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THURSDAY,
The China Mail has received a REPORTER IN A JA YOUNG LADY AND
very handsome wall calendar for' 1980 from the K.P.M. (Koninklijke Pakotvaart Maatschappij), on which
is represented a Japanese actress In old national costume.
DUNGEON
ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF "THANKSTOVEVERY MUCH FOR
ANNAMITES
AN OFFICIAL · DENIAL
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A DOG
1. FINE OF $5”
"VERY NERVOUS"
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As the lady is à Filipino and cannot speak English, a young lady friend of the same birth spoke for her.
The sum of $3,000 has been gon- erously presented by Mr. Fung Ping-shan to establish alx scholar ships at the Middle Vernacular. With reference, to, an article Muthubunging i did, theyuthey School. These scholarships will published, in the China, Mall { of misteraistine phere of thei; Kowloon be called the "Fung Ping-shan October 22, 1020, headed "Reporter Magistrasy this morning, in the boat- Scholarships."
in a Dungeon," the French Consuling before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith of a in Hong Kong sends us a denial of summons auginst the occupier of 17 A Hakka was at the Kowloon age of the allegations therein beated without a muzzle on Decem- Granville Road. for allowing a dog to Magistracy this morning sentenced contained. He states, inter allar han 1834 to eight months' hard labour for "I am in a position to-day, after disobeying his deportation order of inquiries made of the Governor 6 years from 1927. It was staled General of Indo-China, to refute that all the offences of the defendant the so-called allegations of Mr. were oplum ones.
James Van Shyks. who appeared to have made a wager to tour the A Chipcse was at, the Kowloon world without resources."-
But it was not to stop here, for the Magistracy this morning cautioned "Mr. James Van Shyke, after a by Bir. T. 3. Whyte-Smith for voyage from the United States to nevertheless had her say, in that the young lady, though highly nervous, fighting in Lai Chi Kok Road, the Philippipes in the capacity of dog was always kept in the house with The fellow combatant absented him-cabin-boy in a Dollar Line steamer, a muzzio. on and on, that particular self and had his baf of $10 stayed eighteen months in Manliday, the muzzle had to be taken of estreated. It was stated that the Leaving the Philippines, he landed so as to enable. It to ba fed. After fight was over an oplum pipe deal on October 3 at Prom-Penh, from that the dog can out and was caught. with a Shantung policeman.
the 8.3. Cheong On, on which boat At this stage an aeroplane passed he figured as one of the arew, Hla over the Court
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The Magistrate: Do you admit this? The damsel Yes, I do.
The Magistrate: 'Well, the fine will be $5.
Amid
the.
House which A Chinese, about 48 years of age, Identity papers, which were redne-made hearing rather difficult.
The young lady: Can't you hear me, employed on one of the Naval ugejad to an out-of-date American pass.
(Laughter). was reported to the Police as having port, bearing no French Consular air? I am very nervous. attempted to end his life by slashing viss. were adjudged insufficient and other people, and most of them, have The Magistrate: Oh, I can, but his thorat with a razor yesterday, he had to set out again, on the been caught in that way. The fine is The incident occurred inside the same day, by the
same boat, to 85 like all the others. Royal Naval Yard. The man was Manila. On his way, Shyke, with -The young lady; I thought I would remoyed to the Government Civil out-heeding the warnings given him—It is up to you, sir. (More laugh- Hospital, where his condition was by the Police authorities at Prom-ter).
Penh, landed clandestinely at Mytho Yound not to be serious.
last chuckles from | ak from there proceeded to the Court, the lady left, satis- :Charges of larceny of 17 Salgon. Discovered by the Police fed with the $5 fine, as she remarked to the Magistrate: "Thank you, sir, kept under Dachines and other property, of than this town, he was
very much." Tung Sun Factory of 44, Mongkok the surveillance of the Special Road, were brought against two Commissariat of the port awaiting Chinese, before Mr. Whyte-Smith repatriation at the expence of the et the Kowloon Magistracy Compagnie Soriano, consignes of the yesterday afternoon. Mr..ES. C... Chung-On By reason of the Brooks appeared for the complain scarcity of vessels departing for the minutes of their conversations ant and Mr.S. Hugh-Jones re Philippines, the calling at Shang- over, distances of three to six presented both defendants: The hali was stipulated, and he left Sai-
case was adjourned.
gon on October 19, on board the... Forthos.
