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AIRMAN KILLED.

FATAL MOTOR CYCLING ACCIDENT.

KOWLOON NIGHT RIDE.

PRAPS-PRAPS NOT!

They appear to have a "Rose" Day at Canton yesterday.'

Leading Aircraftsman French of A distinguished gathering was the R.A.F., stationed nt the A Scotsman went to see a grez- present at the Cathedral on Satur- Camaron Road quarters, was the hound race. He stood for a mo- day on the occasion of the wedding victim of a motor fatality in Princement, then went up to a bookie and

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Little Mabel came running into

'Bon of Colonel Mrs. W. E. Wailes, to. Mias N. S. day night. The deceased was rid-hit" M. Baldwin, daughter of the late ing in the sidecar of a Harley- Major A. C. Baldwin and Mrs, Bald- Davidson motor cycle combination win.

The Rev. H. Copley Moyle, the Cathedral Chaplain, officiated at the

ceremony.

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Mr. Lo Cheung-ahiu and family desire to thank their relatives and friends for floral tributes and attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Lo Cheung-shiu.

Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 12, 1927.

IN THE THROES AGAIN.

driven by Mr. D. S. Pethick, when her mother, dragging Bobby, who the machine struck a heap of earth showed signs of having come off on the road, and French was thrown worse in an encounter with a mos-

quito, after her. heavily and Instantly killed.

Among those present were H.

It appears that Mr. Pethick met "Oh, mummie, mummio, look!". Clementi and Lady Clementi. General C. Cthe deceased at a dance at Kowloon she cried, the symptoms of the re- they left together at cent epidemic that had run through Luard and Mrs. Luard, Mra. Pear- Dock, and son, wife of Commodore Pearson, 11.15 p.m. to go for a spin in Mr. the house still fresh in her mind. Group Capt. Robertson, R.A.F. and Pethick's motor cycle in the direc- "Bobble's been bitten by a measle." tion of Kowloon City. They turn- Col. Hayley Bell.

Miss Luard and Miss Hayley Belled into Prince Edward Road with- The youth applying for appren- were in attendance as bridesmaids, oat incident, until the machine ticeship in the C.A.'s office seemed

Colonel Y. Contes of the 5/2nd

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The manager in scanning his

Punjabi Regiment gave the bride got to the junction of Montague Ede quite an eligible candidate. away and Captain E. S. Bingham of Avenue, at which point the road was the Queen's Regiment supported narrowed considerably by a heap of various "references did not,-how-

piled earth." the bridegroom as best man.

ever, seem unduly impressed. The bride was attired In white) As the road was not to well light-As a matter of fact, too, georgette with pearl trimming and ed. Mr. Pethick did not notice the was from a Band of Hope, one fringe, veil of white Ince with earth heap until the machine wae from a P.S.A. organisation, and orange blossom, and carried a beau-] almost upon it. The cycle atruck two from paraons.

one

tiful bouquet of white camelias. the side of the heap. What hap "M'es, my lad," commented the The bridesmaids wore dresses of pened to French at the impact is other, "so far, so good no doubt. peach taffeta with wreaths of gold not clear, but the machine continu- But before we discuss anything fur- leaves and rose velvet ribboned for some distance after hitting ther would you mind bringing a Their bouquets vare of pink dahlias.

the obstruction, and when it was couple from some folks who see you After the ceremony, Naval and eventually stopped by Mr. Pethick. during the week?" Military officers formed an archway who had managed to keep his sent,] Lof swords under which the bride and the sidecar was empty. The de- The "Meteorological Magazine" in

bridegroom left the Cathedral for ceased's body was found on the road lighter vein:- their car which was drawn to Head-some 70 feet away from the heap quarters House by sailors and men of earth. It is not clear whether of the R.A.F.

