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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1930.

HELENA MAY INSTITUTE.

with a full knowledge of their ac- CORRESPONDENCE. curacy and with the intention of giving honest Information which, if it be not always original, at least has the saving grace of be- Ing disinterested and without malice.

BEANS VANSH.

COOLIE'S THEFT FRM THE DAIRY FARM

CAUGHT IN THEACT. To the Editor of "China Mail.")

Mr. James Bullock, fuperinton- Sir-We shall be most grateful

of the if you will give the Committee of dent of the branch sire the above Fete sufficient space in Dairy Farm Company at Pokfu- Hoklo your paper in which to thank all lam, to-day chargo a those friends who helped to maka coolie before Mr. RE, Lindsell la the Central Magtracy, with. the Fote such a success.

We are grateful to Lady Feat the theft of 16 cates of white Two cases of typhoid fever and for so kindly opening the Foto, beans, the property f the firm.

Defendant pleade not guilty, two cases of diphtheria (one non-the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax for Chinese) were notified yesterday.

speaking on behalf of the Com-and said that they are given to mittee, and to the President and him.

Mr. Bullock said that the de- the mployee of a

News in Brief.

All members of the Volunteer Committee of the Kowloon Crickat Corps are notified that, until fur. Club for tending us their beauti-fendant was ther notice Corps Orders will boful Cricket Ground, to the Officers contractor, and die do work occa- issued every Thursday instead of Commanding the A. & S. High-sionally at the fan. The beans Friday during the period of Camp, landers and the 2nd Bt. Punjabian Court were. Idetical with those

for lending their pipers and used as fodder, ! commencing from the 20th inst.

Wong Po, an Asalstant store- drums, to Mr. R. M. Dyer, G.B.E, for permitting Mr. Jenner to help keeper, stated tht he caught the Jethend Prebhdaa, sub-mamager on the Committee and for the loan defendant in theact of taking the and the beans out of tw bags on the first of the Savalauie Silk Store, 19 of "The Human Seal" Nathan Road, in a report to the Chinese divers, to Commander floor of the streroom. He warn Police, stated that at about 9 p.m. Morris, RN, H.M.S. Tamar, to ed him not tosteal but defendant, on Monday a Chinese and Miss Capell and her pupils, to the who had no riht in the place, per-

sisted. woman obtained three eets of Lilliputians, to the following who ladies' underwear at the price of gave donations:- $44.80. They pald with a $100 Mesara. A Gooke & Co.....$10

Messrs. Davie Boag & Co. note, which has turned out to be a forgery.

man

Mitsui Bussan Kaisha

Asiatic Petroleum Co.

Dr. Kotewall

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25 30

His Honour the Chief Justice 10 60 Majestic Theatra....

The head storekeeper, Abdal Omar, spok to having had a re- port abou the matter from the previous utness. He went to the main gate'on the Aberdeen Road, and thee saw two men, each carrying a bucket, walking about They were

With reference to the date of the Hon. Mr. J. P. Bruga's retirement to the following firma for gifts 200 yaris in front. from the Sanitary Board, on which and assistance:-British American heading in the direction of Aber- commont was made in our leading Tobacco Co.. Botelho Brothers, deen. He followed and, on ap article yesterday, we are now in- Bitzer & Co., Blue Bird Co., proaching the men, beckoned to formed that 1933 was an inadver- Colonial Dispensary, Cafe Pavi- them a stop. In one bucket wit- tent and unaccountable type-lion, China Light & Power Co.,ness found only a few pieces of

proof China graphical error, all the

Gaa Co., Club de Re- clothing, but in defendant's bucket He took defen- The Dairy Farm sheets for the Civil Service List creio,

Co., wer the beans. being passed with the correct date Der A Wing & Co., Gilman & dan back to the office and then Ho pointed (1930).

Co., Ltd., Mr. Howard. John D. sen for the Polico.

had no Hutchison & Co., Hong Kong & cu that the defendant Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., Melchers right to go in the storeroom. Mr. Angel Laborla, a Filipino!

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. & Co., Kwong Man Loong, Keller passenger on the President Jackson, Kern & Co., Ltd.. John Manners & local journalism to the reported to the Police that at about

Co., Nestla Milk Co., Reuter columns of the newspapers with 4 pm. on Monday a stranger, who 'Brockelmann & Co., Peninsula topical Home or local news, and appeared to be also a Filipino, took

him to a dry-cleaner's shop at the Hotel, St. Andrew's Church. Tsang

Fook & Co., Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Mr. Lindzell convicted and im even the belated attempt to run basement of the Kowloon Hotel. Union Trading Co., Harry Wicking posed a fine of $25 with the al-

humorous article of original Hankow Road, to have a suit of composition is one that we do not clothing, valued at $15, pressed.&Co.,, Wing On Co., Wing Hing, ternative of fourteen days' jail. hesitate to belaud. But when When they got to the shop it was A. S. Watson & Co., Ye Olde that article is largely composed for it later, but, when he did do so,

intimated that Lahoria would call Printerie; also to all who helped:

Mesdames Bishop, Carruthers, MENACE TO PUBLIC.

fill

of "clippinga" from the "Sunday it was found that the stranger had Dalgleish, Dinnen, Donald, Evans, at Home" and other perfectly in- gone earlier and vanished with the Ferguson, Ingram, Jones, Lewis, nocuous journals, we believe that clothing. its purpose is defeated.

