we had to trek into town for a spe

EXCELLENT PROGRAMME FOR cialist.

Pirata."

TO-NIGHT.

of the Roman Catholic

Mrs. W.-The zany!

I didn't mean

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Looked For Others. After waiting until 3.35 a.m., the driver drove the car back to the restaurant in the hope of finding the accused and the other man. When he arrived there,

Mrs. F.-Joe's fre was so aroused that he told Dr. Bloop right to his he found the place was already

An excellent programme has visage that he was a dolt and an closed for the night, but aa the result of information given to been arranged in connection with or him by one of the fokis of the the re-opening of St. Patrick's

the complainant Catholic Club, Garden Road, this Matrimonial Agent: I won't say restaurant, himself once more and vastly drove in the direction of No. 2 evening, the concert being timed to my client is young and beautiful entertaining others. At the an- met the accused's other friend. of St. Joseph's Church, and Pre- Yes, here it la.

Police Station. On the way he commence at 8 o'clock sharp.

The Rev. Fr. A. Riganti, Rector but she has a very fine house.

Client: Have you a photograph? nual conference of the, National He was in the custody of a centor

the client-I Minority Movement he has had Chinese constable, and the charge Cathedral, has gathered together a meant the house. the pluck or should it be hardi- against him was failing to pay veritable galaxy of talent and will for food obtained at the restaur-open the programme himself in

Office Manager: Brown, you hood?-to attempt the singing ant.

company with Professor E. Gualdi told me you had an engagement

Bellini's piano-duet ་འ། of the Chinese equivalent of the

The man persuaded the witness with

yesterday with your dentist.

Brown: So I did, sir. "Internationale." Verily a splen to pay for the food promising to The remainder of the programme

How was it then that I saw you did gesture of comradeship to the go with hira to find his friends follows:

at the cricket match?

Well, that dark man altting pext downtrodden in China whom Mos-and secure for him payment for

the car ride as well as the money Song-"La Serenata" (Tosti) cow has tried to convince that he had advanced for the food.

Mr. E. G. d'Aquino. to me was my dentist. (Puccini)...Misa De Condar. A policeman met a small boy in there is something gravely wrong Believing the man the driver paid Songe (a) "Aria di Manon"

(b) Pallida Mimosa" .... the streets at 1 am with the world and most of all in $5.50 and the man was released.

Misa De Coudar.} (G. Lama)

"What would your father Bay China. Little wonder that his They then drove about in the car.

until daylight looking for the ac- Comic-"I might learn to love him if he saw you here at this hour?" hearore-men of his own men-cused and the third man. Finally

later on"..... Mr. Hawkins. asked the patrolman, tality were "amused." In 'his at 6.80 a.m., the witness was Song "Povero Pulcinella" (Buzzi- "He would say, 'Don't tell your

Percia). Mr. G. d'Aquino. mother!" " role of the Clown of Socialism it taken to the accused's house, No.

18 Wing Fung Street, where they Comic-"The body in the bag" must have been his most success found him sleeping. The accus-

Messrs. Porter and Hughes. Bride: He's awful, mother!* He does not believe in bridge, dancing ful "turn."

on the Song-"Ave Maria" (Kahn) even although ed put all the blame

Mrs. Sangers. or any amusement. JOHNSON-On August 19, 1927, Reuter's cablegram does not men- third man, and all three then set

at the London Fever Hospital, Barbara, the dearly beloved tion that he was "repeatedly re. out to Wing Lok Street to look Song--Selected.... Mr. Wilmott. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. called and had to respond with an but failed to find the man.

for him. They went to a shop, Sketch "The Hen-Pecked Hus- Mother: But you must remem band" (by Mr. and Mrs. Blotto)ber, dear, you took him for better Messrs. L. Watts and B. A. or worse. George A. Johnson. (By encore" the while his enchanted

Kingston, audience kept throwing bouquets on to the platform.

BIRTH.

HARPER-On August 19, 1927, at the Country Hospital, Shang- hai, to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Harper, a daughter.

DEATH.

HILL-At Arosa, Switzerland, on August 27, Thomas William, dearly beloved husband Rosalind Hi

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cable),

TATE-On August 22, 1927, at General Hospital, Shanghai, Gordon Charles Gilbert Tate, aged 11 years, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Tate.

TETLEY On June 27, 1927, at Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Lionel Tempest Tetley, aged

53 years.

SOCIALISM'S CLOWN.

Accused's Story,

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Bride: Yes, but he would be so be-Piano-Duet "Il Pirata" (V.......much better if he were worse!

Bellini)

Prof. E. Gualdi and Fr. A. Riganti. Song "My Dreams" (Tosti)

Mr. E. d'Aquino. Song "Deathless Army"

Mr. Beaver.