French jumped from the sidecar

There was a large gathering at the reception

at Headquarters or was thrown out, but it was evi- House where music was provided dent from the condition of the body by the band of the 5/2 Punjabis.

that the deceased must have hit the

List of Presents.

ground violently with his head and city Red in word and in deed.

killed instantaneously. How the Among the presents were the fol-body happened to be such a con- How long they will be permitted lowing: to carry on the Red regime is an-ment: lacquer hox and tray,

H.E. the Governor and Lady Cle-siderable distance from the spot where the accident occurred it fa other matter. The unpleasant Major-General C. C. and Mrs. Luard: difficult, to explain, unless the de-

picture. fact remains that they are in

ceased was dragged by the machine Sir Henry Gollan: hors d'oeuvres after falling out. possession, and are likely, for a forks.. time to make it very distasteful --and, of course, most unsafe-silver salver. for any who do not agree with clock. their unorthodox views and with their way of imposing Moscow's will on the people not entirely un-silver tea spoons.

H. P. and A. 17, White: silver vases. it was taken to the mortuary. suited for it.

Mr. and Mrs. Shields: cut-glass The funeral will taken place this sweet dish.

"Dirty days hath September,

April, June and November. From January until May, the

· rain it raineth every day. All the rest have thirty-one with-

out a blessed gleam of sun. If any of them had two and

thirty

They'd be just aa wet-and

twice as dirty."

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Mrs. Spalding, the only retiring member of Dalkeith Town Council

Sir Joseph Kemp: silver cruet set.

Mr. Pethick was fortunate to ex-seeking re-election, opened her ad- Royal Air Force Moss. Kai Tack: cape with minor injuries, but the dress at the electors" meeting with Headquarters R.A.F. China: silver

motor cycle was considerably dam-a good story.

She had been looking up an aged, "442 Flight: silver cigarette case.

French's body was removed to the eighteenth century dictionary, she Officers, 5/2nd Punjabis; silver Kowloon Hospital as soon as assis-said, wherein she found the defini- salver.

tance could be secured, but when tion of "statesman" as "a man who Lt. Col. F. and Mrs. Hayley-Bell: life was pronounced to be extinct gives of his best to, and works for,

the good of his country."

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver: silver ash tray.: Mr. and Mrs. Cock: Len cloth. L-Col. L. G. and Mrs. Bird: silver coffee spoons.

Mr and Mrs. Allen Cameron: butter knife.

afternoon.

"Stateswoman" was defined as "a woman who interferes in politics."

A realdent in a street which was undergoing repairs protested about a pile of broken paving outside his ́.

F. T. Claston: ming vase (period DR. WAN MAN-KALate.. Emperor Li).

Lt. Col. E. D. and Mrs. Mathews: cut-glass decanter,

Col. and Mrs. Cardew: Jade bird. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter: silver vase. Major and Mrs. Miles and Miss Scott: embroidered luncheon set,

WELL KNOWN RESIDENT

PASSES AWAY.

"Can't you take this away?" he shouted to one of the men on the job-an Irishman.

Meanwhile, merchants in Hong Kong have, apparently, got to grin and bear it, as they have had to many times in the recent past. "Trade cannot but be im- mensely dislocated, shipping be. tween the two centres must con- siderably suffer, whilst the Red

"Where will I take it?" asked regime holds away. The hand of

The death occurred yesterday Paddy, with a grin. Whereupon the clock of trade progress be-)

morning at his residence at No. the man told him clearly and force Mr. and Mr. King. cut-glass jam 28 Caine Road of Dr. Wan Man-fully where he might take it. tween Hong Kong and Canton has jar been put back, as It has been so spoons.

Mr. and Mrs. Raworth: Satsuma often since 1925. And it seema vase. that we can only wait with what Major Stewart, R.A.M.C.: cloisonne degree of patience we may still possess for the Reds to be ousted in turn and another war lord step in with the same ethics and prin- ciples as so many of his predeces- sors the exploitation of the city for his own selfish ends. Where it will all end, nobody knows and nobody dare predict. It is no con- cern of oura save that our trade

is once again menaced and, maybe, British property and British lives jeopardised.

