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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1928,

jal political gain to the Nanking Thanks to the courtesy of the Government in a new era of diplo-Java-China-Japan Lijn we are in re matic negotiation with the ceipt of handsomely-bound des P'RAPS P'RAPS NOT!

Powers,

tablots issued to commemorate the | firm's" 25th, anniversary of founda- tion, which falls on Monday next, September 17.

A modern young man, after kisaing a modern girl, said: "I'll be

'You're '

Instead of running for three days only, as at first announced, Cecil B. perfectly frank with you. De Mille's drama of the Russian re- not the first girl I've kissed by a volution, "The Volga Boatman," long shot!" Modern Girl: "And I'll will be screened at the Queen's be equally frank with you. You've Theatre for four days, beginning on

Thursday. "The Volga Boatman" a great deal to learn, even at that!" is Mr. De Mille's biggest picture: since he produced "The Ten Com-

mandments."

Hubby: "Well, dear, I've got a new hat for your birthday." Wifey: "Oh, you darling." Hubby: "Yes, I spent a lot of

Shanghai's "Reds," tandas That Shanghala Reds" are capable of literally making their presence felt and their feelings known'

was again amply demon atrated on Sunday when, in Nan king-road, a sort of "repeat" per- formance was given of what hap pened in the same busy thorough fare on the previous Sunday. An Impromptu meeting was staged for the, purpose, It appeared, "of aequainting passers-by with the tenets of Bolshevism.". Pamph leaving for Home this week or the time wondering what to give you, Capt. Thomp-and this morning you said that lets of the approved colour (red, "Empress of Asia."

a popular nothing would give you greater of course) were distributed, and son, who has been we learn that they contained the skipper on the China coast for pleasure than to see me in a new usual. diatribes against "unequal many years, was taken ill at Foo-hat." treaties" and also that consider-chow, on a recent trip up the coast able opposition was expressed in and has been confined in hospital for them against the local organisa- six weeks since, returning to Hong tion of the Nationalist Party. It Kong. All who know him will wish seems that on the police, riot him a speedy return to health. squad arriving on the scene, they

Capt. W. Thompson, of the Douglas Steamship Company, is

were received with a volley of The local offices of the Yokohama stones and general debris, and Specle Bank. Ltd. is in receipt of that, in the melco, trams suffered a cablegram from the Head Office to broken windows and that a num- the effect that at the 97th half-yearly ber of onlookers were bruised. ordinary general meeting of the Happily, 13 of the "demonstra-shareholders held at the head office tors, including three women, at Yokohama on the 10th inst., the were arrested, Very probably it report read shows a net profit of will be found that the unlucky Yen 16,281,011.36, including Yen thirteen are of the usual species 7,223,636.48 carried over from last of half-baked student politician, account. It was resolved to pay a and that their voices merely in-dividend of 10 per cent. pa (absorb dicate the emptiness of their minds. Such as they are nothing ing Y.5,000,000.-) for the half year but a public nuisance and ought ended June 30 1928, to add to the to be treated as such. The birch reserve Fund Yen 3,000,000-and is the best thing for them.

to carry forward the sum of Yen 8,281,611.36 to the next account.

in the shape of military and naval detachments. Fortunately, dif- The Rev. Kirk. Macenachle did not, ficulties are not insurmountable, as reported locally, preach his last Both sides have had sufficient sermon at Union Church on Sunday. experience of strife near foreign He does not leave the Colony until concessions to know how to

to keep out of trouble; and the Powers' units are maintaining neutrality with tact.

October 6.

Mr. E S. Abraham was fined $5 by Major C. Willson, this morning, for failing to carry a rear lamp on his car at 11.85 pm. on August 9, in Lower Albert-road.

MISS B. E. STOKES.

FUNERAL AT PROTESTANT CEMETERY.

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LARGE ATTENDANCE.

