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News in Brief.

The St. Andrew's, Chuch branch of the Scripture Union will meet in the Church Hall this evening at 6 o'clock, when the speaker will be the Rev. E. A. Armstrong, BA..

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1930.

KOWLOON WEDDING

PRETTY SCENE AT AT ANDREW'S.

CRICKETER'S NRIDE.'

R.A.0. B.

ANNUAL DINNER OF ORIENTAL LODGE.

SOMERSETS FAREWELLED.

Mr. F. B. Tompkins, hero of the City of Washington aeroplane disaster, is suffering from frac-

St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, In the R.A.0.B. Club on Saturday tures to both legs, but is expected was the scene of a pretty wedding a very enjoyabe gathering was

to escape amputation.--Reuter.

on Saturday afternoon, When Mr. Fold under the auspices of the To-morrow, being the anniver. W: Smith of Messrs. Dod. Oriental Lodge, No. 3251, G.L.E. well & Co., Ltd., and a prominent on the occasion of the annual dia- Bary of the Italian Armistice, a memorial service in honour of the member of the Kowloon Cricket ner, which also marked a farewell-

Club, was married to Miss E. to brethren belonging to the glorious war dead will be held en tie Catholle Cathedral at 9.30 Earl of Lewisham, London, who Somersets Light Infantry and a of in the convivial.meeting in honour has recently arrived Colony, The Rev. W. W. Rogers two newly raised Knights of the Order: Bro. F. C. Cullen, C.P., The bride who was given away D.P.G/P., and Ro. A. E.

a.m..

en board the President Cleveland.

er.

of Arthur

Ernest

Richard Pike (36). a fireman officiated. was yesterday remayed to the by Mr. A. W. W. Salter, looked Manwaring, G.P., P.G. Secretary. After, , delightful repast, par Kowloon Hospital' suffering from charming in a white diamante injuries which he sustained gown and carried a bouquet of

white ginger lilies. In attend-taken of by a representative num- through falling from a height of 12 feet on to the deck of the lin-ance as bridesmaids were Miss ber of members of the Oriental Anne Fowler and Miss Bessie Lodge and sister Lodges, tributes Hirst, who were tastefully dress-were paid to the activities of the

of The forthcoming marriage ised in long gowns and smart Somerseta in promoting the cause

head-dresses

1 distinctly of Buffaloism and regret was ex- announced Edward Jefferies, senior wireless mediaeval pattern. Miss Fowler pressed at the impending depar

flower girl, while the ture of so many keen workers in. operator in the Radio Department acted as

The first toast of the evening of the P.W.D., and at present sta-duties of best man were ably per- the Order. tioned at Cape d'Aguilar Radio formed by Mr. J. Barnes.

The reception

after was to H.M. the King, after which Station. to Kathleen Margaret

wards held #t Humphrey's Bro. Silk, in proposing the toast Burrage, of Devonport, who is a

Buildings, ,where a Iarge of "The Order," explained at some length its objects. This was fol- riving in the Colony by the 8.8.

gathering of friends CO13- Kalyan.

gregated to drink the health of lowed by toasts to the "Absent A sale of work, held at the the bride and bridegroom. Later, Brethren," "The Grand Council" In proposing the toast of the Wesleyan Sailors and Soldiers the young couple left for Tytam and "Minor Lodges." Home was formally opened by Mrs, where the honeymoon will be Bridge on Saturday. The Rev. J. C. pent amid quiet and rustic Somerset Light Infantry, Bro. The bride's tra- Cullen expressed his regret on Surroundings. Knight Anstey briefly referred to the good work done by the ladies of yelling dress was of autumn brown behalf of the Oriental Lodge of S.L.I. He could assure them that the Wanchai Wesleyan Church, fortaffeta with a hat of Bangkok, the impending departure of the

straw to match.

they had been very welcome in the Service men. Mrs. Bridge was later presented with a basket

•

.

was

of flowers by Miss Muriel Gelling. MISS J. THORNHILL Hong Kong and he was sure he

FORD 'PLANE.

MAY COME HERE FROM SHANGHAI.

PRETTY WEDDING'AT SOUTHSEA.

NAVAL BRIDEGROOM.