Even

lock said that it was likely

at the empty bags were stolen. Grain and beans were not pilfer-

often.

PLASTER CHIPPINGS FROM BUILDING.

CONTRACTORS FINED.

Marlow, Martin, Meintosh, Min- nett, Orchard, Rendall, Scriven, Smalley, Shellshear, Telfer, Thom Kwok Chua-sing, former manager linson, Ware, Mieses Joan Bishop an occasional sneer or ignorant

The firm of Chinese contractors jibe at a contemporary will not of the Hong Kong branch of the Braga, M. Braga, Myra Chan, Chan, Esther Chan Health Service Bureau, made an-Margarot

engaged on work at the old serve to raise it from the ranks other appearance before Mr. R. E. Agnes Chan, B. Chan, Chong Jardine Building,

in Pedder of "cribbed copy," which no self- Lindsell in the Central Magistracy Claire, R. Cole, Dudley, Field, Fox Street, were to-day summoned yesterday, when he was committed Gardner, Gitting, Lack, Kacker before Mr. Lindsell in the Central respecting Editor would allow.

for trial at the next Criminal Kwok, Law, Lopez, Macgrond Magistracy with having been

Mow Furg, But it is not with the limita-Sessions on the charge of uttering Moon,

Murray negligent in allowing debris to tions of narrow and ill-advised a forged document for $520, eight Remedios. Robinson, Smith, White fall to the street on November 4,

to the danger of the public. inde, suffering from the sad months' salary pald by the defend Weller, Wentworth, Whitley, Smal

Messrs. H. Annis, F. Bishop plea of guilty was tendered. phenomena of Board School in- ant, on behalf of the Bureau, to ley.

T. K. Leung, who was alleged by W. C. Braco, C. Burford, Bond. 1 Traffic Sergeant McInnis said telligences striving to swim to the complainant, Mr. Siow Cheong Cole, C. G. Copley, C. Carruthers that the debris was composed of the surface of social recognition Loong, proprietor of the Bureau, to C. Canniford, R. Darmer, J. plaster shippings from the face and a smug kind of suburban re-be a fictitious person. spectability, that we are concern,

ed.. Knowing that our purpose |

An excellent organ

Hong Kong, Wednesday, N. 19, 1930.

pay.

A

Ferguson, E. F. Fincher, J. Greof the building. It was rather ham, W. H. Hill, A. Hill, F. dangerous, and this was due to Henner, V. C. Labrum, J. the fact that the support of mat- recital was Lyal. J. Marshall, J. Miller, ting on the first floor was not

R. Murphy,

Reel, wide enough to catch the falling

CHAMPAGNE RECOVERED.

Т.

saw Miss Rogers's work through.

The Committee hope to clear $2,000 when all expenses are paid. which sum will be handed over to the Kowloon Branch of the Helezaj May Institute.

Yours, etc.

KATHARINE CREASY. President, Féte Committee: Hong Kong, November 18.

CHINESE SPIRIT.

CAT BURGLAR.

·ROBBERY AT WING "LOX BUILDING.

HANDY SCAFFOLDING.

A Chinese named Ho Tung was. to-day charged before Mr. H. R. Butters on a charge of theft, on November 4, of a serge suit worth, $56, and $1.05, the property of Mr. Chadwick, of 1, Wing 'Lok Building, Nathan Road; and of

gold wriet watch and a gold collar

is to serve the public with authen-given in St. John's Cathedral last E tic news and considered opinion, evening by Mr. F. Mason, A.R.C.O.. Simpson, Smith, J. Sweet, A. W. debris from the third floor, where PRESS SQUABBLES. we can afford to remain indiffer-L.T.C.L, with the assistance of the Tickel, D. Trafford, J. Wilson, C. L. the men were at work. The chip- Choir, and with Mrs. Snowdon Wenham, P. White, R. Wong, pings hit the scaffolding and re- ent and contemptuous of the idle Jones (soprano) and Mr. H. G.Wong, R. Woolley, S. M. West. ounded into the street below, Such Lieut, Jewitt; Guides, Cubs, and hitting some of the cars parked In the early days of journal-babble in which journalistic-Anxias (tenor) as soloists.

Pedestrians. tem, when political spite and clerks may indulge in the back-gems as Bach's Prelude and Fugue Scouts; Members of the Belilies in Pedder Street.

could not walk in the street, and It is very much regretted that the only means of getting along to Act III of "Tannhauser," Gull- personal animosity prompted the yards of their newspapers. We do in C Minor, Wagner's Introduction Old Girls' Association.

