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BIRTH

PATERSON-At Victoria Hos- pital, on December 21, 1929,

to Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Paterson, a son, still barn.

Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 23, 1929.

OPIUM AND DRUGS

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1929.

Mrs. F. C. Jenkip, wife of the local Amongst the passengers who salied LOCAL WEDDINGS "Malwa on Saturday, accompanied "Malwa" on Saturday was Mr. G. P. Swiss Couple Married At

barrister, left for Home by the sa. for Home on the P. and O. 8.8.

by her daughter.

Honey, 'A.M.L.C.E., Civil Engineer of the Naval Establishments. | He Mr. A. Anderson of the Port Deve-was accompanied by Mrs. Heney and

their two daughters. lopment, P.W.D., went on Home leave by the P. and O. 8.s. "Malwa" which sailed on Saturday.

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*St. Joseph's

BOUGON-HAHNEMANN

A Carol Service was held in St., The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon rester-Joseph's Church, Garden Road, on Upon withdrawing his brief as day during evensong.

Several Saturday afternoon (the Rev. Fr. Blotteau and Riganti officiating) of plaintiff, counsel for Mrs. Fogarty well-known carols were sung, and stated that the latter desired to Miss F. McGill rendered "Nazareth" dr. Elof Bougon of Hong Kong, son withdraw her salt against Gene as a solo. Mr. Rupert Baldwin, Hahnemann, daughter of Mr Paul of Dr. Baugon, and Miss Marinatte A.T.C.L., was at the organ, while Hahnemann of Lausanne, Switzer- the Rev. E. A. Armstrong preached. land, who recently arrived in the

Tunney.

The French Chamber has adopt- ed a Bill providing for the Anancial year henceforth to begin on April 1 (which is the same as Britain) instead of January 1.

Colony.

Kong Kwan and Kong Sam, both The bride was givan away by Mr.

plum smokers, were at the Kow-G.. Guvillier, and Mr. C. Arnulply boon Magistracy this morning be-performed the duties of best man. fore Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith charged After the coremony a reception Chief with returning before their banish-was held at 12, The Peak, follow- ment terma of 5 years, Imposed in ing which Mr. and Mrs. Bougon 1925, had expired. According to sailed for Manila where the honey- the Police the defendants came down moon will ho spent at Baguio. in company anti were arrested in the Taun Wan village. Sentence of eight months' hard labour on each was passed.

Sydney, Yesterday. The Justice, Sir Adrian Knox, has signed the summons directing an appeal against the Beeby Coal Award. The case will come up before the High Court on Monday-Reuter.

On conviction of the theft of four Iron bars from a contractor's, shed

in Waterloo Road, a Chinese was at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day sentenced to one month's hard la- bour.

R.M.S.P. DIVIDENDS

HANKIN—BANKS

The wedding took place at St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road on B.A., of the Rates Girls', School, Saturday, of Miss Florence Banks,

Singapore, and of Holme Slack Farm, Preston, Lancashire, Eng- land, only daughter of Mr. G. A. Banka, Municipal Housing Director, Preston, and Mr. Edward John London, Yesterday.

(Hankin, Master Mariner of Messrs. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Butterfieid and Swire, second sen announce an interest of 4 and 5 per of Mr. E. J. Hankin of Bourne

5 Per Cent. Interest On Debentures

-

The Judge in Chambers has as- sented to an appeal for the release on bail of Albert Edward Tabor, one of the four defendants in the Hatry case. Tabor has been re- cent. on debentures, payable as usual: leased, the bail being fixed at on January 1, 1930. The position as mouth, England. £5,000.

regards half yearly dividends and pre-

The ceremony was performed by ferences remains ns on December 11. the Rev. Fr. A. Riganti. --Reuter.

The bride who was given away [A trade facilities loan of by Mr. D. Bishop, M.A., of Raffles £2,550,000 to the R.M.S.P. Meat Boys' School, Singapore, Transporta, which the R.K.S.P. luave charmingly attired in a dress of guaranteed, is repayable in the belge georgette and carried a autumn of 1930, and, as public at bouquet of red carnations. tacks have at present rendered the

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tomes are revisiting the Colony after a long| absence. Mr. Tomes was original partner in Shewan Thomes and Co. Mrs. Thomes is a sister of the veteran cricketer Mr. Richard Hancock.

P.O. Box 71. -

be

issue impracticable, application is to

Was

She was attended by Mrs. Bishop

be made for an extension of the 48 Matron of Honour. Mr. S. Steale porlod of repayment. Suspension of supported the bridegroom as beat Mendelssohn's "Wedding dividends, meanwhile, has been decid-man ed in order to conserve ensh re-March" was played on the organ.

There has recently been a;

Following the ceremony, a. very severe fall in R.M.S.P. stocks.]ception was held at the Holena May Institute whare many friends drank PURE EXTORTION "the toast of the happy couple,

sources.

