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THURSDAY, MARCH 1928:

COAL COOLIE.

ON SHIP.

KILLED WHILST WORKING,

"ACCIDENTAL DEATH.”

Kowloon

PRAPS-P'RAPS NOTI

P'RAPS

Judge-Have you anything to Magistracy say, prisoner, before sentence is

Prisoner-No, your lordship, ex-

Among the farewell events in At the honour of Mr. J. L. McPherson who yesterday there was an echo to an passed upon you? left for England yesterday, via accident which occurred, on board Canada, was a dinner, given by the the s.5. "Tanda" whilst in port on cept that it takes very little ta Board of Directors of the Chinese February 21.

planaa ina. Y., M. C. A. on Saturday night. Mr. W. Schofield and a Coroner's

The

A

Wake up.

Mra. Sambo-Sarabo--Sambo!

Sambo-I can't.

"Why can't you?"

"I ain't asleep."

Prosecuting Attorney Your

Vice-President, Dr. Chau jury held an inquiry into the Wal-cheung, expressed appreciation circumstances attending the death of the great service given by Mr. of a coal coelia who was killed as McPherson from his arrival in 1905 the result of a fall into the coal until the present day. Then the hold. Chinese Y. M. C. A. had no more; Evidence given at the inquest than a hundred members; now it was that the dead coolie was work- has more than 2,000. Then it had Ing on board the "Tanda" unload-honour, the sheriff's bull pup has no property; now it has a men's ing coal at the Kallan Mining gone and chawed up the court building and a boys' building, each Administration's coal yard at Bible. well-equipped, a recreation ground, Lalchikok ол the and a lot recently purchased in February 21.

evening of Judge-Well, make the witness Kowloon, for a branch to be erected

kiss the bull pup then. We can't He was standing at the top of the adjourn court for a week to bust next year. Mr. MaPherson, he said, No. 2 hold of the ship passing up a new Bible. had helped to secure all these pro- basketa to men in the hold to be perties and had consistently aimed filled with coal. Whilst thus!

"Oh, my! I split a whole cap of.

"Don't worry. I don't like coffee.

to develop Chinese leadership in the engaged, the deceased lost his coffee on my dress." organization.

balance and fell to the bottom of Responding, Mr., McPherson said the hold. He bit the bottom head You can have mine." that his periods of absence had been first and sustained a fracture of times of great material progress the skull which caused his death

In the Hong Kong Y.M.C.A. When almost instantaneously. he had his first furlough in 1911, A verdict of "accidental death" the student building, was erected. was returned by the jury. He returned just in time for bo opening.

his During second CABLE v. WIRELESS. absence in 1917, the men's building | on Bridges-street was put up. That too was opened on his return. In 1923, while he was on leave the construction of

THE GREAT NEED FOR COMPETITION

the European EMPIRE PRESS STATEMENT.

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Customer The steak you serve seems smaller than the kind you gave last year.

Waiter--Merely. a delusion, sir, We have enlarged the place since last year.

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Little Henry-Mother, may I have a nickel for the old man who lo outside crying?

the old man crying about?

Mother-Yes, dear, but what is

"He's crying, "Salty peanuts, 6c. a bag.'"

Y.M.C.A. In Kowloon was carried on and opened after his return.

"The Empire Press Union re- Now during his fourth absence from gards with deep concern the pos- the Colony he hoped the Kowloonsibility, now apparent, of cessa- branch would

be commenced and tion of all competition between you turned in so late last night?" be completed next year,

"What did your wife say when wireless telegraphy and the cable "Oh, she was half asleep, and Mr. Wilbur. During this period from 1906 to by the Empire Press Union to the said, 'Is that you, Fide?' for once systems," states a memorandum thought I was the dog. When abe 1928, Mr. McPherson has been the Imperial Wireless and Cable Con-in my life. I had real presence of

mind. I licked her hand."

senior of the honorary secretaries. ference. He was preceded only by Messrs.

The memorandum points cut.

Bettina had come home from

"Daddy darling," she said, "now

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call back in half an hour?" -

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W. J. Southam and C. C. Rutledge, that the knowledge that the aver- Later came Messrs. F. M. Mohler, age inhabitant of one part of the tions Sarwat Pasha was apparent-R. F. Rope, F. S. Cackow, R. L. Empire has of conditions of life school for good. ly willing to admit the necessity Moeller, A. E. Dome and J. H. and national development in an-I'm grown up, I know you'll be of Britain continuing to guard the Geldart.

other part is primarily due to the During Mr. McPherson's absence, Press, which exercises its in- Suez Canal Unless this had been his place will be taken by Mr. H. Afluence in fase of

charmed to buy me a car of my admitted, all talk of a treaty Wilbur, from Shanghai, who has small public demand for Empire I'd have to be charmed."

a relatively own."

