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THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1929,

STUDY OF ENGLISH

BRITISH GOLD MEDAL FOR TOKYO UNIVERSITY

SHAKESPEARE TRANSLATED

London, Yesterday.. The Japan Society in London, which for over 30 years has been a social meeting ground for Bri- tish and Japanese, has offered to the Imperial University of Tokyo a gold medal, struck at the Royal Mint, to be awarded annually to the student who submits the best essay on some subject connected with the study of the English language or literature.

OPIUM CARRIER

YOUTH SENT TO JAIL FOR

NINE MONTHS .

ARRESTED ON WHARF

THE CHINA MAIL,

LANSDOWNE HOUSE SHADOWS BEFORE.

SOLD TO ARCHITECT FOR £750,000

NEW SHOPPING CENTRE

Arrested yesterday on the Star Another Mayfair shopping Ferry Wharf while about to board centre, probably in conjunction one of the launches, a Chinese with a luxury hotel or theatre, is youth, 16 years of age was pro-to arise in Berkeley-square, W., duced before Mr. E. W. Hamilton on the three-acres site of Lans- at the Central Magistracy this downe House. morning on the charge of unlaw- ful possession of 120 taels of raw opium.

His Worship, glancing at the charge sheet, remarked that ac- cused was very young, and he did not like sending people of that age to prison.

&

The medal will, to-morrow, be presented by the Duke of Glou-

Inspector Moss said that the cester to the Imperial University.

In Appreciation of Shakespeare opium was wrapped up in

Two hundred and fifty hand-piece of paper contained in a lea- some volumes of Shakespearean ther case, which the accused car- studies, in recognition of Japan ried quite openly.

Accused pleaded guilty and ese appreciation of Shakespeare, -being the complete translation was fined $3,000 with the alter- of whose works into Japanese-native of nine months' imprison- has been accomplished by Dr. ment. His Worship remarked Tsubouchi-British Wireless Ser-that owing to the accused being so young he would not sentence him to a year's term in jail but take off three months.

vice.

AIR LINE MISHAP

DETAILS OF ACCIDENT AT

BAGDAD

A SUBSTITUTE

THE

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DISCOVERY"

TO BE VISITED BY ROYALTY

an-

Bagdad, Festerday.. Following upon the accident here FOR THE ANTARCTIC to an Imperial Airways liner, on the London-India mail service, a spare

London, Yesterday. air liner from Basra left Baydad at The Dominions' Offices dawn, carrying, mails and passen-nounce that the Duke and gers on the India-England servicc. | Duchess of York will pay a visit It will try to reach "Alexandria by of inspection to the Royal Ke- the scheduled time to-night,. com- search ship "Discovery," which is pressing two days' journey into one, al present lying at the West India so as to make up for yesterday's Docks, on the afternoon of May mishap.

This will involve a flight of nearly 1,000 miles.-Reuter,

At Alexandria

Alexandria. Yesterday. The West bound Indian air mail arrived this afternoon. en route to England at 4.30 a.m.-Reuter.

MOTOR TAXATION ?

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2.

Their Royal Highness will be conducted over the ship by Sir Douglas Mawson, the leader of the expedition to the Antarctic for which the "Discovery" is now being reconditioned.

Mr. L. S. M. Amery (Domin- ions Secretary) and the High Commissioner for Australia and a representative of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, will also be present. British Wireless Service.

$114,782 WANTED

This famous mansion, which was built from designs by the Adam brothers during 1760-1, has been sold for £750,000 by the Marquess of Lansdowne.

The purchaser is Mr. Benson Greenall, the London architect, and the deal was negotiated by

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COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL"

ENTERTAINMENTS

To-day Queen's Theatre; "Iron Mask."

Today World Theatre; London After Midnight."

To-day. Star Theatre; "Let Women Alone."