ARMS IN DUBLIN.

HEAVY SEIZURE BY- POLICE.

L.R.A. DUMP?

Belfast, Yesterday,

Mr. and Mrs. Shenton: set of Devon kai, a well-known Chinese medical "Hadn't I rather take it to

practitioner.

Heaven?" was Paddy's retort. "It The late Dr. Wan Man-kai was would be more out of your way born in Hong Kong and was 68'

there!' years ago. He was one of the first Chinese doctors to practise West-Don't bring me any more bills," Mr. and Mrs. Sutton: nut-crackers. ern methods of healing in the Major and Mrs. Carrington-Sykes: Colony. luncheon set.

vane.

dishes.

T

said the husband, in despair. "I T. D. E. Fendered: silver Aweet Central School in Hong Kong, and

Dr. Wan was educated at the can't face them."

"I don't want you to face them, Major and Mrs. Hogg: cushion, later at the Tientsin Medical Col- darling," replied the wife. "I only Major and Mrs. Lynch: enamel lege, On leaving Tientsin, he pro- want you to foot them." shingle comb and brush.

ceeded to Canton where he served Capt. and Mrs. Hunt: coffee cups. in the Canton Hospital for a few Capt. and Mrs. Charles: tea service, shaker and glasses.

Comdr. and Mrs. Figgins: cocktail

Capt. Bingham: Swatow tankards. Miss Luan: embroidered jewel case. Mr. and Mrs. Cock: tea cloth. writing set.

Mr. and Mrs. Mayes: blackwood tables.

Mr. and Mrs. Hopes: glass silver jam jar.

sek.

Dr. and Mrs. Kochi ten cloth. Dr. and Mrs. Minett: silver junk. Dr. and Mrs. Shellshaar: ten tray. Afr. and Mrs. Owen Hughes: cruet

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years as a colleague of the inte Teacher: "Take this sentence: Dr. John G. Kerr, who founded the 'Drive the cow out of the field." hospital, as well as the Canton What mood?" Asylum.

A few days ago, Dr. Wan con- tracted influenza and his condition! rapidly became worse, He passed

Bobby Bright: "The cow."

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The wife of one of the newly rich

away at 5.55 a.m. yesterday, death went out to dinner one night. Her being due to cerebral congestion hostess was musical. Would you and influenza.

like a sonata before we go in to

Dr. Wan leaves a widow, five sons dinner?" she asked. "Well, I had · and two daughters. Of the sons, a couple before I started," was the two are medical practitioners, these answer, “but I think I could man- ̧ being Dra. Y. S. Won and Ying age another."

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An ardent visitor was calling on

Capt. Moffatt: lacquer coffee Bet. Wan. Another son, Mr. I. S.. Wan, T. A. Martin: silver napkin rings. is a chemist, and one is studying Mr. and Mrs. Weall: vowder bowl.dentistry in London, while the fifth Royal Artillery Mess. Kowloon: cut- is receiving his education at St. his country sweetheart. Acciden- glass bowl.

Mr. and Mrs Seymour-Taylor: China

Stephen's College.

tally, he dropped a pawn ticket on

The funeral took place this after the floor when reaching for a hand-

bowl.

Dr. and Mrs. Smalley: silver tea noon.

strainer.

Col. and Mrs. Robinson: tray with

Mandarin coat panel.

Licuts.

Reid and

cloisonne box.

Farquharson;

Miss Lacey: China bowl.

CARGO ON FIRE.

CARGO IN LOCAL GODOWN DESTROYED.

Cheques from: Cat. V. Costas, Major A sensation has been created by Smith, Col. Waller, Mrs. W. E. Wailes, the biggest seizure of munitions Mrs. F. Walles, Mrs. H. Walles, Mrs. ever made in Belfast. The Police, F. G. Wailes, Mrs. N. Wailes, Mrs. Lewis Baumer, Mrs. Bingham, Mrs.

