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THE BENEVOLENT

SOCIETY

REVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR'S WORK

STERLING PUBLIC SERVICE

The annual meeting of the Hong

Kong Benevolent Society was held in the Cheer-O Santeen, City Hall,

this morning, and attracted a large attendance of members.

Mrs. W. T. Southorn presided and was supported by Mrs. McCormack,

meeting as follows:-

The

Library, Supreme Court

China Mail

ABLISHED

18

No. 27,426 HONG KONG, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1930.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR,

The

closing rate of the dollar 'on demand, to-day was 1/5 9/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

There

Spectacles and Spectacles ... but What A Difference in Quality .....

. and there are opticians and optician's, but in Hong Kong, only one European optician who measures up to the highest qualifications, Optical men in every corner of the world re- cognise his certlácates and the modern equipment used.

LAZARUS

The Optician. Phone Mr. Cooper C. 8203 for appoint-

ment.

Ralph A. Cooper, F.IO. (Eng).), Registered Optometrist (Canada).

IS IT WAR IN DAMAGE IN FIJI BACK TO THE ARENA SHIP'S MASTER AND THE PRINCE REGISTRAR EXCEEDS

INDIA?

STRANGE PROPHECY BY LEADER

GANDHI'S MOVE

ULTIMATUM TO THE

the not

VICEROY

M. Gandhi

HURRICANE

COCONUT AND COPRA EXPORTS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED

FOOD CROPS RUINED

Rugby, Yesterday.

Add

Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen to

Retain Her Seat

Mag

MARRIED TO BRITON

CRUELTY CHARGE

FINED $25 FOR CAUSING SUFFERING TO PIGS

"A BAD CASE"

Washington, Yesterday, At the Kowloon Maglatracy this; The Colonial Office has received The House of Representatives' elec- morning, Captain Tetsu Kawamata, from the Governor of Fiji further: information regarding the hurtition committee hasnimously decided master of the O.S.K. Menado Maru, cane which passed through the to recommend that Mrs. Ruth Bryan was summoned before Mr. T. S. Kroup of islands

De-Owen be allowed to retain her reat in OR

Whyte-Smith with causing un- cember 11 and 12 last. It the House which she won at the last

Ahmedabad, Yesterday.

is known that 20 people perish- general clection. She is the daughter necessary suffering to pigs on his is sending a specialed in the floods and five others of the late Willian Jennings Bryan, ship on February 17, at Hong

Kong. married a Britlak Army officer in 1910. The master pleaded guilty and

been disclosed.

ILL

SUFFERING FROM MALARIA

NO DANGER

ADVISED NOT TO STAY IN AFRICA

HIS AUTHORITY?

AN APPEAL AGAINST HIS CERTIFICATE

FULL COURT PROCEEDINGS

In an appeal case heard before the Fell Court of Appeal this morning, it was alleged that the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. C. D. Melbourne, had exceeded his authority in respect for an action brought against the lessee

of the Po Hing Theatre. Nairobi, Yesterday,

The case was heard by Sir Henry Gollan, Sir Peter Grain (Chief Justice, It is officially stated that the Prince H.R.M, Court, Shanghai) and Mr. of Wales in suffering from an attack of Justice J. R. Wood. anb-tertian malaria, in consequence of

The defendant-appellant was Ma

. C. Jenkin, and the plaintif-respon- is Tollowing a normal course and it isdent was Chal Wat, landlord of the anticipated that His Highness will be Po Hing Theatre, on whose behalf Mr. The prosecuting officer, Ser-quite well in a few days.

F. G. Sheldon appeared. geant McRobbie, laid stress on

History of the Came the fact that there

"Amazing Endurance" were about

The history of the case was that the 500 piga in crates in the hold,, and

The Prince of Wales was recently defendant-appellant had entered into a none of them had matting,

viewing the country from an aeroplane lense with the plaintiff-respondent for that all their legs were protrud-ion, and buffalo in the Voi district, month.

and observed large herds of elephant, the lease of the theatre $1,000 » ing.

was made оn

carolessness of his men.