The Army was strongly repre sented at the funeral yesterday, at the Protestant Cemetery, What, then, will be the imme-

Happy Valley, of Miss Beatrice Elizabeth Stokes, the nurse com- diate consequences? We suggest

panion to Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Col. H. B. Gunn, Mr. F. D. Tracy. Bowkett, of the 12th Heavy Bat that it does not require even boki- neas to take an optimistic view. the Hong Kong Yachting Interprt

Mr. O. L. Shields and Capt. le Cros, tery, Royal Artillery, Lyeemun, Where can the 20,000 or 80 team, salled for Shanghai this morn-cers of the Battery acted as pall-

Junior non-commissioned offi

Northerners go now that they are Ing by the 8.8. "President bearers and the Rev. G. F. Stop-

MacKinley." really pushed? To the west are

ford, C.F., officiated at the grave- side and also conducted the ser- the Nationalists, advancing in A motor car accident occurred at vice in the chapel. earnest at last. To the east is Queen's-road, West. last evening

Among those who attended

damaged.

Scene: Sunday School.

Lady Teacher: "Now, can any little boy or girl foll me who Job was 7"

Weo Boy (after a long pause): "A doctor."

Lady Teacher: "A doctor? Oh, dear, no Where did you read. that?"

Wee Boy: "Did ye never hear of the patients o' Job?"

A Scotsman and a Welshman were having an argument about the fertility of their respective coun- tries.

In answer to the Scotsman's boast that in Scotland a stick thrown DI the ground one night would be hidden by grass in the morning, the Welshman replied: "That's nothing!" Now in Wales, there is a piece of land where if you turn a horse out on to it one night you will not see:

the next.?

Tom: "You look seedy, old man." Why don't you take a holiday?"

Tim: "I should very much like to, but I couldn't stay away from the office."

Tom: "Couldn't the firm do with- out you for a week?".. trouble. I don't want them to find Tim: "Quite easily; that's the

it out."

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A certain lecturer told the repre- Bentative of the local paper that he had a few more engagements in the country, and he did not wish him. the Great Wall and, outside that, resulting in a policeman being were Mrs. Bowkett, Mrs. Fisher, to publish anything of the lecture,

It might apoll the attendance at: Manchuria; Even if General jured, and a lamp standard being Mrs. Gordon, Mra. Tomms, Mrs.

The next: Chang Hsueh-liang, the

knocked down a pedestrian being in- Goodhart, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. the other meetings. new

Stevenson, Mrs. Gornal, Master-day ho was horrified to read in the master of Manchuria, was fool

Gunner Fisher, Battery Sergeant local sheet: “Mr. — delivered an. énough to wish to extend sanc-

Major Bennett, Bdr. Pratt, excellent lecture in the U.F. Church. A man named Mak Wing (34) Bdr. McGee, Gr. Axel, G. Hall. He gave some very good. tuary to the comparatively small was yesterday admitted to the Gov-Milner.

storles, but, unfortunately, they Northern Army, either on the ernment Civil Hospital, auffering Two of the wreaths. were in cannot be printed." ground of old-time associations, from injuries caused by falling 15 scribed: In loving memory of our feet while at work on board H.M.S. dear "Nannie" from Judy, or because he covets the addition "Foxglove" in the Naval dry dock Susanne, Diana, Joy and Wendy; of the numbers mentioned to his

In loving and affectionate mem- The most original excuse which it: own strength, the Japanese are Mr. L. Guimaraes was summoned ory from Mr. and Mrs. T. H. has ever been my lat to encounter, likely to adhere to their declara- at the Central Magistracy this morn-Bowkett. Other floral tributea BayB a contributor, was tendered me ing for driving without a driver's were sent by Capt, and the Hon. the other day in a city shop. I had tion that they will not permit an licence, Defendant stated that the Mrs. Macnair, B.S.M. and Mrs. made a small purchase amounting to undisciplined rabble to enter Man-cycle he was driving at the time was Bennett and family, Mr. and Mra. 1/8, and tendered a 10 note. I churia and thereby endanger their not his.. He had a learner's licence, Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wilson, received 6/4 change. "Come," said interests. General Chang Haueh- which had expired. A fine of $5 Mrs. R. C. Comrie, Master-Gr.1, this will hardly do. You owe and Mrs. Fisher, Married Fami- me another two, shillings." "I'm liang having made no secret of

les, Lyeemun, L/Bdr. McGee, very sorry," replied the assistant as his intention, to co-operate with At Kowloon Court this morning,

Mr. C. R. M. Young and Mr. H. C. he handed over the missing floris, the Nationalist Government, it is Cheung Fal, op remand, answered to Reaker.