A fire which broke out early yes after searching for two days, en- Baldwin, Mrs. Beard, Mrs. Waterfield, tered a vacant house in Whiterock Mrs. Gibbons, Col. Denham,

terday morning, caused considerable Road and found rifles, revolvers,

damage to general cargo stored in. bayonets, machine-gun, an enormous

a godown in the western district. quantity of explosives, Including U. S. NAVY IN CHINA. The scene of the fire was in Sal On bomba and 17,000 rounds of rifle

kerchief which the girl had drop- ped.

"What's that?” asked the obser- vant maiden who had never seen a” sample of the familiar pasteboard. The youth turned à brillfänt red, but, honesty was his policy.

"That a pawn ticket," he replied. "Then why didn't you get two, the innocent. so that we could both go?" asked

Canton is once again in the throes. The Reds have secured possession of the city and declar- ed that everything Communist is to take precedence. Unhappy Canton! No sooner does it ap- pear to be on the threshold of better things better Govern- ment, better trade-than the whole apple cart is upset and all has to be done over again from the very beginning. It is, to put it as mildly as possible, annoying and irritating to the merchants of this Colony. Time and again ex- pectations of an improvement in trade between Canton and Hong Kong have been expressed. and not without good reason, and then another General appears on the scene and another clash of arms is the result. No sooner does that General look as if he is de- termined to keep the lawless elements in their place than he himself is the victim of a coup and has to flee for his life. The first reports of yesterday's fight

The Secretary of the Navy, in his chine from Kennedy Town, also res annual report, states:--

ponded to the call.... As the outbreak ing gave the impression that it

The protection of Americans in threatened to be serious, a call for you want to pinch my Hon!" would be confined to the so-called

China had been most difficult and additional help was sent out, and Ironsides and a number of unita

required the greatest tact, patience Wanchal despatched - an--ongine, and calm judgment in the face of which arrived on the scene in time who had, willy-nilly, joined them

tremendous provocation and insult to render valuable sesistance from school, crying broken-hearted- Tommy had just arrived home after the November coup as soon

The principal clash had occurred at [. A stiff fight which lasted nearly as General Li Chal-sum had turn-

Nanking on March 24, when it can- an hour followed, during which, the "What's the

Batter?" asked his ed his back. Whatever the actual APPOINTMENT WITH INSTONE not be doubted that an attack on firefighters had to attend to the mother in alarm trea

BANKING CORP

foreigners had been premeditated | congested neighbourhood as well as "Teacher walloped me somethin' cause of the first clash yesterday Wed

and carefully planned by organised tackle the flames and confine them crool yesterday for eatin' It is clear that it was taken full

Mr. Kwok Ying-cheong has join doubt that the prompt and ener

troops. Similarly, there was no to the godown. In the end the school, he managed between his advantage of by the Reds, who ed the Instone Banking Corporation

are men were successful in the un-sabem MENTI

But why are you crying about it : were known to be flocking to Can- and will act sa Chinese President the action of the British and Ameri- even struggle and the flames were to-day Tommy 1 wald mother, h

holesale extinguished, but not before severe Tommy save ontgreat sob. ton for the very purpose of effect of the Bank. He will continue to CAR fleets prevented

interest himself in the development massacre

damage was done to cargo stored in Because you were out yesterday

he replied

ammunition.

The contents of this arsenal were removed in three lorries. It is re- ported that the house is a central dump of the I.R.A. No arrests have been made.-Reuter.

MR. KWOK YING-CHEONG.

SECRETARY ON PROTECTION OF NATIONALS.

Washington, Yesterday.

ing another coup and making the

of the reclamation at North Point, American Ser

"Lend me

a quid. I want to Lane, off Des Voeux Road West,

pawn my watch.”

"Then you don't need any and near to the Taiping Theatre. money.". The alarm reached the Central Fire

"Oh, yes;- I've got to buy the Station at 1.27 am, and two en watch first.". gites were despatched. One ma

thek godown

· Lion Tamer” “Ah, you wretch!

I thought you had some vile schemeľ

Im