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DEATH.

CRUICKSHANK. On November

19, William Arthur Carruthers Cruickshank, formerly of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1927.

NEW SERVICES HOME LANDSLIDE SEQUEL

UNDER WESLEYÄN METHODIST AEGIS

TO-DAY'S CEREMONY.

CONTRACTOR FINED $200 BY MAGISTRATE

SHORT-TIME TO PAY UP.”

PRAPS-P'RAPS NOT!

To-day's fairy story-Shanghai cricketers have asked Fincher to play for them in the next interport

The foundation atones of the Chaw Kam, the Chinese contrae- Wesleyan Saliors". and Soldiers' tor who was some time ago remand game. Home on the Praya East takes ed. by Mr. R. E. Lindsell on a 1 place this afternoon when the cere charge of afarting work on a re-

A Scotsman on holiday in Lon- mony will be performed by H.E. taining wall in the Mohammedan den entered a first-class restaurant : the Officer Administrating the Gov. Cemetery without a permit, was and ordered a lamb chop. After a ernment, the Hon. Mr.-W-again before the Court this morn-long delay the waiter returned with Southorn, C.M.G., Commodore J. L. ing.

a chop of microscopical proportions. Pearson, C.M.G., R.N., and H.E. When the Magistrate reminded "I say," called the customer, “I Major-General C. C. Luard, C.B., the defendant that he had admit-ordered a shop." C.M.G.

ted the offence at the previous hear. "Yes, Sir," there it la

Victim: "You've pulled three teeth out. I only wanted one pull- ed."

Scottish Dentiat: "Aye, ah kan. I gave ye ower muckle gas, and I didna want to waste it."

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The Home is being erected to take ing of the summons, he assented, The Scot loaned down. "Ah, no the place of the Wealoynu Sailors' but remarked that the work he had it is," he replied, peering at it. and Soldiers Home in Arsenal undertaken at the cemetery was closely. "I thocht it was a crack Street which is shortly to be de- merely minor repairs.

in the plate." molished under the Government's Mr. Lindsell: Minor repairs in- road improvement scheme and it deed! You carried it out in suck was felt that the new building musta way as to cause a fatality. You be worthy of the Colony in struc-are fined $200. ture and equipment.

The defendent said that he did The result is that considerable not have so much money to pay. expense will have to be incurred The Magistrate said that defen- and, although a good sum has been dant would have to send out for the raised much more is yet: needed in money. He would be given until 4| the way of subscriptions to the new p.m., to pay the fine, and, if it were enterprise. It should be emphasis- not forthcoming, by them, he would ed that, whilst under the aegis of have to go to jail. the Wealeyan Methodist Church, the The defendant said that he must Home is open to all service men go and see the Committee himself without distinction of rank or creed. to get the money. Parts of the building will be avail- Mr. Lindsell: What has It got to The lady visitor was impressed able for publle entertainment and do with them? It is the contrac-by the convict's education and ad- provision is to be made for the tor's business to know the reguln- dress. He always rose when she holding of "Lodge" meetings or re-tions.

"addressed him and bowed when she ligious services on an entirely The defendant again repeated his left. One day she screwed up cour- voluntary basis 15 occasion de-request, to be allowed to go to the age and put the question: "Why Committee, to which Mr. Lindsell are you in this distressful place?". replied that he could only permit

mande.

Stome Inscriptions. The Inscriptions on the stones are as follows:~~~

"Surely, Chloe, you're not going. to marry again, when the Lord has. just taken Rastus?"

"Yes, I sbuah am,” replied Chloe. "As long as ever the Lawd taken 'em, so will I."

him to communicate with them by here for robbery at a seaside hotel." "Well, madam," he returned, "I'm

telephone.

Defendant: I won't run away. Mr. Lindsell: How do I know that won't?--I have my business at

"Oh, how interesting," she stam-. mered. "Were-ware you the pro- prietor?"...

On behalf of the men of H.M. Army H.E. Major-General C. C. Luard, C.B., C.M.G., laid this stone.you

On behalf of the men of the No. 6 Lankwaifong, Royal Navy and the Royal Air

The Magistrate permitted him to Force Commodore J. L. Pearson, go out himself to raise the money. wonderful age?"

fixing the time limit to expire at 4

C.M.G., R.N., laid this stone.

ing in its straightforward sys- tem of propaganda, telling the truth at all hazards, the China

To the glory of God through ser- p.m. Association undoubtedly accom-vice to the men of H.M. Forces, plishes a great deal.

H.E. W. T. Southern, Esq., C.M.G., With the sentiments expressed ment laid this stone.

