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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928.

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The Chinese man and the youth charged on four separate counts of possessing and importing 3,190 Since these accounts were taels of raw and 440 taels of pre-printed Sir Elly Kadoorie has, on pared non-Government opium, were the invitation of the Committee, again before Major C. Willson at accepted a seat as member of the the Central Magistracy this morn Consulting Committee and his name has been added to the list of members for re-election.

ing.

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The case against the man was then proceeded with.

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A SUPPRESSED FILM.

I now beg to propose that the report and accounts as presented be adopted and passed and that the balance at credit of profits and loss account of $533,802,69 be appropriated as follows:-- To place to Credit

of Typhoon and Flood Account... $ To write off Factory

at Kennedy Town To write off Wharf at Kennedy Town To write off Houses at Kennedy Town To write off Factory'

at Kowloon

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P'RAPS-P'RAPS NOT!

"I hear those two rival dentists have combined offices and formed a partnership." Yes, they finally decided to pall together."

E

Walter (making out the bil})— Let me see, slx-sausages and mashed-apple tart-did you have

any bread, sir? Customer-Rather- in the sausagos!

"Yug!" roared

the soap-bax

Boishle, at the George-street corner Pleasant Sunday Evening: "It's

time ther workers asserted them- selves and put ther"ated espiterlist and ther boorjoyste in their place! I asta 7,676.51 Ain't that so, comrades?

yor."

"'Ear, "ear, matey!" cried the 60,000.00

the Wharf- assistant-secretary of

'Ear, 6,000.00 Rats' Union, approvingly: "

'car!"

The S.B.B. bellowed his ferocious joy at this moral support. "Yes,"* 297,063.25 he roared again. "Wot airs these boorjoysio gives theirselves! They 63,062.83 even want to stop us from pinchin" orf of them—takin' up the crumbs

100,000.00

$533,802.59 from ther shippin' companies, so

ter speak!" (Cheers)

Revenue Officer Ward deposed to sending a Chinese Revenue Officer on board the s.s. "Tai Sze Ma". nt 7 a.m., on March 19 with instruc- tions to look out for anyone tak- ing delivery of cargo bearing a cer

About 8.10 a.m., he tain mark. went on board himself and there saw the youth in the custody of the Chinese R.O. The youth pro- duced the delivery order for the To write off Plant and particular cargo. The witness Machinery then went to the compradore and took the manifest with the aid of: which he located the cargo. He When this has been seconded I poked one of the bales with an iron shall be pleased to answer ques-

withdrawntions from shareholders. rod and when it was

Other Business. the substance of raw

Mr. H. P. White seconded and opium on the rod.

Ten Bales.

the report and accounts were The witness sent for the C.P.O. unanimously adopted. and handed the delivery order to him. Then whilst Mr. Clark took the youth to the office, the witness brought up the rest of the cargo, ten bales in all, and had them re- moved to the Import and Export Office. Here the bales were open- ed, and in the centre of each bale packed all round with cassia bark was found a wooden box in which the illicit drug was contained.

C.P.O. Clark stated that after he received the paper from R. O. Ward, he immediately proceeded to the Man Tai Wo firm on the first floor of No. 48, Des Voeux-road West the entrance to which was in Koshing- street. As he aproached the en- trance he saw the accused coming out. He had his right arm behind his back and underneath his coat. The witness seized the arm and in the hand was a ball of red paper in which were three chops one which was the same as the chop which appeared on the delivery

Sir Elly Kadoorie, Sir Robert Ho Tung and Messrs. H. P. White and Allan Cameron were re-elect- ed r..embers of the Consulting Committee on the proposition of Mr. Allan Keith, seconded by Mr. Dreyer.

But this annoyed the assistant- secretary of the Wharf Rata Unkon. "Cut that art!" he snarled. "Tork about yer own crowd, matey." And than the fun started.

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Little Helen (rejecting medi cine): "I don't want to take the nasty, bitter stuff."

Mother: "But how do you know It's nasty and bitter? You haven't tasted it*

Helen: "You said it would be good for me."

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Messrs. Lindstead and Davis and Messrs. Perey Smith, Seth and Fleming at a remuneration of $350 a year each on the proposi-"You seem very tion of Mr. M. A. Figueiredo night!" seconded by Mr. W. Gardner.

This concluded the business of I've just received my first aid cer- the meeting.

SALVATION ARMY.

LECTURE ON WORK IN

CHINA..

Man (reluctantly removing coat)? eager for this

Bystander: "Well, to be candid,

tificate."