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I
WAITED FOR LOOT Sequel to Burglary in *Shamshuipo
A charge of house-breaking. was
ate to the same phraseology and On the occasion of the openingSuch is the account of the so- amended to one of larceny in a.
at the Kow- the same pronunciation. Con-et the Saiwan Camping Site on journ (recalled in its just propor-dwelling house
Magistracy this mornTM Saturday, the steam' launch Shun tions) of James Van Shyke in Indo-loon versation between Britain, and Lee will leave Murray Pier for Sai China.
ing when G Chinese WAS
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any part of Canada and the won Bay at 2pm. Wolf, Cubs, It appears to me superfluous to charged, with stealing 15 pieces United States has ceased to be a brownies, and the smaller scouts add that the, brutalities with roof clothing and three gold and guides can be accommodated, gard to the detaining of Annamites, rings, from the ground floor of 94, novelty and is an every-day oc also a few Officers-in-charge and of which he claimed to have been Tai Nam Street. The robbery oc- currence;
friends, provided that the total num- witness, existed only in his curred at I am, when it was Radio is another factor making bor does not exceed 130 persons. A notoriously, fertile imagination- found that a knife had been used
to cutt
the front door so as to for unity of the language. Here four minutes tram service will also not, unlike fiction."
ba run between Western Market and The Ching Mail readily accepts enable, the latch to be lifted with the primary consideration. Is for Shaukiwan
the; assurances of the French Con- case. aul after due Inquiry of the The defendant denied going into correctness, and uniformity of pronunciation within national SHOES FOR 60 CENTS It is no part of the policy of the (who was not arrested) broke in Governor-General of Indo-China. the house, but said that another man
areas Great Britain, the United States, Canada but we cannot
Kowloon Magistrate Wants a Pair overlook the fact that radio is international Announcers at
"Rather good shoes for 60 cents: broadcasting stations must speak I think I must get a pair," jovially in a style which, is understood by remarked Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the greatest body of Usteners the Kowloon Magistracy, this morn- throughout the world. We haveing, when a Chinese was before him charged with the theft of a pair of
a moral responsibility toware rubber shoes, the court the foreigners who do us the stall holder 'qutside the Court House compliment of learning our lan- guage, Mr. Robert Bridges, the Poet Laurate, Chairman of the Society for Pure English, writing
UNITY OF SPEECH in 1925, which is a long way back in the development of broadcast ing, foresaw that this marvellous the invention would encourage atrict- er standardisation and lead to "a clearer and more distinct articu- lation of syllables.”
"The
Apropos the lecture to English
lish Association on Difficulties of English," a Shang- hal paper points out that diversity in the written word is less marked than variations in÷ pronunciation, and the coming of the talking film should lead to uniformity in pronunciation and the acceptance of recognised standards which will be known
re-
Shangha! Street. Detective-Inspector: Fallon market that the shoes were unly good for the dry weather; they were useless in the weti
China Mail to cast aspersions on a while he waited outside for the loot, friendly neighbouring Colony. If which was handed to him. the author of the article complain- His Worship held that technically ed of indulged in an excess of it was not house breaking but he Journalistic imagination that must held a larceny of that kind to be have been patent to any French re-just as bad, and sentenced the de- eldents who read it, and, therefore, fendant to six months hard labour. could not be taken too seriously.
MR. F. J. MCCARTHY
Funeral At Roman Catholic Cemetery
AIRMEN
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Machines et
Egypt Flying School
The funeral took place yesterday
Rugby, Yesterday. The Air Ministry announces that, as afternoon at the Roman Catholic the result of a collision in the air which The defendant was stated to have Cemetery, Happy Valley, of Mr. occurred to-day at Aba Sueir, Egypt, taken the shoes from the complain- Francis J. McCarthy, who passed between two Avro machines of the Fly- ant's basket when he was packing away at the Royal Naval Hospital ing Training School, Flight-Lieutenant up at the close of yesterday's work on Tuesday from pneumonia.