At St. Jude's Church, Southsea,

0 were

เดง right in saying that the, Oriental Lodge would miss the members of the S.L.I. when they had left Hong Kong for India.

the easier cut his coth according

A concert will be held at the on Thurs- to the material at his disposal. Helena May Institute

· Bro. Davies, responding on There is no temptation, or very day, November 6, at 5.30 p.m.

behalf of the members from the S.L.I., thanked the Chairman for little. temptation, to be impru-organised by Mrs. H. A. Stewart assisted by Mrs. Balean, Mrs.

what he had said, of them. They dent in the amount of credit he Gregory. Miss Betty Pestonji, Mr.

had all enjoyed their stay in the seeks; and, even then, he can the Li Chor-efi, Bandsman W. Hunt Overland China Mail.casier "draw in his horns" the (Ayll & Sutherland Highland- on October 4, the wedding of Lieut. Colony and regretted very much. ers). Tickets may be booked in F. W. N. Bassett, R.N., son of the to leave it. They had made many following week.

advance. Please note, Tea must Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Bassett" of friends here and had found them Apart from the experience of be booked... Telephone to the Margaret Roothing Essex, to Joyce all very kind, especially brethren the average employee at Home Matron 22160. Owing to the con-McCoan Thorshill, daughter of of the Order.

What made their departure more regrettable was that they were and in the Dominions, the weekly tinued low value of the Hong Kong Mr. and Mrs. Thornhill of Hong

dollar, we are, reluctantly compell-Kong, was aolemnleed.

The bride, who was given away going to a place where there might payment of salaries and wages is ed to increase the price of teas to

He announced by her uncle, Mr. V. McCoannot be any Lodge. observed in this Colony in 10 cents per head-Advt.

Thornhill, of Kenya, wore a gown that the members from the S.LI. the Navy, the Army, and

of ivory lace with a tulle veil. intended to form a Lodge of their the

Dockyards Naval

not

Her only ornaments

own, but whether they would be diamond naval crown brooch, the successful remained to be seen. only in respect of Oriental

gift of the bridegroom, and pear! Congratulations were showered labour but in respect of British

necklace and earrings, the gifts of on the newly raised Knights aad employees. Any Select Com-

her father and mother. She car- the hope expressed that they. mitee, appointed either by the

ried a bouquet of 1llies..

would both be spared to devote The Misses Marco Nolan, Stella many years more to the work of Legislative Council or by the

the Other in the M. Bassett and Shella Mackenzie furthering General Chamber of Commerce,

were the bridal attendants, and Colony. would undoubtedly find, as the re-

they were in georgette dresses of Amongst those present were Bro. sult of careful and impartial ob-

pastel shades of pink, mauve and C. W. H. Wilson, K.O.M., V.P.C.C., Although nothing definite has

in beige and gloves to match.

high degree. conditions of living are made Ford Motor Co. çall for the flight

Mrs. Thornhill was in a gown of much easier and more tolerable of one of their large Ford tri black georgette with beige hand- made lace. She also wore a black than in the case of the employee motored planes from Shanghai to

Canton, probably stopping .al coat with Kolinaky collar and cuffs, either in the Government Service Amoy, where there are suitable and a black hat, whilst she carried a bouquet of red roses. Mrs. Bas- landing facilities.

The plane is a very large one, sett was gowned in black silk with having comfortable seating accom- a fichu of grey. Imodation for fourteen passengers. As the happy couple left the Ford planes, such as this, have church they passed beneath an.

"NOT QUITE SO BAD!” ignored in any discussion of week-becomie extremely popular in archway of swords formed by the

Washington, Saturday. Unemployment is rather a sore tensively used by the air trans- Senior Service The reception was be preferred--it may well be asky versus monthly payments of America, where they are very ex-bridegroom's colleague. In the

salaries or wages. We have been port companies. They are of all held at the Queen's Hotel, South-subject here and Mr. Ramsey encouraged. long before the days metal construction and have built sea. The honeymoon was spent in MacDonald's statement in the of Samuel Smiles to practise up a really remarkable record for Paris. thrift. Our own Captain Robert reliability and safety,

The particular plane which is

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Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 3, 1530.

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS.

servations and enquiries, that the been decided, present plans of the blue, with hats of crinoline straw PIG. Primo, and other officers of

firms. There are, of course,

SALARIES AND CHITS. or in the employment of civilian spendthrifts in every grade of employment, but these can well be

With the increasing cost of living cutting so deeply into salaries or wage. If the word

ed if the average employee, whether non-Chinese or Chinese,

A SORE SUBJECT.

AMERICA NETTLED BY THE PREMIER'S FIGURES.

House of Commons that the un- employed in the United States really amounted to 10,000,000, or

circles.

Dollar enjoins the laying past for now in Shanghai was shipped ALPHABETS SOURCE. 12,000,000 has fluttered official the proverbial and, afas! inevit- from Detroit to the Ford Motor able-rainy day; but to hundreds Co. of Japan, Ltd., and was ab- sembled at Tokyo. After several

of employees in this Colony that weeks touring Japan, performing

here

DISCUSSION OF AN OLD THEORY.

The Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. would, not the better be enabled to make ends meet much closer were his salary to be paid weekly

Statistical experts opine that. instead of monthly. The monthly

the British and American systems system has practically only one

of calculating their unemployed point in its favour and, that is

Is a sheer impossibility under the demonstrative work, the plane was

In the Section of Anthropology of produce much the same resulta, #that it makes for simple book-

existing system of monthly flown from Tokyo to Mukden via the British Association Sir Richard and contend. that even if the keeping and cheque or cash pay-salaries and its parallel system of Korea. After a considerable stay Paget, who is well known for his temporary unemployed were in- But with the simultane-credits and chits, both the latter from Mukden to. Tientsin and lips, tongue, and mouth in produc- would not exceed 6,000,000 the Trenta

at Mukden the machine was flown exact studies of the positions of the included, the American figures

Enumerators in ous system of credit and chits,of which may be useful in emer- thence to Shanghai, where it is at ing the sounds of the different let-6,000,000.

ters and for the construction of United States make house to How many, ômployees find them-

gencies but are, generally speak-present selves comparatively affluent on ing, a curse and an abomination, the plane will visit Hong Kong or these sounds, read a paper in which employed, whereas the unemploy

It is not yet certain whether working models which reproduce house calls to count the un- the first day of the month and in making in the long run a noose not, but it is very likely. Ar he developed further an old theory ed are registered at the Labour "Queer Street" after he has been for the neck of the hapless em-rangements have already been that the development of alphabets Exchanges in Britain. -Router's interviewed by the multitude of ployee.

made with the local authorities in has been influenced by a sympathy American Service shroffs within a day or two after- Beyond the one point already case it is decided to bring the plane of movement between the human mouth and tongue and the human ward? The natural outcome is mentioned simple bookkeeping Mr. Wallace Harper, of Wallace hand. that before the mouth is half way there seems no good reason Harper and Co., Ltd., well-known

put forward the theory with respect over he la plunged heavily in debt why both the Government and local Ford dealers, Informs the So long ago as 1067 von Helmont PLANE CRASH HERO

China Mau that, provided present to the Hebrew alphabet; In 1902 Mr. ether to a tolerant employer or private firms should not follow plans materialize, he expects to Rudyard Kipling, probably inde- to those who permit the promis the example of the Naval Dock to Shanghat and fly back to Canton pendently, In his "Just So Story cupas signing of chits either in yards and commence, say, from with the plane. How the Alphabet was made? aug- The tri-motored Ford plane', is gested mouth-shape origine for the

It is ascertained that Mr. F. B. retail shops or in Clubs and vari the first day of the New Year to replica of the planes used by letters A, OU, M, and G; and last Lous other institutions. And so pay all salaries and wages weekly the Tat-Maddux Company to year Mme L Cantova, a Swiss Tompkins was the hern of the the year passes, with the em- instead of monthly. It would cer- carry passengers across the con- schoolteacher, pointed out that in aeroplane disaster when the City in the financial mire, growing word solving the economild pro- serted into the wings for that good articulation promoted legs, but it is expect to escape ployee getting deeper and deeper thinly be an appreciable step totnent in America. It is equipped schoolchildren handwriting and of Washington crashed. He is with enormous headlights which articulation were close allled and suffering from fractures to both

an amputation.Reuter more and more dissatisfied with blem of numerous wage-earners night, flying. The plane has a good handwriting. local conditions of living, and, in-ho

uinely desirous not wing spread of 76 feet, a length but of 49 rest 10 Inches, and a height cidentally, as the result of his only of keeping out of debt, but of 11 fest 9 Inches. Constructed Mr. Edward Arnold, the 18-years-Frederick Durbridge, aged 45, and fund from heat treated alurinium; allow old publisher, was married at His wife, aged 40, of Pelham Road,

Miss Wimbledon, S., were mall, for those emer channels riveted and covered with Maryleb

pawer of the corrugated "Alclad alloy, a Christine, Burland, of Weymouth wounded in their home, and were aluminium coated duralumin sheet Street, W., whore age was given taken to hospital, where they are

In a serious condition. tis comparatively light when eisip: az 29.

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AIRWAYS FATALITY

**SEQUEL.

Boulogne, Saturday.

found

the Minister of Hosith has noti

Urban District transfer of the bito that council

not later

to the Royal Air Force at Halton, sed the Hendo Buckinghamshire, since 1918, has Cound! that the been appointed Chaplain-In-Chief parish of Edgwa to the RAF with effect from De inust take eff

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