Hon. Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Hunt, messenger to the Viceroy with an are mising. The comparatively democratic leader. Her eligibility was and the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton. ultimatum. The plan of campaign has small loss of life was due to the challenged on the grounds that she

Mra. Southern addressed

Gandhi himself splendid rescue work carried out by Her husband died two years ago, and said that it was caused by the/which he has returned here. The fever Tau-nam, who was represented by Mr. will lend the first batch of civil dis-volunteers. Prompt measures taken the reassumed her American nationali-

by the District Commissioners and ty-Reuter's American Service. It is said that "good wine needs obedients In Gujerat, where salt is the Central and Local Relief Com- no bush," but in the case of the manufactured. If he is arrested, the mittees for housing and feeding the Benevolent Society it is necessary leadership will be assumed by Vallabhai people rendered temporarily des occasionally to set its claims for Patel, the brother of the Speaker intitute, also undoubtedly minimised the loss of life, especially amongst support before the Hong Kong pub the Legislative Assembly.

young children. lic. One cannot help feeling that,

The lender of the No-Tar flasco inst

The sugar cane crop was not seri- if peuple realised fully the advan-year was Bardell, who has declared ously affected, but coconut planta- tages afforded by the Society's in-"'n war unprecedented in the history of vestigation of cases and administra- the world will start in a few days, be-lines auffered and copra exports will be reduced for some time. tion of relief, the Society would ginning at Gujerat. boast many more anual subscribers nfraid of death should go on a pilgrim-Banana plantations were particu-

than it does at present. Twelve dollars a year-one. dollar a month

-is not an excessive sum to ask to

on

for dealing with any casea that the subscriber may care to send, report- ing 'ita merits and assist- ing the applicant when the Commit- tee has decided that it is deserv ing and within their scope.

The work of the Society is not achieved in an odd hour or 30. Members of the Committee give up several mornings a week to attend- ing at the City Hall, where the pre- liminary interviews take place and where clothing is distributed. Per- sonal visits are paid to the homes of applicants when necessary. Fin- ally a fortnightly meeting of the whole Committee is hold and every case is judged on its merits.

Not An Exact Science Charity can never be reduced to an exact science, but every year sees common sense and experience applied in increasing quantities to the solution of its problems. Those who have the impulse to give, whe- ther it be half-a-crown or a thou- sand pounds, know that they canoge. have it laid out to the best advan-emigrate."

Those who are

M. Gandhi, the Indian Leader

Those who possess riches should

tage. The average person has no Gandhi's secretary has returned from time to go into the rights or wrongs visit to places at Gujerat and ex- of applicants for help. Ile is torn presses the opinion that if the Govern- between a desire to give somethingment salt depots were raided the raid-

ers would be fired m, but "everyono

in case the piteous tale is genuine, can manufacture salt over the whole or to withhold it because he has coastline." been "taken in" before by many a plausible and lusty beggar.

When the dieobedience starta Village Ofcers will be called on to re-

I think that, if the general public sign en bloc, Farmers will be urged to could see our fortnightly delibera.withdraw their relatives from Govern- tions round the table at the Helena ment service and social boycott will be declared against Government servants, May Institute our harassed mien Non-payment of taxes will be advised and wrinkled brows they would whenever the people are ready. not grude that magic annual $12 Princes Declare Allegiance or lump sum of $50 which, given abundantly, can make our desert

larly hard hit, and in many cases Hundreds of completely ruined. cattle were destroyed and wide- spread damage was done to native food crops. Considerable damage was done to bulldings, roads and bridges.British Wireless Service.

[Fiji (Vit) is a British Colony consisting of an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, the most im portant in Polynesia, The Fiji Islands were discovered by Tas- man in 1643 and visited by Cap- tain Cook in 1769. The sover eignty was ceded to Great Britain in 1874. The Government. Is ad- ministered by a governor appoint- ed by the Crown (Sir Eyne

K.C.M.G., Hutson,

appointed 1026) assisted by an Executive The and Legislative Council. European population of the Colony was estimated in 1920 at 4,184 (2,376 males, 1,808 females). The

for 1926 £584,516, and the expenditure $535,957.

revenue

Was

The chief products are: Sugar, tea, timber, fibre, rice, butter, copra, rubber all, cotton, bananas,

coconuts, tobacco and pineapples.

Exports to British possessions in

STOP PRESS

Pilots on Strike

It is reported that Upper Yangtaze pilota at Ichang are on arike for higher wages. Alf shipping companies except Chinese are holding out.

The Upper River traffic ex- cept for Chinese i suspended. -British Naval Wireless.

US, and Japan.

London To-day.

BX-

It is authoritatively stated that reports of new American proposals to Japan are exag- gerated. The two delegations have re-opened the conversa Hons and are engaged in ex- ploring all possible ways out of the impasse, but no new. formal proposals were changed. For the purpose of ayoiding rousing nationalistic sentiment, which would only hamper attempts to find a solution, the strictest secrecy has been observed regarding, the suggestions advanced. Even the Foreign Office thus far has not been informed.—

Reuter.

