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At the Kowloon Magistracy this! morning the occuplers of 167 and 249 Lai Chi Kok Road, and 106 Tai Nam Road, were fined $8 each for failing to renew their licences for the sale of kerosene oil.
Sentence of two months" hard labour was passed on a Chinese at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929.
ALLEGED FALSE
'GEISHA' AT THEATRE
LABELS
ROYAL
CASE AGAINST PRINTERS AND PRINCIPALS REPEAT. THEIR
MANUFACTURERS
TORCHLIGHT CARBONS
SUCCESS
FOURTH NIGHT
Ing, on admitting that ho stole a At the Kowloon Magistracy to- zine urn, the property of a trades- day before Mr. T. S. Whyte ed another
The Philharmonic Society scor man living at 900, Canton Road, Smith four summonses filed by Mr. Geisha" at the Theatre Royal yos- success with "The Raymond Vincent Farrell, Far East, terday afternoon and also last A Chinese was at the Kowloon business representative of the Evernight. The audience which could Magistracy this morning fined $2, or Ready Torchlight Carbons, against have been larger, was an appre four days' jail in default, for board the Hut Chuen Printing Firm, 8, elative one and called for an en. ing the Yanmati Forry launch "Man Waterloo Road, Man King Printing core more than once. The audience Lal" from a sampan, thus avoiding Firm, 43, Pitt Street, Tai Tung was so persistent in the case of the fare. The Magistrate: He was Manufacturing Co., 857 Canton Wan-hi that Roggle Greensmith probably trying to save five cents! Read, and the Wai Man Manufac-had to repent his eccentric dance.
summonses
turing Co., 140, Yue Chow Street, The thirteenth annual athletic were mentioned.
Margery Bowes Smith made a sports of the Yaumati School will The
very dainty O Mimosa San, the be held at King's Park to-morrow false printing of blocks and the She was particularly good in "A
concerned the
chief Geisha, and
sang prettily. afternoon, commencing at 12.80 false labelling of batteries and p.m. Mrs. G. P. de Martin has kind-flashlights, for
Geisha's Life" in Act I, and in the purpose of ly consented to present the prizes trade.
"The Jewel of Asia" in the Palm at 4 p.m.
Garden scene.
+
Mr. D. H. Blake, of Wilkinson & Grist, appeared for the complainant, while Mr. Hin-shing Lo appeared for the second firm.
Mr. F. X, d'Almada, jun, was for
Lella Clarke also sustained her part well as Molly Seariore (see more or less as Wun-hi puts It). "The Toy Monkey" were enthu Both her songs "Chon Kina" and
siastically received..
The occupiers of 52, Nathan Road, 3. Kent Road, 10, Somerset Road and 20, Nai Yu Tau, were fined $5 each at the Kowloon Magistracy the Tai Tung Manufacturing Co. this morning for keeping their dogs Mr. Blake informed his Worship without licences or failing to pro- that the case against Mr. U'Almada's humorist of the play. Mr. Green Wun-hi was, of course, the vide their dogs with muzzles. client had been withdrawn on the smith played his part with gusto basis that they had destroyed all the introducing some laughable gags
For stealing a silver dollar at the blocks and Inks and had paid com- with a local favour. Yaumati Market, a Chinose with a pensation, bad record W48 at the Kowloon
H. V. Parker was admirable in The same applied to the Tai Tung the part of Reginald Fairfax, Magistracy this morning, sentenced Co., which was not legally repre- whilst Archibald Brock was im-
Mr. Lo intimated that the with-Chief Magistrate..
to five months' hard labour. It was aented. stated that the defendant has had
The hearing was fixed for Monday afternoon.
pressive as the Marquis Imarl, the
12 strokes of the cane on three drawals might prejudice his case previous occasions.
but the Magistrate pointed out that out reference to the work of the No report can be complete with- that would rathar help.
be desired. The Timpani, Drums, orchestra, which left nothing to
etc., were in the able charge of Drum Major W. Dalrymple, K.O.S.B., and effectively introduc ed.
The masters of the Man Hai and Sing Hai Eating Houses in Canton Road were each fined $25 at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning for selling intoxicating liquor in Government, their premises, or allowing it to be though it appears to have consumed, thus causing a breach of
condition of their licenco.