To-day Grand Italian opera Carmen," at Star Theatre, Kow-THURSDAY, the 23rd May, 1929, Joon, 9.15 p.m.

at Noon, for the purpose of re-. To-night-Cabaret entertainmentceiving the Report of the General by Banvard Musical Comedy Co. at of Accounts for the year ended Agents, together with a Statement Dinner dance, H.K. Hotel Roofthe 31st December, 1928. Garden.

The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS To-morrow-Inward from Europe CLOSED from the 9th to the 23rd will be

via Siberia (Harana Maru).

Home Mail

To-morrow Outward for S.. Africa, India and Europe via Mar- sellies, (Haruna Maru), 9.30 a.m.

Land Sale

May 6-A P.W.D. Offices, two lots of Crown land at Prince

Messrs. Duncan B. Gray and Part Edward-ro.. 3 p.m. ners, estate agents, of Mount- street, W.

Lammerts' Auction May: 3--At 324 Kowloon Tong, Mr. Duncan B. Gray said to a valuable household furniture, "Daily Mail" reporter:-

May, 1929, both days inclusive.

JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Agents.

Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1920.

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

vlackwood and the silver ware; DENTRY

RAFT PROGRAMMES and

Lansdowne House will be de-etc., 2.30 p.m. molished in about a year's } time.

Mr. Greenall, who owns a good deal of property in Lon- don, has brought the site to sell again. There is room for 40 or 50 shops.

Sports

May 3-4-S.C. Command Inter- 18th unit contest, Sockumpoo Valley.

FORMS

for tha FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING to be held on SATURDAY, May and on MONDAY, 20th May 1929 (Weather per May 4-Seventh Annual Athle-mitting) may be obtained at the tie sports meeting of Cheung Chan Race Course. Hong Kong Club, and Govt. School.

Causeway Bay Stables. -May-1-Sacred Heart College)

Entries will CLOSE at 12 o'clock

Meetings

1929.

Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1920.

On the other hand, Lans-sports, Kowloon Football ground, noon on WEDNESDAY 8th May, downe House might well be re- Į noon. placed by a new Royal Opera House. It is possible too that: May 7-Annual meeting of the a new road will be driven across Hong Kong Auxiliary of the Bri- the site.

tish and Foreign Bible Society, Helena May Institute, 5.15 p.m.

Lansdowne House has been oc- cupied for the last eight years by Mr. Gordon Selfridge. It was leased to him furnished, with all its art treasures. The present marquess has never lived there.

ASTOR ESTATES

SUIT PENDING FOR

£8,000,000-

May 9--Meeting of China Under- writers Ltd., Messrs. Shewan Tomes board room, noon.

May 10 Further meeting of United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ltd., Messrs. Dodwell & Co.'s offices, 11 a.m.

CANCELLED

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Route No. 9, Nathan Road

TEN MINUTES' SERVICE of

Buses will be operated on Route No. 9 (Star Ferry-Argyle Street) between 8 and 9:30 am, 12 noon and 2.30 p.m., and 4.30 and 7.30 p.m. on and from Satur-

KAI TACK MOTOR BUS CO

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General Manager, Hong Kong, May 2, 1929.

THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD., COPENHAGEN.

Miscellaneous To-day Bridge party at Taikco Club in ald of H.KW.G. & M.C.L.

To-day Mr. B. M. Talati, R.A.day, May 4. speaks on "Theosophy And The An action has been started in Young," 7, Queen's-rd. Ct., 6 p.m.