FAR EAST FLIGHT

at Karachi

Karachi, Yesterday.

1926 amounted to £1,211,842, and Mr. Van Lear Black Now to other countries, £529,085. During 1926 the number of merchant vesels entered at the ports of entry was 174 steamers of 675,000 tons, and 16 sailing vessels of 7,696 tons. The total tonnage entered and cleared was 1,367,907 (British 988.402).]. FRENCH CABINET

To Go to Parliament on Wednesday

New Delhi, Yesterday. The Chamber of Princes has passed of difficult and distressing cases a resolution welcoming Dominion status

Parin, Yesterday. blossom like the rose with help and at the earliest possible moment, and The Cabinet meets on Tuesday and hope,

emphatically disapproving of separa-goes into Parliament on Wednesday and tion from the

British Empire. the naval delegation leaves for London -Reuter.

on Thursday, with the exception of M. Tardieu, who will wait for a fow days.

:

Disappointments and Satisfaction All cases are confidential, and it is amazing to see the strange, the pitiful, the sordid, the genuine, and

Earlier Cable

Ahmedabad, Yesterday.

M. Gandhi is despatching, this even- the fraudulent cases that come up ing, an ultimatum to the Viceroy. for assitance. Many are the dis It is believed that civil disobedience appointmens; but many, too, are will begin after eight days.-Reuter. the satisfactory reaults of inves

tigation and relief.

Notable Departures

M. Tardieu retains 20 of the Minis-, ters of his last Cabinet, the most not- ablo departures being M. Cheron, whose financial policy caused the minis terial downfall, M. Loucheur and M. Leygues, who are succeeded by the re-

The Society la educating eighteen year. We began the year, 1829 with cognised naval expert, M. Dumesnil. children who will be enabled by this over $2,000 to our credit. We have The new ministers have been chosen 'raeans to support themselves and spent our entire income from all from the further Left, to placate the op even assist their relatives later on. sources and have drawn upon capi-position ip that quarter-Renter.

tal in the form of fixed de-

List Of Ministers M. Tardieu completed

the

It has given passages, or part pas posit to the extent of $1,752.22. In sages, in many bad and difficult this year's balance sheet this sum formation of his Cabinet at one cases, and it holds letters of deep gratitude from those "forlorn and appears as an asset, but it will ap o'clock this morning, the new shipwrecked brothers"--and sisters pear on the other side of the Ministers being as follows:-

too-who have been able to make a fresh start in this way.

It has secured medical treatment and holidays for some; it has assist ed, those in difficulty with rent; it has supplied milk to babies when

lantern next year. Owing to the fall of the dollar, the coat of pa the high cost of living, allowancer sages has increased, and, owing to have had to be raised in propor

tion.

Premiar and "Minister of the Interior M. Tardieu.

Foreign Affaira M. Briand." War-M. Gaginot. Navy--M. Dumesnil. Finance M. Paul Reyaud

Colonies--M. Piotrie. Commerce M. Flandin. Air-M. Laurent Eynac.

No Dole-like Assistance this is necessary. The Committee As I said before, I think we can spares neither time nor trouble to see that the money entrusted by the feel that, without boasting, we have public is well and truly spent., This Kiven a good account of our ate- is said in no spirit of salt wardship. Mrs. McCorrinck will

The French Delegation to the Advertisement the work is deeply give you some details of the year's Interesting and is undertaken work. We endeavour to make our Naval Conference will consist of voluntarily because these engaged dispensations constructive M. Tardieu, M. Briand, de in it feel it is worth doing. But it means fo re-establishing men and Dumesnil, M. Piétrie,“ - M. de vory discouraging and very be economically Independentor and M. De Kerguezec, President women-of educating children to Fleuriau. (Ambassador, in London); difficult to have to make bricks without straw. It is very sad to building up young bodies by means of the Marine Committee of the

of extra milk and fad. We endea-Senate. Reuter have to refuse, deserving cases,

vour to avoid all doleflike asafat- Cause Alarm

ance, except in the case of aged facts remain that we persons; who find themselves Tately all the through no fault of their own in- quately provided with the nacsa-

The

carinot

Lätyä

CHARGES D'AFFAIRES

80

The Icase

They were piled four and He accordingly decided to move hls, February 5, 1929, and was to have been five deep, and some of the piga camp there and begin a new Safari. in force for three years. There was, had their legs cut and bleeding, The party left on February 28 but re- however, a proviso in the leaso which while others were bruised.