Who

Moneylender Charged 10 Per Cent.

ed hitherto, These declarations Admission tickels for the changed the whole situation and Agricultural Show can now

the New Territories Schools to the British delegate on the Fifth obtained on application by the Commission of the Assembly-Principal or Headmaster to Mr. that which deals with this pro-

J. D. Bush, Hon. English Secretary." blem-was quick to seize this op- portunity, and to put forward a

That the theft of iron bars is proposal with the aim of limiting getting too common was the remark world production of narcotic made by Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at drugs to the level of the world's the Kowloon Magistracy on Satur-

day when he sentenced a Chinese to Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) told need for medical and scientific one month's hard labour for stealing a Sikh moneylender in the Supreme purposes. The Health Com, six bars from a contractor at Boun- Court (Summary Jurisdiction) this mittee of the League is already dary Street near the No. 8 Railway morning that it was "pure extortion in possession of approximate statistics showing the rough fota!

Accepting the borrowers' version, the

re

Afterward Mr. and Mrs. Hankin left for Cheung Chau where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride's going away dress was of blue crepe de Chine.

SMUGGLERS CAUGHT

Tobacco & Wine In A Junk

Bridge.

to charge 10 per cent., instead of the four per cent. (actually two per cent. To-morrow Messrs. A. S. Watson on double the principal) stipulated.

Plaintiff was Jassa Singh, of the of these medical and scientifle & Co., Ltd., will be open until 7 p.m. Roya Factory, Kennedy Town. Defen-mendously strong," said Detective "The second defendant is tre- on: Wednesday and Thursday all dante departments will be closed, except The claim was for $100 principal and loon Magistracy to-day when two were two Chinese chauffeurs. Sergeant Humphreys at the Kow- the dispensing department of the $18 interest for nine months. Hong Kong Dispensary which will His Lordship decided that the prin

Chinese junk men were charged from 10 am to 1 p.m. and from 6 per cent. for ten months) was 320, that 14 lb. of Chinese tobacco, and 84 be open for dispensing prescriptions cipal was $50, that the Interest (four with the unlawful possession of

{p.m. to 7.30 p.m.

defondante had paid $36, and he there- gallons of Chinese wine, on which fore gave judgment for $35 only, duty had not been paid.

خ منذر به

Of Chinese

Mr. J. J. Hirst, Assistant Super-posed.

A

LANDING POULTRY

needs. The first step is, there fore, to get an agreement between the manufacturing countries not to produce more than this total The conference which will be con- vened for this purpose will be at- tended also by representatives of We are informed that an auction

Sergeant Humphreys stated that the consuming countries, to avert from the Stage after the final per-

sale of surplus costumes will be held, CHRISTMAS HOLLY the stuff was concealed all over the ship, and when the raid was the danger that the eight pro-formance of The Goiaba" to-night. In Unlawful Possession made the second defendant put up ducing countries might fix too Takemini will conduct the auction,

a fight, and spilt a good deal of high a total. The next step after with Wun-hi as his clerk, and it

wine into the harbour from one. this will be to agree on a quota considerable back-chat" between one a gardener, were charged at the Wah Hospital to take a consign-

is anticipated that there will be

of the five gallon jars. The Junk Two Chinese of Kowloon Tsai, had been engaged by the Kwong system among the producing them. countries, after which the fac

Kowloon Magistracy this morningment of coffins over to Kowloon, tories in each country must ar-labour was passed on a Chinese at cattles of green shrubbery, consist-bacco and wine.

Sentence of three months hard the unlawful passession of 53 thought they might smuggle to before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith with and as a side line the accused range a quota system between the Kowloon Magistracy on Saturing of litsen and ixora chinensia themselves. It will also have to day for the larceny of a quantity of("holly") at Kowloon Tong

On the tobacco.charge the ac be arranged that no new fac-iron-ware. the property of a stall The defendants who admitted in default cach, while on wins cused were fined $50 or one month tories be started in countries I was stated that the defendant come from Taipo Market where they tion of 14 days: hard jabour was holder in Man Ming Lane, Mongkok. possession, stated that they had charge a fine of $20 with the op- The sensational, events, which where, at present, they do not had just served a sentence of one had paid for it at a stail. marked the work of this year's exist.

month in jail for theft. Assembly of the League of Na The task will certainly not be

visor of the Botanical and Fores-! tions in the sphere of arbitra- easy. Nevertheless, the step against him, an unemployed Chinese Worship that they, took great care With two previous convictions try Department informed -His tion and disarmament have tend taken forward at the recent Abwas at the Kowloon Magistracy on to preserve these plants specially Special Precautions By d to obscure the rast and im-sembly constitutes indubitably Saturday sentenced to four months the "Holly," which was, very rare portant, work which was being the greatest progress yet made in hard labour for stealing a jersey in the Colony. The litues bark the

The Hon. C.S.P. carried on simultaneously in other the campaign against this social Tai Street while its owner was was of great value.

which was hung up in a shop in Pak Chinese used as medicine, and That the Hon. C.S.P. has ordered fields. In no direction was the evil. Now, for the first time, it is having sweet drinks. Accused was progress achieved more hopeful really possible to hope that the captured by a Sanitary Inspector that the bunch of chinensis in the the landing of poultry and pigs in Inspector Phillips pointed out special precautions to be taken for than with respect to the traffic end of the illicit traffic in danger who, saw him running away with Court would cost about $1.50 in the Colony was the statement made

the complainant after him. in opium had other dangerous oua druga is in sight.