May 10-At Volunteer Head- the Federal Court, New York, to recover a sum of $39,000,000 quarters, Annual Corps smoking (nearly £8,000,000) from the coacert, dinner and distribution of estate of the first John Jacob Corps trophies and musketry prizes. Lorries Should Pay Mare

Astor. It is alleged that this sum. A Chinese motor car dealer was

constituted a trust made in 1815 of the opinion that commercial

by John Nicholas Emerich for the vehicles-lorries- should be made.

benefit of his descendants, John to pay a heavy tax. They damag

Jacob Astor being the trustee. ed the roads more than any other

The plaintiffs in the case are could stand a vehicle and they

from which this sum can be met as four descendants of Emerich. owing to shortage of staff in the The representatives of the Astor Architectural Department it will not estates" maintain that he possible to expend the

there full is no proof of any such trust amount voted for the market this agreement having been made. On the other hand, the plaintiff's The above is to be met from sav- claim that its existence. is con- ings under

Sai Ying Pun New clusively shown by some old Market.

papers belonging to Emerich. New Motor Road Pubile Works, Extraordinary—

heavy taxation considering the earning capacity of such vehicles. He, however, was the only one who was opposed to taxing motor cars according to petrol consumption. It was equivalent, he said, to taxing labour. A man who owned a car wanted it to get about in his busi- ness. Take a doctor for instance- if the tax was placed according to the petrol consumed, that doctor would not be able to get about easily.. because he had to think of his expenses. He favoured taxa-

tion according to horse power.

A Clerk Wanted

year.

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Proposed road connecting Garden- read Hong Kong Communications, Pro-and Bower road with May- road, $57,000.

In order to provide proper facili- ties for motor vehicles to reach May- The manager of one of the leading read, a proposed motor road bas

oil firm said that it did not matter been planned to connect this level one way or the other to them. If to Garden-road (at the junction of

Magazine Gap-rdad.

The above is to be mel from: savings under road Mountain Lodge, Peak.

REPENTANT WIFE

DIVORCED COUPLE

RECONCILED

JOYFUL JUDGE

"I am very glad indeed. I wish

DURING SLEEP.

SOMNAMBULIST TAKES

POISON

IRREGULARITY OF EVERY GOVT.

The Motor Vessel,

"MALAYA" FALSE ADDRESSES having arrived, Consignees of cargo are hereby informed that all goods Suppression of evidence, false risk into the hazardous and/or extra- are being landed and placed at their evidence, collusion, and condona-bazardous Godowns of The Hongkong tion, besides "every sort of irre- & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., gularity" by a solicitor's clerk, whore delivery can be obtained as soon were features

as the goods are landed. of a case in the

No claims will be admitted after the Divorce Division. Mr. Justice goods have left the Godowns, and all Bateson described it as an "ex-gonda

undelivered after the ceedingly bad" one.

1929, at 4 p.m. will be

8th May, 1925, The King's Proctor intervened subject to rent.

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in the suit in which Mr. Reginald goods are to be left in the Godown, broken, chafed and damaged Shepstone, on October 27, 1927, where they will be examined by had obtained a decree nisi against Messrs. Anderson & Ashe on the 6th

his wife, Mrs. Lily Mary May, 1929. at 10a.m.

Shepstone, in consequence of her adultery with Mr. William Sear, since dead. The King's Proctor alleged that Mr. Shepstone had wilfully withheld facts.

In consequence of his own adultery Mr. Shepstone was given the discretion of the court in his favour at the trial, when he gave his address as Brookfield-mansions, whereas, it was alleged, he was residing with another woman at Highgate-avenue, N.

the Government wanted to tax Bowen -road) by a route approxi-all decrees, nisi terminated in this petrol. It must provide such oil mately on the line of the existing way," remarked Mr. Justice Hill These, it was said, were that in companies with a clerk to keep a

in the Divorce Court recently. the petition he gave his address record for the Government. They

The total cost is estimated at He had consented to a decree as Ambler-road, Finsbury Park, were not going to incur additional

nisi being rescinded $108,000.

at the re- N., when he was living at Wilber- expenses in order to employ an extra

The scheme has beer approved by quest of a husband.

force-road, Finsbury Park, with clerk to keep accounts for the Goy-the Public Works Committee.