"Is is true that statistics prove that women live longer than men?", "Well, you know, paint is a great preservative!"

ed in the Press and at public meetings. What must be said in complete fairness to her assail- ants is that the German military code undoubtedly provides for capital punishment for the offence of which the Nurse was accused and found guilty. The allegation that she harboured enemy sub. jects and assisted them to escape has never been denied. What ivounded public feeling was the fact that the severest penalty was inflicted upon a woman who, even if she was guilty of aiding her fellow-countrymen, did not, as a order.

The witness then took the ac matter of fact, materially harm

cused to the office of the Man Tai the Germans. It was and is-Wo firm, and when the accused said

Mr. Harris is an Australian and you to fit the frock." considered that her activities in that he did not have the key for was recruited for Salvation Army' The fair visitor had called upon this direction could have been the door lock, the witness forced the work whilst a lad. He has an ex-

her artist acquaintance. door and searched the office, but hecellent knowledge of Chinese and stopped in a less drastic manner did not find anything incriminating has directed work in the interior of were the only pictures I could look

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of

SPIRITUAL & BODILY NEEDS.

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"I like this frock," she told ther A review of Salvation Army work saleswoman, "but it's too tight here, in China was given at St. Peter's it?""

You could alter here, and here. Young Men's Club last night by "No, madam, but if you care to Adjutant Harris who is at present visit our beauty department on the in Hong Kong in connection with second floor they'll gladly alter that organisation.

China,

ters.

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."Yours

at the Academy to-day," she exclaimed.

"Honour ?" she echoed, in tones of "The others, you know, perplexity, were so surrounded by the crowd!""

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mother.

"Mamma, is this bay ram in the brown bottle?"

"Gracious, no, dear! That's gum.” "Oh," said Freddy, after a pause.

Of the two matters raised by there. Accused was then taken to the banning of the film-interna- the Import and Export Office where Mr. Harris referred to the early

"Belleve me, I appreciate the tional etiquette and

artistic he was charged. Later he was days of Salvation Army work in honour," exclaimed the artist.

taken to the Central Police Station, China and the difficulties overcome ethics-the former is by far the where when searched and the door by the Army officers who were sent more important. If there was key was found on him.

frst to Peking and who had

to the least likelihood of "Dawn"

Coolle's Denials.

master the language before com- offending German susceptibilities

Accused in the witness box said mencing their work. In addition that he worked as a coolie in the to evangelical work, the Army had Little Freddy was preparing to go —and apparently there was-the

Mai Tai Woo firm and was ordered maintained kitchens on behalf of the out calling with his The whole matter of interna-authorities did the right thing in to go and take delivery of a cargo poor and needy. Steeping shelters Suddenly he called to her in a rather tional etiquette, as well as the preventing the picture appearing of cassia bark, but as he was busy had also been erected and in Tien- startled voice:

the screen in Britain. It smoking, he sent the youth instead. tsin one of the features of relief matter of artistic ethics, has been on

He had no guilty knowledge of the work was the supply all the year raised by the banning by the Bri- would be a tremendous pity if presence of the opium in the bales round of hot tea in the ricsha shel- tish Board of Film Censors of the anything was allowed to interfere of cargo.

The accountant of the firm was a Figures were quoted as to the "Perhaps that's why I can't get screen play entitled "Dawn," hay-with the cordial relations existing ing for its central incident the between the two countries. The man named Cheung Lam, and he sale of evangelical booklets which my hat off."

was the man who ordered the wit- showed that, considering the ill- execution of Nurse Cavell. In the war is over; ten years have pass-ness to go and take delivery of the teracy of the people, an amazing The judge looked keenly at the preparation of the picture very ed since it terminated, and there cassia bark. Later Cheung told number of the people were enden- prisoner for a few minutes, and heavy expense was incurred, and is much to commend the old say him to take the three chops along vouring to supplement by reading then said: "It strikes me forcibly and he did as instructed. When he the teaching as delivered orally by have seen your face before.** no effort, apparently, was spared ing about letting bygones be by- got to the road he was arrested by Army workers. It was significant "That's where I always wear it,”

As for the question of Mr. Clark. to make it a success. The prin- gones...

in regard to Army work and its ap-replied the prisoner sullenly. cipal part was taken by Miss Sybil artistic ethics, "Dawn" has re Thorndike, Britain's

leading opened the controversy as to the cused did not have guilty know preciation that the funds for the ledge, but the Magistrate thought work in China were almost entire- actress in serious drama, and Mr. desirability or otherwise of film otherwise, and fined the accusedly supplied by Chinese friends of

the Army. Wilcox was at great pains to en- censorship. True there has been $250 on each of the four charges, sure strict historical accuracy.no popular demand for its aboli- or, in default, a total term of four

months' hard labour. In spite of this the play was ban- tion, but there is a growing force ned on the grounds, that its show of public opinion which sets its ing

would heedlessly wound face determinedly against the in- German susceptibilities and pro-stitution, an opposition which the mote ill-feeling between the two ban on this war-time picture may countries. Mr. Wilcox's reply was considerably strengthen.

that no indictment was brought

SERIOUS SITUATION IN

INDIA..