Tossed Into Junk Continuing, Sergeant McRobble stated that there were five dead piga, and that the live ones were being rolled along the deck and tossed into the cargo junk below at the side of the ship in the har- bour, for transportation. The vessel had just arrived from Hoi- how.

His Worship: Rather a nasty description of the way the pigs were treated on the boat.

Sergeant McRobbie: It must have been Impossible for them to get food on the voyage down,

His Worship: It seems a bad

case.

The defendant was fined $50.

OPIUM AGAIN -

Singapore Tin Miner Charged

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

Lance on

gave the landlord the right, of re-entry. On the strength of this proviso, no- tice to terminate the lease was given to the defendant-appellant to take effect from June 8, 1929. Defendant-appel- lant did not comply with the request and a writ was issued on June 12,

In his statement of claim, plaintiff. respondent asked for possession and costs and also for mesmo profits and damages suffered as from June 28, 1920. Judgment was entered against the defendart-appellant by consent, but the matter of assessing mesno profits, and damages suffered by the plaintiff- respondent was left to the Registrar, who was to make enquiry into the mat ter and then to file his certificate with the Chief Justice.

Grounds for Appeal

The grounds for the appeal made this morning were that 'the Registrar það jupon considération certified and direct- ed judgment to be entered upon ques- tions beyond the limit of the said order of August 23, 1929, "A

Appellant also appealed against the |judgment for $1,836.27 and costs to be taxed as directed by the Registrar, and |aleo asked for an order that the Re- gistrar had exceeded his authority and that so much of the Judgment as ad- jjudged be reversed and set nildo and that the plaintiff-respondent pay the costs of and incidental to this applica-

Mr. Bon! Kwok Lung, & tin miner of Singapore, was charged before Mr. Lindsell at the Cen- tral Police Court to-day with the possession of 1,100 taels of pre- pared opium and 1,300 taels of turned to Nairobi unexpectedly last tion.

night. Previous despatches described After outlining the history of the raw opium.

the Prince of Wales's amazing endur-case, Mr. Jenkin informed the Court Mr. F. E. Nash for defendant,

the Safari in taking photo-that the defendant-appellant, in making pleaded "not guilty" and. asked graphs and outdistancing his

com the lease with the plaintiff respondent for a week's formal remand. panions in his zeal to obtain good plc- had to deposit $7,500. This matter was Mr. Nash drew attention to $500 tures of big game, sometimes at un- gone through by the Registrar who The American newspaper mag-which had been found on the de- comfortably close quarters.

heard both sides of the story from soll- nate, Mr. Van Lear Black, has ar fendant at the time of his arrest, Advised to Return Home citors engaged on the case. rived here from Jask, Persia and which, since the arreat, had The news of the Prince of Wales's Reuter.

been kept in Police custody. He illness came as a completo surprise to The plaintiff alleged that defendant Jask is in the Parsian Pro was of the opinion that the defen-members of the Prince's household in had only paid $15,000 deposit, and the vince of Kerman, near the Ara-dant could not afford to be with- London. Sir Aldo Castellani, the balance of $2,500 was covered by a bian Sea.]

out it. Mr. Lindsell granted de authority on tropical diseases, inter-promissory notes This story was ap- fendant the $500.

viewed by Reuter to-night, explained parently accepted by the Registrar whe The case will be heard on Mon- that sub-tertian malaria should cause embodied it in his certificate. On the day next...

na anxiety provided it was taken in other hand, appellant alleged that the Divan Prosecutions

hand promptly,

had doubtless entire sum of $7,500 was paid over in happened in the Prince's case. He ex-cash, and that the promissory note in Convicted on charge of the unlaw-pressed the opinion that the best course question was not signed by him. Hə fal possession of 1.7 taels of prepared would be for His Highness to remain also had no knowledge of the note, oplum, keeping an spiam diven, and the at Nairobi for a fortnight after his but it was presumed to have been sign- possession of eight false oplum labels,

RAIN LATER

report

To-day's weather from the Royal Observatory states:

komo.

A Promissory Note

Lan Wong, of 8 Cheung Sau Street, was temperature drops, and then come ed by a woman the borrower and lend- The northern depression, leat the Kowloon Magistracy this morn stay in Africa," he added-Reuter.