Offeer Administrating the Govern- at the annual dinner on Monday

The service will open with the night save that of Lord hymn "All hall the power of Jesus' Peel respecting Nationalism name. The Rev. J. C. Knight Anstey," the Wesleyan Minister, absolute will make a statement regarding

Lord the home, and then the foundation

vice to a close.

FREE.

KIDNAPPED CHINESE TEA MERCHANT.

whom' no report was ever made.

Liberation came to the mer-

police.

The Reporter (to centenarian): "And to what do you attribute your

The Centenarian: "Well, as far as I can make out, sir; it lies be- tween somebody's salts, and some- ona's old ale, though there's a beef extract and invalid port what's' in the running, but the bargaining ain't finished yet,"

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A lady, who had heard that an omnibus strike was impending, got

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At a London market a vendor of

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"What is that?" asked a would- be purchaser.

--there will be unanimity out here.

Through investigations based in a No. 11 the other day. When Southborough, although fol-stones will be laid. Following the upon a statement made by a men- the conductor had given her. lowing in the wake of "The ceremony the Rev. G. F. Stopford, her of a gang of armed robbers re-ticket, she leant towards him and Times," in urging that there BA, CH.D., C.F., will read the cently arrested, the French police whispered confidentially, "Are you

coming out to-night?” lesson. There will be another hymn have succeeded in releasing Я should be no weakening of the and the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie wealthy Chinese ten merchant who "I am afraid I can't, mum," said safeguards for British trade in will offer a dedicatory prayer. The was kidnapped while on a brief the conductor; "I am going out China, undoubtedly scored a point National Anthem will bring the ser- business trip to Shanghai but about with my old woman." when he pleaded that the nego-

The Committees.

Wife (pleadingly): "I'm afraid; tiations for a radical change in The Committees responsible for chant in a dramatic fashion on Jack, you do not love me any more the nature of the British Conces- the work are:---

November 11 when detectives burstany way, not as much as you General sion in Tientsin should not be con-and Treasurer: Rev. J. C. Knight aitting dejected and forlorn, a plc-

Committee:-President into his prison. They found him used to."

Husband: "Why?" tinued. Mr. Hilton Young put the Anstey; Joint Hon. Secretaries: ture of abandoned hope.

Wife: "Because you always lot position even clearer when he Mr. A. Dransfield and Mr. H. The merchant is a native of me got up to light the fice now." asserted that "it is useless in the Glover; Members: Mrs. Anstey, Kiangel and visited Shanghai on your getting up to light the fire Husband: "Nonsense, my love! Mrs. Kirk, Mrs. Makeham, Rev. Ed-business. While staying with a present position to bargain with

gar C. Dewatoe (Chairman and Gen- friend he was kidnapped by two makes me love you all the more," chaos." British policy has always oral Superintendent South China men who carried him off in a motor been benevolent. It shall continue District), Mr. S. Hamer, Mr. J. C. car. With the usual Chinese re- to be so-but there is a danger Joughin, M.B.E., M.IN.A., RUN.C., ticence and distrust of police inter-plants was extolling the beauties of of such benevolence being miscon- Mr. A, Kirk, Mr. F. Ling, Mr. A. ference in such cases, the merchant's his wares.

J. May, A.R.I.B.A., Engr. Capt. friend made

no report to the strued and taken advantage of Michell, R.N. during a period of chaos. Lord Building Committes:—Rev. J. C. French detectives stumbled across

"That," replied the stallholder Peel did-to his credit-utter A. E. Clarke, D. Dransfield, S. had been kidnapped when one of Begonia family," and then, in an

clue to Knight Anstey (Chairman), Messrs. a

the fact that he scratching his head "belongs to the one really sensible sentence when Hamer, F. J. Ling, A. J. May, C. a gang of armed robbera volun-aside: "I'm looking after it for 'em he declared that until a stable Sara, A. Kirk (Convener). teered the statement that another while they're away from home." government is established the! Stone-laying Committee:-Rev. J. gang had kidnapped the merchant The voice of the China Associa British Government will not de-Messrs. D. Dransfield, W. H. Ed-at a house in the Chinese city.