"but we're rather short of 'change Officers and Other Ranks, R.A., to-day." therefore improbable that he will a charge of selling pork unit for 12th Heavy Battery, R.A. (Lyee human consumption." Dófendant give Japan the opportunity of

represented by Mr. Leo mun), R. A. Sergeants' Mesa was

mun), RIA. Officera" Mess" (Lyee- keeping the Northerners out. In d'Almada e Castro. Mr. L. Reidy (Lyeemun), R.A. Headquarters fact, it seems safe to assume that assistant Colonial Veterinary sur Sergeants Mess, Victoria. he will do so himself. The only geon, appeared for the prosecution. Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1928. alternatives for the Northerners

Case proceeding. will then be to fight to the last, That the manufacture of tine was surrender, disband, or take to the In progress at 8 o'clock in the morn barren country of the far North, 1ng at Yaunist was the statement made by Sub-Inspector Marks, at the

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bowkett tender their sincere thanks to all friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and floral tributes and for their attendance at the funeral,

FALL OF TONGSHAN.

was imposed by Major C. Willzon.

ROMAN FINDS.

RARE RING OF GOLD IN LONDON.

number of articles, many

A

of

The gentleman who was engaged in missionary work in the slums approached a villainous-looking, in- dividual who was lounging outside public-house. Starting à conversa- tion he urged him to come along to- the Mission Hall. It is a nice hall," said the gentleman, "with texts all around 18

"Oh," growled the other; "them yer don't get me anywhere where

Not that we cannot resist the Kowloon Magistracy. Defendant, It Although until recently Tong- temptation of Jettisoning impar appeared, had caused the work which were used by Romans in there's 'tecs all around it ain't no shan was hardly known and, in tiality, but we verlly believe that to be done on the pavement London 1, 800 years ago, dug up place for me!" And he quickly slid. Itself, is not a city of great China herself and trade in gene is for the compradors; of the Messrs. Spiers and Son's new back into the bar

Defendant, it was said, was making in preparing for the erection of importance, its capture by the cral will berlent by the final con- Naval Yard. A fine of 310 was im building: between. Mifts- lane and 1st division of the 12th National-clusion of this wasteful cam posed. 1st Army from the Northern

paign. The present Northern remnants on Sunday evening has Generals proved to the hilt their erable significance. When capacity for wilful misgovern-

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the late Marshal Chang, Tso-lin ment in Shantung and Chihll pro to give up Peking to the vinces, Had it not been alists, it was thought that churls would not have

received finis" had been written after the the astounding volume of emigra

chapter in the civil war tion from these two provin en an epilogue became neces- and thereby prospered. in time, when the Proper will be connected tionalists wavered owing to land with Man Cissension, the length of the long interval, there epilogue exceeded that of home

inistration

of the lesser chapters. With the

fall of Tongshan, however, it can ly in really, be said that the beginning effe

of the end has comma subjugation of the Northern reminuts has been a foregone conclusion

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Angry purchaser: Didn't you tell me that you had got as many as 12. eggs in one day from those eight hens you sold me?

St. Martin's-lane, are being ex Kibited in the hall of the pre- of the Fifth mises aug Squadron, left for Home this Cut from a piece of boxwood her paying-on with two ranges of teeth, one

service coarse and the other fine, is a Poultry seller: Yes, ma'am. few weeks comb in such good condition that Angry purchaser: Then why Is it nder in it looks as though it had never that I'm naver able to get more. HMS; been used, though, when the age than two eggs from them, and king, re old mud was washed off it, there sometimes none at all in one day? for reff were still a few black hairs be-Poultry sellor I don

wtween the teeth.MERC Com The rarest of all the articles maam, unless it's because you look

for eggsy too oftan.. he acted as found during the excavations is a

look for only once a week, L in command small gold engagement ring The

feel quite

that

will get wearing of gold rings among the nistration, with Romans was by law confined to Just, as many eggs.as I did. Ted to the estate of Mrs persons of a high social status, W. Chaun

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