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BIRTH

COOPER-On May 31, 1928, to Shirley, wife of Harry Cooper, at Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong, a son.

in several Italian cities, and in which scuffles between the cara- binieri and the mob have not ended without more or less severe blows being exchanged,

that wretched part of Europe, even though its origin was hatch-

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1928.

FAREWELL.

ed elsewhere)-that the two main THE WOODS TRIO LEAVE THE

more

\

once

COLONY,

A SERVICE CONCERT.

participants will attract to their cause various other countries and, very probably, set ablaze

world-wide conflict. Happily, we have the horrors of

The City Hall, in the course of what then happened to cause all its long and varied existence, has never re-echoed with such cries nations to be much more wary of enthusiasm as were heard on than they were, and it will have to Tuesday night in the portion be a very black outlook in the given over to the Cheor 0 Balkans that will cause any coun-farewell concert in honour of Mrs. Y.M.C.A. The occasion was a try to participate in any general Harry and the Misses Elleen and Doris Woods, who left the follow- ing day to settle down in Canada. The hall, needless to say, was packed with Servicemen and friends of the trio and a really happy evening was spent.

outbreak.

ON, TENANCIES.

THE LAW OF MORTGAGED

PROPERTY..!

POSITIONS EXPLAINED.

The law on tenancion, in regard to mortgaged property; was dealt with at considerable length by Mr. Justice Jacks (Pulsne Judge), in the course of a judgment delivered yesterday.

of

His Lordship found in favour of Mr. J. H. Witchell, manager King Edward Hotel, who was sued by the Banque de l'Indo Chine for $1,000 mesne profits in respect of his occupation

of Budrec-villa, North Point.

P'RAPS-P'RAPS NOT!

The acene was the menageria.at the annual fair. The lady tamer* lion to take a piece of lump sugar was demonstrating by allowing the from her lips. The audience were spellbound, until a sailor broke the

silence. -

"That's easy: I could do that." "Oh, could you?" came the sharp retort.

"Just as well as the lion." ho

nid, as he walked away.

Doctor: You mustn't give up hope... Three years ago I had exactly the same illness.

Patient (gloomily): "Ah, but: not the same doctor."

•

Yokel (relating his experiences:

In the course of the proceedings the "boys" through Mr. Patten- den, presented the "girls" with a silver rose bowl mounted on after visit to town): "Nothin" blackwood as a token of their re-impressed me like the kindness of gard and appreciation of what the th bus conductor. Ol gets in an" Woods family have done for the stretches me legs, an' the conductor sailors and troops in Hong Kong, "ave a bus to yourself? he says, as nee as I'm tired. "Why don't 'e

.

.

Miss Eileen Woods suitably re- sponded, remarking that all their kind as you like." efforts had been a "work of love."

There were

Friend: "Tell me, why do your many encores throughout the evening, and the stable-boys and your trainer all!

stutter? Ja it intentional?". "girls" terminated a merry pro-

Racehorse Owner: "Yes, I have gramme by singing. "Good Bye, Boys!" The Woods were assisted them on purpose so that they can't by Mr. Glover, whose fine voice tell stable secrets. By the time was heard to advantage. Miss they get it out the race is over." Doris Woods, though indisposed, entered into the fun of the even-

Wife: What's a turf commission ing with a good will, and it is a agent, dear? You dropped a card' pity that, on her last appearance, belonging to one on the bedroom she was not entirely in singing floor this morning."

The owner mortgaged his pro- perty to the bank in April 1924. In March 1927, he let the house to Mr. Witchell, who was to carry out certain repairs and recoup himself out of the rent of $125 per month. "form:"

The owner defaulted last year. and the bank (as mortgagees) be- came entitled to enforce remedies.

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Husband: "That was very care- less of me. I-er-intended It to be a surprise to you. You were their THREE EXPLOSIONS. complaining about the lawh, your know, 90 I decided to get it returfed."

What the Law Says... His Lordship held that an action for mesne profits is an action for damages for trespass, but he did not think Mr. Witchell had mitted trespass against the bank.

com.

CANTON MUNITION FACTORY BLAZE.

GAS FUMES DANGER.

Carton city was rocked by a ter

noon, followed shortly afterwards rific explosion on Tuesday after-

by two further shocks, of lesser In- extensity.

The shocks came from the muni-

Fire Spreads.

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"Now, children, call out Bone long words to me."

"Peculiarities."

"Good—another." "Idiosyncrasien." "Yea-another." "Rubber."