Flower Street.

by Detective Sergeant Humphreys drugs, with which the League of

at the Kowloon Magistracy this Dr. Wang Chung-hul, D.C.L. brought it. in to sell for Christ Whyte-Smith, three junk owners The defendants said that they morning, when before Mr. T. S. Nations has, for years past, boen

one of the judges of the Perman-mas. strugglingvallantly,

ent Court of International Justice, against

passed through the Colony on Satur- must be much of this stealing go fendants, loaded about forty pigs in His Worship held that there were charged with cruelty to. pige. overwhelming difficulties.

day on board the "Hakusan Morning on as Christmus was so close ench junk, and while doing so did According to the police the de- It has long been recognised

en-route to Shanghai. During his at hand. He fired the men $10 not provide matting in the crates, that the attempt to control smug MM. Lễ Brix and Ross have tion with The Hague Conference hard labour..

lengthy stay in Europe in connect with the alternative of two weeks thus causing a great deal of bleed gling of dangerous drugs, or the arrived at Allahabad, and hope to Dr. Wang visited London on sev illicit consumption of them, is reach Saigon to-day.

eral occasions on diplomatic mis not only exceedingly difficult to

alone. achieve, but also, falls to touch the real heart of the problem, so

The case involving the unlawful possession of seditious papers and long as it proves, impossible to

TEN YEARS AGO pamphlets by a Chinese motor truck bring about the control and the Colony on Saturday by the 44mentioned at the Kowloon Magis A.T.C.L, will tour the Parish to The Rev. Canon B. H. Streeter left driver, at Temple Street was again party, under Mr. R. Baldwin, The St. Andrew's Church Carol Imitation of production.

[From the "China - Mall”. All"Malwa," returalur to England.tracy on Saturday when the hearing night and to-morrow night (Christ

December 23, 1919.3. attempts to establish such con

was fixed for next Saturday morn was Eve) Intending carollers are

Today's dollar is worth 5/-1%d. trol broke down, however, on the gomery, Alabama, of Enderal Judge van has charge of the case, while 8 p.m. each night. The tour will suggestion has been made elsewhere

The death is announced, at Monting, Detective Sergeant J. O'Dono asked to be at the Church Hall by

"Our J.P.a. All Right---The chlidiah national interests of some of the Clayton, author of the Clayton the accused is defended by Mr. last until 10.80 or 11 o'clock, when ing to elect a member of the Licensing. manufacturing countries, in par.Anti-Trust Act

that the Justices of the Peace in fail-- Horace Lo. Ball of $250 was given. all the singers will be regaled in Board at the first opportunity, display ticular, France and Japan. At the recent Assembly, the French among the passengers who sailed While the train which left Fan-

Surg-Lt. J. D. Bayer, R.N., WOLS

the Hall with refreshments.

[ad a lack of, pubile, spirit. - Something sras parroted about absence of "elvie delegate made the welcome an from Hong Kong on the as. Malwa ling at 6.56 pm. yesterday, bring Swarajlats la Bengal have divide consciousness or second hand toak of nouncements that France Intendon Saturday.

dangering hundreds of race-goers backed into two bitterly opposed parties; that derivative order of "fournaleses ed strictly to limit her output of

from the steeplechase meeting Mr. Son Gupta, is at the head of a The position is well understood by the A Chinese man was at the Kow-wax approac Shatin, trouble new party called the 2 | Rubilo. In Bir Henry May's time, “BIL drugs. The Japanese delegate, 1oon Magistracy, on Saturday chars developed in the engine wast, the unionists, which wil oppose important decialon by the Licensing although Japan cannot hold out ed with overcrowding 16 chickens by train stopped for, about twenty Subha Rose now in command of the ment. Since than there has been, na-

Bourd was overriden: by the Govern hopes of establishing effective placing eight in each of two small minutes. The trouble was eren Congress funds and machinery A turally, less interest taken in the worke limitation of her manufacture for skets The cruelty was aggravat tually corrected, but the engine had boycott of the Round Table Confer The same objection arises in the case ed by the fact that the birds were for some time to proceed at etory ence and the Whitley Commission of the Sanitary Board, which Je con- exp yet apoke in a much more tied by their legs in patra. Dofondy low speed: The train arrived at was decided-upon by the Bombaytantly thwarted and overriden by the hopeful tone than he has adoptant was the

Kowloon bout half an hour later Provincial Congress Committeo. Government.

NEWS IN BRIEF

From the Colonial Dispensary the "China Mail" has received a pretty calendar for 1930.*

M. Stark, the yew Soviet Am- bassadar to Afghanistan, has pre- sented his credentials.

XMAS CAROLS

ing among the pawa, which pro- truded. The piga noses were also cut

A find of $10 was imposed on each

1ST. ANDREW'S PARTY TO TOUR defendant.

THE PARISH