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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1923.

CHINA NEW YEAR. STOLEN BY POLICE?

Pre-Festive Season

Activities.

FEATURES OF THE BAZAAR.

EX-PRISONER'S LOSS OF CLOTHING

INTERPRETER CHARGED,

PRAPS-P'RAPS NOT!

A Scotamun, not feeling, so well as usual, called on his family doe- tor, who looked him over and gave

Mr. Leo d'Almada, Sen., appear him some pills to be taken, at bed-: ed before Major C. Willson at the time. Whisky was also prescribed

Legendary Bargains & Tips For The Central Magistracy this morning to for his stomach's sake, a small

Foreigner.

After a year of bad trádé, an settled conditions and unprecedent ed upheavals, the Chinese can have little regret for the passing of the "Ting Mau" year of the present cycle.

The weather has not been un- favourable so that the huge army of tradespeople who usually reap a harvest just before New Year ought, to do fairly well at least.

Sunday is Chinese New Year Eve when the finishing touches will have been put to an elaborato sarles

mand and bail.

"Have you taken the medicine exactly as I instructed?" the doctor Inquired.

defend Chiang Shiu-chul, a' Ser-glass to be taken after each meal. | geant Interpreter employed at "the Four days later Sandy again call. Central Police Station who is ed on the doctor, stating he was charged with the theft of two pieces feeling no better. of clothing belonging, to a Chinese who was arrested by the Police on January 5.

Mr. d'Almada applied for a re- "Wee!, doctor," replied the patient, "I may be a wee bit behint Mr. P. P. J, Wodehouse, C.I.E., wi' the pills, but I'm six wecks (D.S.P.) who prosecuted, when, ahead wi' tha whusky," asked for his vlaws with regard to bail, sald the case was a serious Two stuttering blacksmiths had one because a Government servant finished heating a piece of pig iron, was charged with inrceny,

and one placed it upon the anvil Giving the facts of the case, Mr. with a pair of tongs. Wodehouse said that at I am. on ' "H-h-h-hit it," ho stuttered to his

of preparations for the auspicious January 5, a Chinese was brought helper.

day.

Kitchen Thanksgiving.

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to the Central Station on some "Wh-wh-wh-wh-where?" charge into which he need not go, the other.

naked

The man brought with him a suit- "Aw, h-h-h-h-beck, we'll have to Monday heralds In the celebra-case containing two pieces of cloth-b-h-hent it again now." tions proper-extending in Hong ing. This suitcase, which was un-

Kong for about a week and in some parts of China for half a month. During the last week-end house holds went through their kitchen thanksgiving services and shopping

"I think began the witness.

"We don't care what you think we want to know what you know," stormed the barrister.

locked, was taken possession of by "When did the robbery occur?" the police and placed under the sent asked the cross-examining barris- behind the dock in the Chargeroom. ter. At 4 p.m., the prisoner was releus- ed and went away with his suitenge, has now commenced in earnest. He did not examine. Its contents be- Down at the Bazaar-upbody cause he thought it would be all need be told where it is stalls are right since it had been in the cus- "Well, I may as well get out of now replete with merchandise rang- lody of the police. When he got the box then," replied the witness. ing from cloth caps (model White-homo he discovered his clothing "I can't talk without thinking; I'm chapel '96), trumpery dolls, peacock missing and returned to make a re- not a lawyer." feather ornamenta, millions of port. Boston garters (made in Japan)

and trillions of factory socks (mostly from Shanghai).

Chrysanthemum and Peony,

wonderful

•

Found in Pawnshop.

A young bachelor 'who was beset Inquiries were made at a likely by a sewing machine agent told the pawnshop near the Station and a latter that his machine would not long coat was recovered there. It answer his purpose.

"Why," said the agent with Still, beauties of the fair are ap-had been pawned for $10 by a small preciated by its motley crowd. boy doing odd jobs at the Station. voluble praise, "It is the best on seas. Their courage and pertin-There are avenues of plants in pots, The boy alleged that the accused the market in every respect."

"That may bo," replied the sup- in gave him the cont to pawn and he chrysanthemums. acity in the face of long and dan-bloom, orange trees in fruit, includ-handed the money over to the c-posed customer; "but the sewing gerous odds will, no doubt, receive ing curious malformations due to cused. A riding jacket was not re-machine I am looking for must

covered.

have flaxen hair and blue eyes." due and proper reward. Whether the misguided ingenuity of the gar-

The hearing of the case was fix-. BO or not, the story of their dener, characteristic examples of

stunted trees and shrubs, prettyed for Thursday afternoon next, Aberdeen, is open to take lessons in Even an Aberdonian, it home in heroism has been flashed to the peonies-to usher in prosperity bail being fixed at $500. ends of the world and they have and, last but not least, the two the satisfaction of knowing that, specimens of the lucky flowers

which grace every in the widest sense of the term, Year's Day, these being the "water table on New they did their duty as men. fairy" and the flowering shrub, the blooms of which resemble an over- hanging bell. Most of the flowers where bad times have had an ad- and goldfish come from Canton

It is evident, to return to our original point, that if the Pakkai branch of the Chinese Seamen's

A PLAYFUL SLAP.