"That is not long." "No, but you can stretch it.".

ever been in trouble before?"

Judge (to prisoner) "Have your

"Well, er, yes. I once kept a Hbrary hook over time and

"I'm

bed."

very

on that feather.".

was:

"When a legal mortgage is exe- So far as one can gather from cuted the mortgages becomes the the few facts that are allowed to legal owner of the mortgaged pro- appear in print apart from the perty and in the absence of meagre reports of the actual press stipulation to the contrary

is entitled to immediate possession tion factory in Yuet Wah-road in animosities in Belgrade and other or receipt of the rents and profits, the eastern suburbs of the city. Yugo-Slovakian cities and the de- but until the mortgagee demands Alarm calls were soon received in monstrations that have taken possession or enters into the re

the city, and the fire brigades were place in Italy, the trouble is practhe mortgaged property, it is of

ceipt of the rents and profits of quickly dispatched to the scene of fined threepence." tically racial, the Latin tempera- the nature of the transaction that

the disaster.

A "Canton Gazette" representa- Injured one ment, of the Italians finding it the mortgagor should remain

(to workman, who hod of brick): practically impossible to get along possession and such possessionistive was one of the first arrivals has dropped

"Confound you! One of those _at_the_munitions factory and a with the Slavonic outlook of the rightfal natives of Yugo-Slovakia. The that a mortgagor is not bound to borne the brunt of the explosions, didn't!"

"It has also long been settled scene of desolation met his gaze. bricks lift me on the head!"

Several buildings seemed-to--have

Workman: "My word, you're lucky. Look at all them wot most unfortunate aspect of the account for the rents and profits while debris was scattered all over affair, so far as one can judge, is while in possession even although the area. Altogether twelve per- that while the Yugo-Slovakians the security proves insufficient."

sone were rushed to

sorry," said the Until Interference..

hospital, innkeeper, "but you two will have hold the reigns of office, the many.

suffering from serious injuries, to sleep together to-night; you wil "Where a man in actual posses while later in the day two, corpaes to quite all right. Italians in their midst hold much sesion of land mortgages it and

It's a feather' of the power by virtue of the afterwards demises it to a tenant

were discovered. big economic stake which they at a rent, the demise is absolutely

After about an hour's repose one to hold in the country. Equally void as against the mortgagee, but It is believed that the explosion of the holiday-makers turned nevertheless it is good as between occurred in the powder store as

the other, and sald with a groan, deplorable is it that while the mortgagor and his tenant until result of overheating. Fire follow. "Aye, Jim it's about my turn ti ile the people of both countries the mortgagee interferes and the ed and spread to another store, realise that only by the cultiva-mortgagor is entitled to receive and also the cartridge casing de- tion of the most friendly of atti- the rent for his own absolute use partment, reducing both these eight years absence, alighted at tudes towards each other is there if not paid when. due.”

and distrain for it in his own name buildings to ruins. the slightest possibility of these On the evidence given, His Lord- initial explosion can be gathered recurring Balkans bickerings ship did not consider that the when it is reported that several coming at least to an occasional mortgagees did Interfere effective persons in the grounds at the time, stop, neither seems in the slight that they did not treat the ten but not near the actual store where ant as a trespasser neither did the explosion took place, were est degree inclined to do so. Hence

thrown off their feet and carried the seemingly perpetual nature of they allowed the tenancy to expire some distance through the air." the feud, for feud it seems rapid-no that the tenant remained the Fire Chief Overcome. ly to be developing into. It is all tenant of the mortgagor until the It is fortunate that the muni- "Hello, Jack," he said, "goin"

expiration of the tenaney; that if tions factory covers a large area of away?" sadly lacking in that broad-there had been any failure on the ground (the "Gazette" continues), mindedness which most people part of the defendant to fulfil any and that the different departments the young wife one morning.