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Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 19, 1929,
WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
[To the Editor of "China MaiL"] Str,-Could you got Canon
right to possess private p perty was revived, and, in a fashion, private tradg was again encour-Streeter to aged. The measures adopted for questions? this purpose proved insufficient
answer the following
We get big men of various kinds going round the world "talking" and to provide the country with a enquiring, but to my mind they very satisfactory industrial organisa- rarely get to the point.
tion, and, two years later, each of
In "John O' London," a weekly its important
newspaper, an "Enquiring Layman” industries asked the following questions, and formed into a trust, coverig they are the very questions which either its entire operations or worry the minds of many people those of groups of factories in in-Christians or who sincerely wish to who profess and call themselves dividual districts.
do so.
3.
"What place, for example, in Modernist thought does the supernatural in Christianity
hold ? Was Christianity a superna- tural revelation ?
Is Christianity essentially a
way of life ?
RENTS PROBLEM
At this, afternoon's meeting of the Legislative Counell, Sir Henry Pollock asked:
In view of recent discus- sions, will the Government state whether its policy is:
(a) To impose rent restric- tion; or
(b) To appoint a Fair Rents Board; or
(c) To increase the length of notice to quit on a monthly tenancy to longer period than one month; or
(d) To leave the above mat- tors to, the action of economic laws and to the terms of the contracts entered Into be- tween the parties.
Answers:
(a), (b) and (c). The anwers are in the negative.
(d). The answer is in the affirmative.
BAG SNATCHING
COMMONS DEBATE ON INDIA
SYMPATHETIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOODWILL
A PAINFUL CHAPTER
London, Yesterday. The House of Commons debated the political situation in India on a motion of Mr. Fenner Brockway, welcoming the co-operation of the Indians on the settlement of the constitutional ques- tion, and relying on the Government of India to encourage goodwill by sym- pathetic administration.
The speakers dwelt on the improve. mont in the outlock, and Labour mem- bers urged the consideration of cases of all political prisoners.
Capt.. Wedgwood Benn said that re- garding the prosecutions, there was a new spirit abroad in India. We were closing a painful chapter and, on the general position, were all working to one definite goal, we were moving to- warda uniform goodwill in India. The Viceroy considered the re-enactment of
Chinese Too Modest To the Pubile Safety Ordinance to be un
ed
Make Statement
necessary.
B
Or, to be a Christian, is assent
Capt. Benn maintained that in to the orthodox doctrine of the
number of ways Dominion status al- Incarnation and the Virgin
The story of how a Chinese perform ready operated, and India was proceed- Birth to the physical Resnatcher, and then, on account of his table conference would be fully repre- a public service by catching A Ing rapidly toward it. The round surrection as a historical fact, modesty, declined to go to the station sentative and open to all. It was not to the divine institution of with his captive, thus placing the intended as Sacraments, to the Atonement, Police in an awkward position, was but
sop Indian opinion, bring the light of Indian opin- a sine qua non ?
told in Mr. A. W. 6. H. Grantham's lon to bear upon and help us in the Is Christianity Indissolubly Court this morning, when a Chinese solution of the difficulties. We were bound up with certain unique boy was charged with the possession entering upon a new ers which might of a knife which could be used for an be the greatest in the history of the unlawful purpose.
British Commonweath, The boy was arrested near the Cen-was adopted-Reater. trat Market for snatching a gold erna which was being carried on its mother's ment from the cap of a Chinese baby
With the exception of small 1. factories and of concessionnaires, all industrial production in Russia comes under the control of these 2. trusts, which, though allowed a certain independence in their organisation and operations, have 4. their policy and finances con- TRADE WITH RUSSIA trolled effectively by a Supreme Economic Committee. All for It may be remembered by our
eign trade, moreover, both export readers interested in commercial and import, with the possible ex- questions that
ception of what is done by con- Anglo- Russian Committee this year cessionnaires, is confined abso- organised a delegation of 84lutely to State trista. The in- members, stated to represent dustrial trusts pay wages, in over 1.500 British firme with some instances by piece work, capital resources exceeding and are authorised and stated to by "Christianity," when he says that £700,000,000, to proceed to make profits. Out of these pro-Christianity is the only solution of back, Russia at the invitation of the flts, however,
a minimum pro- the difficulties, etc. in China ? Russian Government, and ascer-vision is allowed to be made for
Yours faithfully, tuin on the spot the prospects interest on capital, renewals,
ALPHA & OMEGA. Hong Kong, December 19. and conditions of increased etc., and the entire surplus pro- Anglo-Russian trade. The De-i
fit goes half to the State, 10 per legation arrived in Moscow cent. to some form of welfare
the
5.