"Yes," replied her father grimly, would then have fallen to the been sent by the general organisa-news and a very high cost of pro- ground. As can be seen in read-tion at the request of the local duction.

Board of Directors, ing the various despatches which |

"After years of comparatively

The Magician-"I would like to In the same period there have slow and costly cable communica-buy a landscape," enld the visitor have been published during the been among the Chinese General tions (the memorandum pro- to the studio. past few days, it is not the Pre-Secretaries of the organization Dr. ceeds), slow by reason of conges the artist told him; but could you "I'm so sorry, I have none now," mier who is holding out for the Shiu-lau, and the

T. P. Wu, Mr. Ho Lei-son, Mr. Hoh tion and out-of-date equip complete British evacuation of tary, Mr. Y. H. Teno.

present secrement, the Empire The latter, denly acquired Egypt. Whether or not he can after leaving Queen's. College, did city of channels, affording The prisoner, after paying his impose his will on antagonistic M. C. A. work in Canton and in much quicker, transmission and fine, added explicit information as elements and fulfill his virtual his studies in Yale University and

Yunaanfu. He then continued at the same time lower charges. tu his opinion of the judge.

"The Empire Press Union has He walked to the door, but was promise to see the treaty through, in Oxford, returning last year to no preference for any particular caught and put in the dock again. remains to be seen. It is in this the post which he now occupies. system of telegraphy, but it is The judge, after fining him an- direction that Lord Lloyd, being

evident that the improvements Annual Campaign. `

other two guineas, romarked on the spot and thoroughly con- health campaign of the Y.M.C.A. due to wireless.

During this week, the

that have Intely occurred in long-severely: annual

distance telegraphy are entirely "If your languagu had been more versant with the ins and outs of is in progress. The Bridges-street threat of wireless competition the have been chased and re-fined."

Before the chaste and refined, you would not Egyptian politics, may prove of building is hung with a display of cables showed practically no sign immense value.

unique health charts, depicting the of development.

True to Life-Artist: "Yes, that The British Note which follow-cause of prevalent diseases. There ed the formal repudiation of the tum by physicians of the Colony. have resulted in the 'loaded' cable don't you think?"

are nightly lectures in the auditor-the cable administrations should Builders at Work. Very realistic, "Research and enterprise by is my latest picture. It's called

proposed treaty, also published Physical examinations are Hong Kong, Thursday, March 8, 1928. to-day, is in no sense too strongly daily in the gymnasium

given and "regenerator long before Friend: "But-er-they aren't at and free wireless appeared worded. It is obvious that Bri-hundreds.

vaccination is being secured

as a serious work." by competitor, and rates could have tain must maintain her hold upon

been gradually reduced in step This "Health Week" is to be fol-with increasing traffic, and the that valuable link in the com-lowed toward the end of this month present 'glut' of telegraphic faci- bobbed her hair I would leave her." "I told my wife that if she Although the negotiations inmunications of the Empire, the by the campaign for membership lities would not have happened."

Suez Canal. The duty of guard that is carried through with en-have secured from the cables, it

"But she bobbed it; and you're and contributions, an annual event connection with the proposed

Apart from the traffic they still living with her?" ing that stretch of water is not thusiasm by

"Yes, you bet I am, I'll show her treaty between Britain and Egypt |

an organisation of is contended that the wireless ser- she can't bluff me.”. have been discontinued it must one that can be delegated to an- twelve teams that make the work vices already testify to the sound-

other Power, however friendly-out the Colony.

of the Y.M.C.A. known through-ness of the union's contention not be presumed that there is a

Young Bragger--My grandfather that lower rates create new traffic. built the Rocky Mountains. distinct rupture in relations. Egypt will realise this in time, it

Mr. McPherson has been assured So far as Press traffic is concern- is hoped, though it was certainly of a warm welcome on his returned, the increase due to lower that's nothing. Do you know the

Unsympathetic Listener Aw,« Lord Lloyd, of course, still func-believed that she was willing to at about the end of the year. tions with his staff as High Com- missioner for Egypt and we look accept that sine qua non to any treaty between the two peoples.

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to him with confidence success The outlook, however, is not as TO SAVE NIAGARA. fully to bridge the present gulf black as it may be painted. Good

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rates is slow, because it is not Dead Sea? Well, my grandfather possible suddenly to increase the killed it. consumption of oversea news by

newspaper readers. But Press Wiggins-Don't worry about get- traffic is increasing by reason of ting a heavy sentence on that the reduced cost of transmission, charge of reckless driving, old man.

in an informal way?