"Jack, who is Dorothy?" asked. fondly hoped would characterise of his obligations under the ten are housed separately, the build- international relations with the ency agreement it is for the mortings being removed some distance, I tell you? Dorothy, my dear, is "Dorothy, Dorothy! Why, didn't gagor to take action. advent of brighter conditions com-

apart for just such a.contingency the name of a horse I backed yes Tenants, Beware! ing to Europe once matters. fell The point which has arisen in of powder and explosive were not

as has happened. The other atarea terday. It won-hero's a fiver Quite recently in this column into the more or less normal. But this case is an important one for affected. The other, buildings did Hubby returned home. In the

for you." we commented upon the state practically ten years have passed may suffer inconvenienco if per the explosions,

tenants; for even monthly tenants not appear to have been affected by evening. "Jack," said his wife. of affairs in Roumania which since, with the signing of the emptorily told to go by a mort seemed to point to another of Armistice, we allowed ourselves gagee who is onforcing his rights. afternoon, and, in the course of

The fire raged till late in the "you know the horse you backed

yesterday?" · the satisfaction of dwelling upon tenant for years

"Yes," replied he dubiously, of valuable fighting the conflagration, Captain business premises may suffer Wang Yung, of the Brigade of the

"Well, it's been ringing you up!"

ENGAGEMENT.

The engagement is announced of Mr. F. Hille of the Export Import Bank Co., Ltd, son of Mr. & Mrs. M. Hille of Grossrochrsdorf : (Germany) to Miss Hilda Beatrix Komor, daughter of Mr. S. Komor of Messrs. Komor & Komor, Hong Korig.

Hong Kong, Thursday, May 31, 1928.

THE BALKANS' FERMENT.

those periodical outbursts for

they make him their tenant; that

Some idea of the force of the

;་

A young business man,

after

the station of the town of his birth. There was, 'despite his expectations, no one on the platform whom he knew. No one.

Discouraged, he sought out ther stationmaster, a friend since boy- hood. To him at least he would be

welcome, and he was about to ex-

tend a hearty greeting, when the other spoke first.

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-TO-DAY'S POSERS,

which the Balkan States have for such a pleasing possibilityheavy loss on the avoidance-of his Bureau of Public Safety, and one! long held an unenviable notoriety Signor Mussolini, to our way of lease by the mortgagees, whilst of his subordinates, were ·

thinking, could not perform a tenant who has paid his rent or come by gas fumes arising from

over" That affair, notwithstanding the machinations of ex-Crown Prince ner peace of constructive politica any part of it in advance may find the burning powder. Carol and those using him to furthan by setting about to right in himself obliged to pay over again. to the mortgages who acts décl the Balkans what is so obviously ther their political ambitions,

sively. wrong. frittered.out harmlessly, but very

In this case Mr. Witchell was

An application was made by the fortunate in being allowed to com- Court, for the disposal of two Police in the Shanghai Provisional soon afterwards rumblings were For

unquestionably, unless plete his tenancy for, had the cases of Evans Lysol found at 1 heard of a recurrence of the racial something is done and done bank taken decisive action during Klangse Road, which were the animosities that seem to be deep-soon-to put an effective check his tenancy, his plea that he had subject of a hearing reported a few

From day to day a series of half rooted between the natives of upon such unseemly bickerings paid his rent in advance would days ago. Judge Ling ordered a dozen questions, not tremendously Yugo-Sinvia and the Italians in one must conclude, that there have had to give up possession or in the custody of the Police pond 50 simply solved as may be thought,

have been of litle avail. He would that the property should be kept

difficult to answer but not always that part of Europe This, of must come a time when the mat continuo as tenant of the bank at ing the parled allowed for appeal: appear on this page. Answers are course, meant more trouble in the ter must be put to the arbitra- such rent and on such terms as the if no appeal is instituted the Lysol Balkans, and at the present moment of war. If only the chief bank saw fit to impose is to be destroyed. ment the unhappy affair seems to wranglers in the wretched affair M M Watson appeared for

the bank (plaintiffs) and Mr. The motor bus road between have come to a head. So serious could confine it to themselves and D. L. Strellcit for Mr. Witchell Woosung and Yanghonstun Vil has it been that Italy went so far keep it within their own com- (defendant);

Aadu lage, a distance of 12' 11, is nearing || as to send what was virtually an paratively insignificant sphere of

completion and it is hoped that the ultimatum which, happily for all influence one would not need to large and representative motor bus service at these two concerned and possibly for the make special reference to the gathering of local Indians was places and Paoshan may begin to- rest of Europe, was speedily Balkans perpetual ferment; but complied with without demur, it is certain, as was the case at

CO. That the Italians feel the matter the outbreak of the Work

very keenly is evident by the de- (and we camot forget monstrations that have been held actual outbreak did take place in

the City - Hall last morrow, (June 1); - listen to a lecture

the Religion of The Shanghal Golf Club announ- hich was delivered by res that no tiffins will now be A Haidri, a missionary served at Klangwan or Seekingjnë, graduate of the Preaching but tinned food will be available

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