"I should not advise him to er bath bore the same

surname of Chan, and the witness thereto was one Ip Hon.

central to the south of Korea,

The depression central oyer. Tonkin is stationary. Fog prevails along the S. coast of Chins.

-Forecast!--E. winda, moder- ate;, fins at first, some rala later.

Rainfall

Rainfall since January 1, 8.65 inches, against an avOIS“. age of 8.29 Inches.

Temperature and Humidity

The temperature and humidi-. ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock were:

Hong Kong Масво

Temp. Humida 68 -100 63

100

Pratas Island.

72.

£5

Manila

85

Amoy

89

Swatow

62100

100

Chefoo Shangh

REVOLT. ENDED

ing fined $380 or three months' fall.

His Worship remarked that he thought the Revenue Department had given up the idea of prosecuting in divan casea

Revenue Officer Grimmitt replied that Ithe Department prosecuted in that type of case where there were false labels connected with it, or where suspected bad characters were implicated.

THEFTS IN KOWLOON

Haul of Plants from a Garden

Caught red-handed in the act of cut- ting some. plants," used as medicine, at a garden in Kowloon City, an un- employed Chinese named Li Chol, was at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- ing sentenced to fourteen days' ·hard labour..

Chi Kit was sentenced to two months'

[The three stages of malarial Counsel contended that that matter favor are known as the quotidian should not have been one for the Re ague, the tertian ague andgistrar to decide and adjudicate upon. the quartan ague. The three

Going over the points in the state- stages together will probabily ment of claim, counsel pointed out that

lasted six td twelve

have

bours. The first paroxysm is follow the prima facie costs ware those of rent and the cost of the action for eject- ed by ■ 'definite interval in which ment. Anything else under the heading there is not only no fever, but even must. be specially pleaded. The first

■ fair degree of bodily comfort, and item, rent for the period of occupation,

fitness; this in the intermission of the

was "admitted. The items admitted fever. Another paroxyum beglus at amounted to $3,008.17, but the rest or near the same hour next day

would be contested.

-- (quotidian ague), which results from Mr. Sheldon, appearing for the re- double testian infection, or the spondent, stated that the question the interval may be 48 hears (tartan Court had to decide was whether there ague), or 72 hours (quartan ague). was any evidence before the Registrar The point commun to the various by which the sunis awarded conid, come forms of ague is that the paroxysm andor the head of mesno damages, cesses about midnight or early

The leases, he said had, bruken his morning.].

covenant, and agreed to a judgment aë to costs for recovery of possession, and meme profile. What damages, there- fore, could the lessor claim. The cases had admitted trespasy bak ze-

Flying and Tracking

Rugby, Yesterday.

Jail for stealing wooden sleepers from Massages from Nairobi, Kenya, state

dump belonging to the Sang Lee Co. that the Prince of Wales's camp I fused to pay certain special damage It will bo remembered that he was sent near Kia. Although it is in an isolated set out in the claim.

to hospital on Thursday after onlarging part of the country it is actually only Sir Peter Grain pointed out at this on a cut in the leg received in the three-quarters of an hour from Nairobi stage that what the Registrar, had course of a struggle, and stating that by air. Captain Campbell Black, the evidently done was to And out what he was alling with pneumonia.well-known airman, flew to the camp was due between the parties, whereas Six Weeks hard labour was meted from Nairobi and has been staying with all he was asked to do was to find out out to Lam Wal, who admitted stealing the Prince, who made several lights what, was due according to the judg

wooden railing from an unoccupied with him over the surrounding country. hours av Shanghai Street, TANZ His Royal Highness was able from the With this counsel concurred.

The case is proceeding.

Charged with the nazawful possession air to identify many, parties of game,

of two female pairs of trojisers, including Hong, rhinoceros Ka

water pipe, and a screw driver, Chin elephants, gr

ment.

car was sentenced to one month's jail. On Friday morning, soon after dawn the bush, covering many miles on foot. when the clouds were low, the Prince me the ately gone on them expeditions

-29 N sum of 2288,154 due and Capt. Black climbed between 2,000 without a elnematographic camera and, Tremitted by od 9,000, Zoet through thick cloud without unnecessary risks, has not up Inland Revenue bank and emerged into balliant son his tripod In the boss and selected his Man In the shit above they were rewarded by photographie trophies. He, has added hty-three wondful lew of Kilimanjaro Hundreds of feet of the aim to his in con- <When nokte flying, the Prince has valuable gums-studies--British Wire-

sent strenuous days tracking through leer ServĪDE.