Rural Magistrate: "I'll have to C. Knight Anstey, (Chairman), and were holding him for ransom

fine ye a dollar, Joff." tion has again been heard in the part from its policy of neutrality. monds, J., H. Gelling, J. C. Joughin, Acting promptly on this informa- Jeff: "I'll have to borrow it off'n affairs of China. It is a voice More than that cannot be said, A. J. May, H. Glover (Convener). tion, the Chief of the 2nd squad of ye, Judge." that need not be criticised too and all the fulminations of the

the French Criminal Intelligenca Magistrate: "Great snakes! It seriously, nor yet welcomed with extremists to the contrary cannot

Department, staged a surprise raid was only to git a dollar that I was an November 11. With Infinitefining ye. Git out! Ye att an overflow of exaggeration. exert the slightest influence in the

precaution to take the kidnappera guilty, anyway.". The need for the China Associa-direction of recognising this or

by surprise, they surrounded the tion and the subsequently formed that unstable and insecure fac-

An infuriated man rushed into a.. house, battered down the door and obtained control of the building little country newspaper office and China Committee was strongly tion, no matter how strong it may

without hardly being preceived. enid that his death had been an- demonstrated in the height of the appear to be at a given moment,

In one room were found three nounced erroneously, crisis in this Colony a couple of

A Chinese contractor this morn- They wore

Chinese, two of whom tried to bolt. Well," said the editor, "we navor years ago. Its role is mainly that

ing pleaded guilty" before Mr. R.

arreated. The third contradict anything we have pub of propagandist throughout the

E. Lindsell at the Central Magis chant who was released. A search to terms. Without charging you was the unhappy merlehed. But I am willing to come length and breadth of Great Britain, particularly as regards the Houses of Parliament, where such a lot of misinformed opinion

Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1927.

"FIRST PRINCIPLES.”**

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SEX BOOKS.

SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION AND FINES.

WEAK MORTAR.

CHINESE CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY.

WALL TO BE DEMOLISHED.

tracy to a charge of using weak mortar in the construction of a re- taining wall on Caroline Hill.

A representative of the P.W.D., said that the wall was now, between

Chinese

of the place brought to light an anything, I will put you in the automatic pistol and five car Births Column to-morrow and give tridges.

you a fresh start." " Other arreats had been made Three Chinese bookshop owners

over the week-end (says the "Papa, is it true that mushrooms. in Hollywood Road, and the holders eight and ten feet high, and it was "Shanghai Times" of November 151 grow in wet places?" of three bookstalls in other parts mortar were taken and tested, when ing. their investigations with the ed.statements circulated. During

a bad case. Two samples of the and French detectives are continu- "Yes, my son." of the town were this morning.sum the first broke under a weight of

is given expression to and distort

The

lb. weight. The Magistrate imposed a fine of $50 and ordered the wall to be de molished to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.

POPPY DAY.

$28,000 COLLECTED IN SINGAPORE.

gong,

"Is that why they're made like umbrellas ?"

'Ow's things, Bill? Ave th police still got yer set?"!

"My oath they avelThey're Tettin' th' wife out of gaol next

BANGKOK SERVICES. week."

FLANDERS POPPIES SOLD FOR FIRST TIME.

the zenith of the strike and the moned before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at 6 lb., whilst the other broke under hope of rounding up the entire boycott there was a strong local the Central Magistracy charged undercurrent of feeling that the with selling certain sex books in people at Home did not understand which occurred some indecent pas

and, therefore, could not appre- They were all convicted. ciate to the full-the troubles bookshop holders were fined $50 that we were undergoing out sach, while owners of the book- here. The same can be said with stalls were muleted in the sum of equal truth of the position in All the offending books were or-

$30 each China itself to-day. Places and dered to be confiscated. §. names are but empty words to too many at Home, conveying no- thing to them. They judge every development by, perhaps a slight smattering of knowledge of some Isolated occurrence. And the ex- tremists in their pronounced bias naturally make the most of any situation that may be inclined to show China and the Chinese asco LAGAR The scapegoat or the opp

the exploited pet

Continu

MR. W. A. C. CRUICKSHANK

Death at Home Last: Saturday.

The stork came to-night-and- left you a Hitlo sister, Hans,” Do you want to see her?"

"No papa

I'd rather see the

"Why do you put Manuela in

Because this donkey has a nasty.

Bangkok, Nov. 11. For the first time Flanders | stork," Although the final results of the popples are being sold in Bangkok Poppy Day collection in Singapore in aid of Earl Haig's Tand. The are not yet known, we (Straits appeal is only being made to British Times") are informed that the total subjects, DONATOM so far fe roughly $28,000, as com- It is expected that £500 will be trick of ducking als head.”” pared with $28,000 last year with sent to the tund 325,000 in 1925 The death occurred at Home on The warme Saturday last Novembe Mr. William Arthur

the communi Cruickshank, who wa Buy one with Messrs. Jardine,

Mr. Cruikshank, who Kong many years

membered Zöldětí

The chief part of the Armistice congratulations of Day celebrations was the special GET RID OF THE TORMENT OFr

be extended to service, held at Christ Church, dur→ RHEUMATISM OU

of ing which the two minutes silence No need to keep on suffering the

¿was observed.

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