Richard Greenslade and Flying-Officer
The man was fined $10. or two The graveside services were con- Charles Galpin, pilots of the aircraft, weeks' hard labour in default. the Chinese New Year there was present to pay their last respects
Inspector Fallon added that with Naval Chaplain, and among those killed-British Wireless Service..
ducted by the Rev. Father Giles, and Corporal. Willems and Leading Aircraftsman Leonard Green, were
bound to be an increase of larcentes. were:-
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Mr. S. R. Tickner, Chief Con-
A MAH JONGG SET
fora Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the
Nicety and clearness are all the more necessary in telephonic con-
|Surg-Com. Hunt, «R.N:,” Mesars. versation and in broadcasting as the telephone and, the microphone
Faulkner, Mathlas, Holt, Harrison, West, Tink, Bickford, White, Murga. Kowloon Magistracy to-day charg accentuate accents and peculiari-]
troyd, Osborne, Wells and his col-ed, with obtaining, by false witness ties of pronunciation. Reciprocçal
Heagues from Captain of Dockyard's and representation of fokis of the Among passengers arriving by ulice, Chief, Constructors, Chief Mui Kee shop, Shamshulpo, a Mah radio services between Britain the 8 Nellore was the Rev. Engineers, Supt. Electrical En-Jong set, valued at $5, from a and, America will become quite a R. H. V. Brougham; MA., who wil gineers. Victualling Store, Naval Chinese living at 10, Yee Chow commonplace within a few years, Missions to Seaman in Hong Kong Police.
be in charge of the work of the Stores, Nayal Armament Depot and Street. pni. and not at all abnormal between during the absence on leave of the Britain, the Far East, and the Rev. G. T. Waldegrave from the end Antipodes.
SEAMEN'S MISSIONstructor, Head of Department: Two Chinese were brought be The Rev. HV Brougham Here
News in Brief
The Wreaths
On secount of the insufficient evidence the second mani was dias charged.
The second defendant was sen- tenced to one month's hard labour.
wherever the English language is spaken. In this early stage, the British drawl and mannerisms in "talkies" are distasteful to the American public; the harsh, rasp- ing American intonation and slang are painful for British listeners. These excesses will be modified. British actors with a good articulation and no distin- guishable accent are in great de- mand in American film studios and are talking themselves into fortunes in Hollywood -- while
The monthly meeting of the foreign actors, who made for Marine Engineers Guild of China tones in silent screen plays in will be held to-morrow evening at America, are out of work Ameri. David House. Canstars" are taking lessons in is
Mr. Albert Mallinson has been
Comb. F. G. Hunt and Staff Dock- pure English. Within a few years appointed by the Tealty ColleRo
yard Burgery, Workmen of Plum, there will be no marked differ of Music to be examiner for Hona A Chinese prisoner who le servber's Shop, C. CDepartment, ents between the lang in the Kong, Chian, Ceriod, and New Ing a short term of imprisonment at The Nods of the Chief Construc
South Wales for 1980
of this month until September next: Among the many wreaths sent Mr. Brougham worked for over were those from, Commodore R. A. twenty years in the Diocese of Cork, S. Hill, C.B.E., The Chief Construc holding various livings, and event's Office Staff, The Chief Con- Dark ceiling beams and à pré- tually, joined the staff of the Misstrictor and Members of the Royal vafling Tudor design in interior sions to Seamen in 1918, since when Corps of Naval Constructors, Cap decoration are fartures of three he has been in charge of the work tain and Officer, R. F. A. Belgol new cars in operation on the at Marseilles, Runcorn, and, and Mrs. A. Broya, A. B. Canadian National Rallways be Adelaide, from which port, after Whitley, George White, Yu Ah-tim, tween Detroit and Montreal. Ave years there he has come direct H. Smith, L. Faulkner and T. Brown, to Hong Kong.
The annual Taikoo Ball will take place in the Tano Club Hall on Friday, January 17.
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Officers and Staff, Chief Engineer's Canada's farthest north air ser Department, Civil Secretary vice has been established between Cashier and Staff, Chief Construc- Edmonton, Alberta, and Herschel tor's Native Office Staff, The Store Island, 2,000 miles away on the keeping Staff, Naval Store Depart Arcile Coast.
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It was stated that the man was Department Chlef Constructor's lady que for discharge-shortly, and surings Incarceration, he once been forged for damaging pro-
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