ACCUSED STUDENT'S

VERSION..

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

Union is in any way connected verse effect on pre-New Year shop-Lo Chi-hing, with the outrage aboard the ping.

crowd..

and Bonham

économy. He gets them thrust upon him, anyway.

"I saw a foreign.visitor at break- fast in one of the chief hotels," a correspondent writes.

"When he had finished his break- fast he poured the remaining con- tents of the coffee-pot and the milk Jug Into his thermos flask!"

The waiter watched him with s.student of St. grudging admiration. He hadn't Paul's College, who is charged with thought of that one." "San Nam Hol" strong repre- Colours of the Rainbow.

the manslaughter of a fellow stu- sentations should be made to the Jervois Street

dent as the result of a scuffle in For the first time in his life Chinese authorities. The parent Strand are almost impassable to the Club Room of the South China Bobby saw a jelly fish.

wheeled traffic, no great la the ing, on Christmas night, gave evi-edly. "Look at that funny fish!' Athletic Association, China Build- "Look, mamma," he cried, exclt- Union has been proscribed in Hong Kong and was frowned upon

dence with regard to the fatal quar- He's got a fiat tyre!" In Wellington Street are rows of rel in Mr. Roger Edward Lindsell's) by the Li Chai-sum regime in mushroom printers, each catering to Court at the Central Magistracy Two spiders who lived in a Canton before the General tem-the recent Chinese tendency to adopt Western ideas by making

yesterday afternoon. porarily lost power, and the Pak-"New Year cards" which are none ceased (IIo Kwong-hol) and several

church were discussing the housing According to the accused, the de- questiori, kai branch should be accorded other than glorified visiting cards other youths were gathered at the disturbed every Sunday," said one. "I live under the pulpit and get similar treatment, It has long decorated with all colours of the Club when he playfully stroked Ho's GUBBAY-On January 19, 1928,

rainbow.

"Come with me," said the other. suddenly in London, David A. been under suspicion and

"Ol'e custom" ordains cheek. Deceased resented this and I live in the poor box and never Gubbay, Director of David thought to be concerned in the slip of red paper bearing, one's The accused retaliated and slapped

that greetings be presented with a struck the accused on the chest. get disturbed." Sassoon & Co., Ltd.

recent trouble which led to the name, but these have given way to the deceased on the lower part of Cynic What do you think of

the left cheek with the palm of his many arrests for klepachat right hand. The slap was not a come before the courts?

London Offices:-The Far Eastern Advertising Agency (London), Ltd., 36-38, Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.8.

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Was

Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 20, 1928. dismissal of members of the crews the cards described....

of river steamers calling at the

"SAN NAM HOP" ATTACK.

A declaration to the effect that the attack on the steamer "San Nam Hoi" on Tuesday morning to a report received yesterday-is back till then after having done a 50, the deceased would have hit him thing else.

again. was not a piracy at all would be a matter for general satisfaction, little judicious reconnoîtring in the

meantime. regarded in many quarters as a but if it is found that the Union

accepted sense; that at least one

MUSLIM HOSTEL.

..

"Young gentlemen," said the lec- turer In chemistry, "coal exposed to the elements loses ten per cent. of A proposition is on foot to erect its weight and power. This is due Hostel adjacent to the Mosque in to the action of the alkali constitu Shelley Street for the convenience ents of "

Lure of Mystic Bargains, port. The fact that the military A mixture of metallic noises goes very forceful one.. The accused Philosopher--Most of them are

helectirely Innocent of all intent to do- at Pakkai are dealing effectively to maintain the fun of the fair at slapped the deceased because

for wrong, the trinkets being mechani- with the attackers-eight have

night, which will be at its climax thought it. was unreasonable on Sunday evening. The really him to be so angry over a joke, cally dropped into pocket, - "or already been executed according earnest bargain hunter will hang and also because if he did not do satchel, while thinking of some

Cynic-All boat They are Later the accused went to his thieves-born thieves; that's my

to Those who live in the hopes that grandmother's house

sleep. theory, no matter how rich or re mere quibble over words. The was a party to the outrage stern the Chinese vendor will become des Next morning the police came and, fined, they are. fact remains, however, that the measures, we emphasise, should perate in the last hour of the old at first told that Ho was missing fore we part I will thank you for took him to tho atation. He was Philosopher-Possibly. But be attackers were not pirates in the be taken against it.