'historical events that, as nar- rated, are to be taken literally?" I add a final question- What does Canon Streeter mean
A MEAN ACT
at the end of March, and work, and the remaining 40 per Chinese Who Stole From the arrangements made for en- cent. to reserve fon capital de- abling its members to come into velopment.
contact with their opposite num- bers in the various State depart-
ments were so efficient that, by the end of the first week, most
Hard-Up Friend
The Boy Seized
A Chinese pedestrian seized the boy, retrieved the ornament and returned it to the mother. Then he handed the boy over to a policeman, remarking that he could do the rest.
The motion
PALESTINE RIOTS
Shot Doctor In Serious Condition
His Worship remarked that the boy
Rugby, Yesterday. had been convicted three times in 85 Dr. Drummond Shiels conarmed. In the House of Commons to-day,
Accused: I have changed my meda the report that Dr. Berkowitz wna of living since the laat conviction. shot at and wounded on December Magistrate: You have plenty of op-13 at Safed, in Palestine, and that “You did a very mean thing to portunity to do that before.
his condition, was Berious. He steal money from
Accused was ordered to receive 12 added that ten minutes later at the a friend who strokes of the cane and to undergo same place a Customs Officer was was hard up," remarked Mr. T. Sane year's Police surveillance, From Mesars. Siemens China Whyte-Smith at company the "China's Mail has Magistracy this morning to a Kowloon
NEWS IN BRIEF
the
of the delegates had completed received a useful dairy and pocket Chinese, who was charged with A PROMPT CAPTURE their departmental discussions book for 1930.
the fraudulent conversion of $158.42 to his own use.
fendant went to live with the com
According to the police, the de- Magistrate's Praise For
plainant (who is a fitter at the
Two Hawkera
and were making their arrange The F. & Oat. "Khiva” la ments either for visiting other due from Singapore, at 5 p.m. to towns or for returning home. morrow and will sail for Shanghai Further discussions, however, at noon on Saturday,
Government Pumping Station at The action of two Chinese hawkers took piace between representa
Yapmati, and as times got who arrested a bag snatcher in West tives of the delegates and of the session of three female silk jackets, offered to sell seven pigs to get Mr. W. Hamilton to-day. He said: Charged with the unlawful pos hard for both of them, the latter Point yesterday was commended by Government, extending, apa Chinese, stated to be unemployed, modey to enable both of them to "I congratulate them on their very parently, over about another was at the Kowloon Magistrace this live, that all members of the public will prompt capture of the mar I hope fortnight. The port of the tive of 12 days hard labour.
morning fined $8, with the alterna-The defendant sold the pigs, and help us in this way." Committee on the proceedings of t
then stayed away from his friend The accused was sentenced to 12 the Delegation has now been
till yesterday afternoon, when he months hard labour and 24 strokes of Passengera dus here on Saturday was met in Jordan-Road and ask the birch for snatching a handbag published at Home. The opinion it by the as "Ha
ed for the money. He told the from a Chinese woman and assaulting ffect that, onde Blare, Mr.
clude Mrs de Bla
EM complainant that he had spent it her when she attempted to resist him, ttons, there is a great and Mrs. Toda
Mr. all and they both went to the Russian business availRev. and Mrs
For the
No, con
and the Police Station, where the culprit
was charged:
accused was fined $100 or
in St. Paul's Cathedral,
CITY GOES WEST
shot at and wounded. The Bri- tish Government was satisfied that able of maintaining order in that the Palestine Government was cap-
country, but it was, of course, 'Im- possible to guarantes in Palestine
or elsewhere that Isolated cases might not occur of, offences against Service: life and propertyBritish Wireless
TEN YEARS AGO
[From the "China »M«l,” December 19, 1919.1.
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