Mr. Rues submitted that the ac

POLICE COXSWAIN.

FINED FOR DEMANDING BRIBE.

Yesterday afternoon, Major C. Willson convicted a Chinese police

Y.M.C.A. WORK,

PROPOSED TRAINING CENTRE FOR BOYS?

A LOCAL "DRIVE."

PRESIDENT'S NAME.

LATE MR. HARDING AND THE OIL SCANDAL,

New York, Yesterday.. The dragging of the late Pre- sident Harding's name into the Teapot Oil scandal has prompted A campaign is being Instituted by the Democratic "World" to state the Y.M.C.A. in China for organis- that the investigation will not re- against the German nation as a RAILWAY WORKERS. Coxswain who apeared before him ing a training centre for boy lead-veal personal dishonesty on him at the Central Magistracy charged ers and to revive on a larger scale part although dishonesty up- whole or even against the indi-

with demanding a bribe of $200 than ever work among the junior doubtedly existed in his adminis- viduals concerned in the affair.

from a boat-woman, arising out of population of China.

tration and says that old rumours Mr. K. Z. Loh, M.A., who is in should be set at rest in fairness Hla aim, he asserted, was to ex-

a police search for opium on board the woman's junk. At a previous charge of this work, has arrived into his memory-Reater's Ameri pose the horrors of war.

TROUBLE SPREADING.

hearing of the cuse evidence was Hong Kong from the North and, be-

can Service. Calcutta, Yesterday. aiven that the woman had actually fore proceeding to Canton, he will Following the closing down of handed over the sum of $185 to the address the opening of the Hong shock the conscience when the the Lillooah workshops the situa- accused. Going into the witness Kong Y.M.C.A. membership and excuse of military, necessity notion on the East Indian Railway box yesterday, the accused who said financial campaign in connection longer holds credence, and there is taking a serious turn and the that he had been 16 years with the with the new movement.

Before the approach of summer, trouble is spreading to other de- police as coxswain, entered a com- is something to be said for the

partments.

plete denial of the charge. He the Y. M. C. A. is giving a series producer's stand that the film Seventeen hundred workers said there had been a misunder- of public health lectures, emphasiz- "Dawn" should, be regarded as a downed tools in sympathy and standing on account of the Euro-ing the value of personal and in- pictorial tirade against war in armed police and a detachment of pean Sergeant's lack of knowledge dividual hygiene. The best known Teapot Dome scandal, the Maryland Eastern Frontier Rifles are stand-of Chinese. The woman had been Chinese physicians and surgeons Racing Association has banned general. At Homeopinion is ing by to prevent disturbances.under the impression that she was of the city are on the list of speak- Harry Sinclair's horses from racing sharply divided, we are told, re. Reuter.

In every war, it has to be ad- mitted, things occur which must

garding the ethical and moral

right to show the picture, and

A TRAGIC FIRE.

HARRY SINCLAIR.

HORSES BANNED FROM RACE

TRACK.

Baltimore, Yesterday. Owing to his connection with the

under arrest and offered $200 as ers. Many thousand free vaccina- on the Maryland track-Reuter. bail. He alleged that in reply to tions have been given to those who this the Sergeant said "fai ti" ("be applied for the privilege. quick"). The woman thereupon Beginning next Saturday, the As- The "post-winter" flying pro- there is much to be said for both 1 PEOPLE KILLED IN HYSORE went ashore to raise the money, and sociation commences. Its "drive" gramme of the German Lufthansa

the opposite points of view. The Incident of the killing of Nurse Cavell has again come to the fore, as is only natural, and in this re gard a certain amount of bad

STATE

Shimoga' (Mysore), Testerday. There were 81 fatalities and 400 houses were burned down in a 'con- fagration in the village of Esur in taniil tha Shikawaumiliatrist ---Reuter"

the acoused who alleged that he had for raising $90,000 which is needed has come into force, so that hence himself misunderstood the Sergeant, for the work of 1928. Many lead forth it will again be possible to fly accompanied the woman. The ing Chinese merchants are heading from Berlin to London and Paris in Magistrate did not believe, this Committees to assist in the raising one day, without having to spend a story and fined the coxswain $200 of this. amount to which Chineae night in Amsterdam or "Cologne. or, in default, three months' hard and Europeans alike are looked for The full summer traffic opens on

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