year and will be prepared to ac- cept next to nothing for "cullos" and the police wanted to question my penknife, which you borrowed and "big bargain" had better walt him about the lad's whereabouts. a moment ago to sharpen a pencil.. of them has been recognised as an Premium Bonds v. Sweeps,

till normal times when they should Later he was told Ho was dead. and While we were talking you drop-

was charged with manslaughter: ex-member of the crew of the

explore the quarter curiously nam

ped it into your pocket. Few can resist the temptationed (by Europeans) Paddy's Market

The case was adjourned: vessel; that certain dismissed of trying to win a large sum for but which in the Japanese language men had been known to threaten a trifling outlay. The desire to is known as "Dorobomachi," which the lives of the captain and com- riak a little in the hope of getting means "Thieves Street." It ta Nam Wah Preserved Ginger Manufacturers

a substantial return is a phase of from this intriguing place that the pradore; that the outrage took human nature that can be over- tons of curlos rise as if from noa place on a spot most unlikely of looked and sometimes excused, where. CNO OF CIMO STREĽ

selection by professionals; that

of Muslim travellers passing "But what if there is a dog sleep- but not of gambling. Some even no systemised plan of attack

through this Colony, The Plan is ing near the coal, Professor”- argue that a ticket in a cash sweep There are, however, an appre. being prépared by Messrs. Denni "None of your levity, young man. was evident, and that no efforts is an investment, particularly clable number of useful, and even son, Ram & Gibbs, Architects. This is a serious matter." are made to secure loot. The about this time every year, when valuable, souvenirs, on display. This scheme was the outcome of "That's what dad thought when foregoing are points to the reason-attention is attracted to the num- In the workaday realm, shroffs the suggestion of Inspector. Khan 72 per cent. of your coal pile dig. able supposition that the attack-annual races. In this regard con, a clean: alate with which to start Moslem Society and has the apposure. Then he asked my advice. ber of sweeps to be drawn on the are doing overtime. Chinese want Sahib Nawab Khan of the Indian appeared during three nights of ex- ers were not bent upon material siderable sums of Hong Kong the New Year and to do this they proval of Mr. U Ramjahn the as a student in chemistry, and gain but were out to wreak money find their way into sweeps must pay all debts and collect, all Chairman of the Hong Kong Islamic told him to buy a dog. He bought This belief is very Chinese lotteries at Macao, and, so prise will be occasioned should any Nawab Khan was further instru- now we don't lose 1 per cent, of at Shanghai and elsewhere, into amounts owing to them. No sur Union. Inspector Khan Sahib a dog, with large-sized teeth, and firmly held in certain circles, as on. Then there are also the preof the big firma at or near Nam mental in securing funds for the our coal a month. That's practical witness the local police report milum bonds of Shanghai which Pak Hong make a compromise to building. The Muslim community chemistry... published yesterday. Further in- claim many subscribers in this "carry over." No financial homh-is much Indebted to him. formation as to whether the offen- have proved highly successful in tight but the native banks are Colony. That premium bonds shell is expected. Money Is not ders were really former members France, Germany, and in Shang- ultra cautious.

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BACK TO DUTY.

over duty as assistant Court Ser-

At the club the other day, Edways, who has a deserved re- putation for telling anecdotes that Sergeant McMahon, who was have no particular point, was des wounded in the shooting affray be cribing an incident, that happened the Pakkai branch of the Chinese more virtuous than Shanghai? Timid Hong Kong residents who tween a Police picket and a quar in Berwick Market. Seamen's Union will be awaited There is this difference between dislike firecrackers may rest as tette of Chinese gunmen on the "I was standing near a vegetable with interest.

a premium bend and an ordinary sured that the preliminary bom-night of December 7 last, reported stall said he, "when a man came lottery. If one does gamble, it is bardment will not start til Sunday, or duty this morning, and took up and addressed, the proprietress. The gallant conduct of the cap-only with a part of the interest, as on the afternoon of this day all the geant at the Central Magistracy. tain and chief engineer in clear- each subscriber gets his capital womenfolk will have attended to ing the attackers from the ship back-after a stipulated period their New Year coiffures with an after they had shot the chief and a little more, if he does not ever increasing proportion of bobs officer and two of the Indian sidents are interested in Shanghai plenishing their signboard adorn temporarily lifted the home will

win a prize. If Hong Kong re- and shingles-the shops to remain on which restrictions are said he guards, thus illustrating that they premium bonds, they are likely to ments, and the lazier menfolk to be swept "gind rags [meant business

was such as we go in for some promoted here getting a last shave just before the brought out, and Hong have come to expect from mem either by law (for revenue pur par

see another China New Year.

and go. bers of the Mercantile Marine ply

Business will be resumed ing their calling on the China

China town on Thursday

poses) or by a private concern for

of the house will have the purpose of encouraging save drawn her water from the font of Ings in a stated form,

this caso s prosaic rider

beaut

..." "That a cabbage?" said he.

That ain't no cabbage, she an swered, that's a lettuce

Never seen a lettuce that alze,

Ain't you ever seen a endive T

be said she. And the man turned

was the end of it, 1 su

uply

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