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and pave the way to the re-open-sense and the underlying desire £350,000 PLAN TO PRESERVE and would continue to do so at an Didn't you say you met the judge ing of diplomatie, conversations on the part of Egypt for the

SCENIC BEAUTIES.

increasing rate of progress. As a statesman he is essentially friendship and protection of Bri-

The union reiterates its bellef Higgine-Yes, my car smashed 'sound, and proved his worth when tain, two factors which have have joined forces to preserve the effective element of competition wrong side of the street.

Canada and the United States that it is essential to retain an into his when I was driving on the. administering the Province of brought her to her present state Niagara Falls, which are the joint ing the cables monopoly," says scenic beauty of the famous between wireless and cable. "Dur- Bornbay, which was his last active of independence, will, we trust, in possession of the two countries. the memorandum, there was top, sir. Ever

Barber Getting pretty thin on position before succeeding Lord the end prevall

A special International Board complete stagnation and, until the Hairgrowine? Allenby in Egypt. The refusal of

of Engineere recently appointed Australian Beam' opened, a mess- The Chair-Oh, not It wasn't. King Fuad to accept the proposed CHEUNG CHAU NOTES,

to investigate the serious situa- age from London to Australia oc-that that did it. treaty simply means that the re-

tion caused by the erosion of the cupied four to five hours in tran-l 'cent meetings between Abdel

cliffs, and the drawing off of water sit. Now a similar message is Black-She said on her wedding Yesterday, Nothing very much has happen- commendations to the two Gov-same cable system) in twenty everything for him.

has now presented remedial re- often delivered Khalek Sarwat Pasha and Sired here of late except the weather, ernments. The proposed works minutes, Competition is the only White-Well, I guess she has (by the day that she would go through Austen Chamberlain in London which has bindered building.opera-would cost £350,000. have come to nought. This result tions considerably. Mr. and Mrs.

explanation of this improvement."I loaned him a ten spot this could not have been entirely un-Gargill spent a brief honeymoon water over the Canadian flanks of The scheme is ta distribute

morning. expected, though the Egyptian A change has been made in the also to ensure a more dependable

HANGING FROM RAILING, the Falls which are now bare, and

Tory Orator at Faversham: Prime Minister certainly led most hour of starting the morning ferry, flow over the American sides. It at the No. 2 Police Station, when thing to improve the status quo."

A case of suicide was reported "Fellow electors, we must do some- people to believe that at last an which now leaves here at 7.40 a.m. is anticipated that both Govern- the body of a Chincee male was re- honest-to-goodness treaty had starting from Hong Kong at 6 am ments will act on the recommen- moved to the mortuary. The body status que, mister?"

A Voices "An.. what be the Instead of 6.15. been drafted which was es accept- Miss Law and Miss Chapman, able to his country as it was to who have been

on Cheung Chau Britain,

for some time, left yesterday for The question of military acti-their station and take up their A rather serious motor accident Swire shroff, who resided at No time limit from six to three months

4.30 h.. yesterday. It was iden- Shanghai, hoping to get through ta

Divorces are coming so thick and tified as that of a Butterfield and fast now that Reno. had to cut the vity by Britain in Egypt has work again in the interior-Our was reported at the Yaumall & Wa Lung-street proved the snag. In other re Own Correspondent.

Police Station yesterdays When a spects the proposed treaty, ac Re-sealing of probate in respect along Nathan-read at about 2.80 armed robber who wore a steel China motorbus was proceeding The French police arrested an cording to the summary of it of the $59,600 local estate of pailttle Chinese girl suddenly waistcoat and carried thres Mauser christening by breaking a bettle of

Mother assisted. Issued as a White Paper and cabled Mr. J. H. Robertson who died darted out from the pavement near pistols and several hundred rounda scotch over father's head. here to-day, appears to be one at the Country Hospital, Shanghai Ching Lok-street and was knock of ammunition. As a result of S with which Egypt could find little

in May of last year, has been granted down by the bus, the sear front this arrest certain authorities are ed to Mr. CHE.Beavis and Mr. wheel running over her. She was advcesting, the numbering and re-stock-ofjeveryvi

31 understand: Jenklik has fault It regins strange that át ʼn wV4 Bizkaian, baltaje

sole Tabunte removed, to i The time of the London conversa, executar, H. J. Robertzon

24h gustssion of all steel waistcoats Zuess as he spends

dations,

GIRL KNOCKED DOWN.

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was found suspending by a piece

Tory Orator: "That's' Latin for of cow-hide from the railings on the mess we are in." Bowen-road above the reservoir, at

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