According to counsel the hus- his wife.. ernment and to receive the taxes

A vote of the above amount is band had become reconciled to for them.

requested to cover this year's his wife, who was now genuinely The manager of a European com-expenditure. The balance will be repentant for her past conduct. pany which maintained a fleet of included in the 1930 draft Estim- cars for its employees said that it ates. The amount to be expended would be better for the public if this year represents the balance of the tax was only placed on potrol the suvinga effected by the abandon- Gasolene, he said, is now selling at ment of the proposed motor road 70 cents per gallon, and if the tax

to Mountain Lodge.

There were other irregularities were imposed, it would bring it up

alleged which concerned Mr. to about $3 per gallon-a great dif

Shepstone's then solicitor's man- ference to car owners, he admitted.

- Scarborough-A verdict that he aging clerk in connection with the But he was sure that the oil cỡng

had died from poisoning by prusserving of the papers on the cor Training Marine Surveyors panies could bring their prices down Harbour Department:-Special of somnambulism was recorded

sic acid taken whilst in a state respondent. to about 50 cents per gallon. In Expenditure, Training expenses of at an inquest at Scarborough, on California, he said, the best petrol two Government Marine Surveyors Noel Abbey Sykes, aged 19, a could be obtained for 20 cents per in England; expenses of Assistant gallon (Hong Kong money) and, Government Marine Surveyors in allowing a cost of ten cents on each connection with Board of Trade

An analyst's report stated that gallon to bring them over, the com-training course, $11,582.

a considerable amount of prussie pany could sell at a great profit at Provision made in Estimates. The youth was found dead in bed 50 cents a gallon. The reason why $7,200. they charged exorbitantly was. he

Dr. Griffin said Sykes had been Estimated travelling expenses said, because they held the monopoly and subsistence allowance for sleep-walker in his earlier days, been told that this clerk was now so to speak. "Let there be less con-

and two or three months ago he employed by another firm of soli- sumption, which will be bound to Marine Surveyors engaged subse talking about switching things what had happened no doubt they three Assistant Government was sitting up in bed semi-asleep uitors. If they were not aware of be the case, if the tax is placed on quent to Estimates 1929 being off. It was in witness's mind that would learn of it... patrol, and the oil companies will

framed. When Estimates were there was an off-chance that he lose no time in bringing their prepared it was only anticipated took the poison in his sleep.

prices down, and in this way, car owners will find that their taxes are in taxes are in fact paid for them by the oil companies," he concluded.

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No evidence was called.

Clerk's "Inaccuracies" Mr. Justice Bateson said that

All

claims against the vessel must the 11th May, 1929, or they will not be presented to the Undersigned before be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be counter signed by

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every sort of irregularity and im- committed by the parties and also TALIAN GRAND propriety seemed to have been

the conduct of the case.

by the solicitor's clerk who had

Fe (Mr. Justice Bateson) had

This clerk. seemed to have affidavit full of inac- sworn an curacies for the purpose of assist ing his client,"

Mr. Shepstone seemed to have An amusing incident occurred been living in adultery at the very T. C: Stiff for 8 the other day up at Harrogate in time he was petitioning for this months at £40 per month 320 Yorkshire. A plumber and his decree, nisi, and at the time he Mr. J. Hunter for 8 mate, after attending a burst fled his petition; and for some months at £40 per month 320 water pipe at a big hotel walked time afterwards he was living with Mr. W. Sprange for 8

months at £40 per month- Mr. S. Ashworth for 12

months at £40 per month

£1,800 · at Exchange Rate

1/11

Less already provided in

Estimates

Now required

into the Royal Hall where a fancy his wife. suppression

820 | dress ball was in progress, prizes

480

So there had been

being given for the best cos-] of evidence, false evidence, collu- tumes. They were in their work- sion, and condonation, ing clothes and carried their tools,

Correct Addresses

$1,800 so they wrote on a card “Plum- It only showed how very in

ber and his mate" and entered the portant it was that the addresses $18,782 costume competition. To their of people should be correctly

surprise they won the first prize. given, EN 7.200 It was not until later that it was

The decree nisi would be re learned that they were not guesta scinded and the petition dismiss- 311,582 at the balli

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