In the end the complainant came impatient and asked the de Of course Mr. Tom Mann did fendant "How about it now?" The accused replied "There is no- something else than merely amuse thing else for it," and went with Police his audience. He could not resist the complainant to No. the temptation to have a tilt at Station where he was charged. Hungarian Dance-Miss De Coudar, the Japanese and Chang Tso-lin's

Accused said that his two Two Neapolitan Songs--(a) "Santa

Lucia Luntana."- companions were Liu Koon-sing alleged relations with the Japan and Cheung On-sang. It was (b) "A Vucchella”, ese, whilst he also made a veiled the former who had told him to

Mr. G. d'Aquino,

Small Boy: I bet he'd hiss you if I wasn't here.

His Sister: Willie, how dare you! Leave the room at once!

Housewife: But my good man, your story seems to have such a hollow ring.

Tramp: Well, that's because I'm speaking on an empty stomach.

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Hong Kong, Monday, August 25, 1827. reference to the cause of Chiang go and fetch the car promising to Comic Song "I said Who"

Mr. L. Watts.

Advertisement in the "personal" Kai-shek's retirement. What pay for its hire, while the latter

Song "Daddy Boy" (Wetherley)

column of a Georgia newspaper:- was the man who invited the

Mrs. Sangers. "I offer my services to the public Tom Mann thinks of China and party to the restaurant, and it Song--"Selected .... Mr. Wilmott. as literary writer on all subjects, China's affairs is, of course, im- was understood that he was going Song-The Sanctuary"

whether sollum or joyfull. All-800 Mr. B. A. Kingston. obituarist; giving departed friends Mr. Tom Mann has been at it material. A mischief,maker and to pay. Liu he knew lived in

Yaumati and although he did not "Got Save the King."

glorious welcome to the hairtafter." again, As the clown of the meddler he is, but we prefer him know his address he thought he Socialists, Extremists, and every in his more natural role of clown, could find him. Cheung lived at "ism" aimed at lowering the presin which respect we are prepared No. 8 Cross Street. tige of the Union Jack, he has few to give him any number of "un-home to bed, he said that after peers. He has mistaken his call- ing. As a politician he is rank failure. As a Labour leader he has no sane followers; Only in the circus of international affairs, of which he has as much know-

solicited testimonials."

REMEMBER SATURDAY.

SERVICES CONCERT IN THE

· THEATRE ROYAL,

Explaining why he had gone

the meal, Cheung did not have any money to pay, so be (accus- ed) went home to try and get the money. He found the place, lock-

RETURN VISIT.

EFREM ZIMBALIST COMING

IN OCTOBER. ···

We learn that Mr. A. Strok is

Lady Client: I don't know whe not ther I like these photos or They seem rather indistinct,

Photographer: But remember, madam, your face is not at all plain.

Two music-hall "strong men"

ed and he could not go inside, so bringing the famous violinist, M. applied to a manager for an en-

he returned to the restaurant, Efrem Zimbalist, to the Colony gagement. but on arrival was informed that some time about the middle of

of drawers made in Hoxton

"We get zo much of this sort of Service men "will be delighted to the bill had already been paid. October, when two or three recitals thing now said the manager. ledge as one of Madame Tussaud's learn that the Theatre-Royal has Concluding that the car ride had will be given in the Theatre Royal. "But perhaps you have some ne wax effigies, does he hold his own been definitely engaged for an- also been paid for, he went home. This talented artiste is no stunt something out of the

other concert on Saturday night

to sleep

stranger to Hong Kong, and music ordinary." as the clown de luxe. His utter under the leadership of Mrs. The Magistrate remanded the levers in general will doubtless we wind up our opening one ances and his antics add much to Younghusband. Tickets can "ba the galety of nations. They had at the usual places. Another case until 11 a.m., on Wednes welcome the opportunity of hearing one of the men, "by opening one of the drawers of an antique chest him again. entertaining programme is being day next for the accused to try can never be taken seriously-arranged, including a number of and find Liu, while Inspector Wil unless when he becomes positive new local artistes--it is confident son was told to get hold of ly dangerous by his penchant for ly hoped and there is no doubt Cheung at the address given by THEIR SECOND SUMMER THE

that the Service men will have a the accused. meddling in matters outside his thorough good time,

Teething and hot weather make own country. He "handles" sea- A number of pries are required

their second ‚aukimer: n. trying time for Saturday night, and if local

for little ones. Sumiler: disorder of men's strikes in Australia with arms in sympathy with this Ane Gen. Yang Hu, the Defence stomach and bowels and Infantile the same boldness impertinence, work among the soldiers will com Commissioner, and Miss Soumfering relieved by Chamberlain's cholers may be quickly controlled, and Indeed as he dabbles in Chinese municate with Mrs. Younghusband Cheng, chief judge of the Shang Calc aul Blartboes Remedy: Easy politics. All is fish that comes to or any member of the Committee itial District Court, have gone to to take in a little sweetened water.

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