Handel's Miss E. Ꮮ Rogers, the Hon. Pedder Street was in the veran- pamphleteers to write sheets and think, however, that the public mant's Allegretto and

the Committee, was dah on the pavement. The defen- reams of acrimony, venoma, and should be protected from the Minuet "Bernice" were included in Secretary to

Mrs. Snowdon taken ill with faver a few days bedants had now complied with the vindictive abuse, no one thought tedium of reading wearisome and the programme.

Janes sang Mendelssohn's "Hear ford the Fete and was unable to be necessary requirements.

A fine of $50 was imposed. it at all unusual for newspapers scurrilous attacks upon a con- My Prayer," whilst Mr. Annies present on the day. Mies R. Mow. which is served by a rendered "And the Glery of the Fung nobly came to our help and to attack each other tooth and temporary, nail. We imagined that a certain form, of false pretences in the Lord." amount of light had been shed place of humour or news, and since Hogarth's days, and that for which misguided readers

to

I the quality known among gentle have unjustly men as "professional pride and there were rhyme or reason in

restrained decency"

modern these attacks, we might even con-

The following report appeared in newspapers and their proprietors descend to consider them as amus- the China Mau yesterday:-"Mak from the libellous insult of a con-ing, but when they venture to Ki, a tallyman employed by the temporary. In Hong Kong, ap refer to individuals. in a very Union Trading Company, York stated that at about 4 p.m. yester- parently, a sanctimonious section thinly-velled manner, and have Building, in a report to the Police of the Press is not handicapped the effrontery to accuse a rival day he engaged a street coolle by any such defect as develop concern of entering upon a course whom he had previously employed ment from the slush and slime of of dishonest business, then it is to carry a bottle of champagne and journalese, and a few blunder- not a case for annoyance or in-208 Sydney leaflets from the Kow loon Godown to the Union Trading heads still remain to pour their dignation, but for the Courts. Company's premises..

The coolle, it is alleged, disap- jealous whines into the bored Newspapers must be protected and impatient ears of a quite in from slander, however, ignorant peared with the champagne and

haul was said to be $194. different public, which is sick and may be the malicious minds of leaflets. The total value of the

A different complexion was tant Superintendent of Imports and admission to the flat by climblag tired of this petty squabbling ita utterants, if they are to re- over the bone of "elrculation,"tain the confidence of their pub thrown on the affair to-day when Exports, appeared as complainant up a scaffolding at the front of the and is for ever aighing: "When c. A newspaper is at liberty to It was stated that all the goods in a summons against Suen Hing. building, and, entering the bedroom that the coolie merely made a mis- Whitfield, for having had in his sleeping, stole the property. The are you going to give us newa?" publish any news or impersonal had been recovered, it being added Chinese wine and spirit shop, 81 in which the complainants were We admit, however, that it is opinions on any subject whatso take as to the whereabouts of the control or custody 20 jars of spirit money and the stud had not been

without duty: paid labels. not at all times easy to be ho ever, for the interest or inform-godown morous, and that nothing can be ation of its readers, an even if more trying than the forced the facts as published m

(haven effort to be amusing. The essen-wittingly tend to

the tial qualification of a humorous prejudicial effect on article is not that it should be private financial interests of its stupid or ill-mannered, but that competitors, there is absolutely It should be both intelligent and no justification for bitter and Massey Co., Ltd, was to-day had no labels on them at any time. Sergeant Humphreys asked for places libellous attempts at denial of summoned before Mr. H. R. Bat This cass ran directly with another permission to withdraw the charge ters, in the Kowloon Court, by his distillery case, which his Worship agafant this man. He explained wife, Mrs. L. Tansley, who alleged would hear shortly that the Police were satisfied that assault on November 4 and per Mr. Lo suggested that the sum the accused, did not know that the mons should be heard after the suit was stolen, Besides, he had stent cruelty, P

when the case was called, Mr. other case was dealt with, and aug given assistance to the Palice which Bret clerk of the Kov gested that his Worship should not led to the thior's arrest.

ANOTHO, Magistrato granted the ap anded up a letter fix &.date,

plication and discharged wire anys sad Hi Worship

witty.

Whe Falli vence, and

the natural supply of in mini

that which has been forecast,

that is sometimes.

We write the above with the Fultonviction the the readerA of the China Mell will real a that

d opinions on a diyer

WIFE'S ALLEGATIONS.

REVENUE DEPARTMENT. SHOPKEEPER SUMMONED BY

BREACH DENIED.

stud, worth $27, the property of Mr. Read, of the same address. He pleaded guilty."

Detective Sergeant Humphreys "In the Central Magistracy this stated that the accused was a re He gained morning Mr. H. A. Taylor, Assis-gular "cat" burglar.

recovered.ON

Mr. Horace Lo, for defendant, The Magistrate passed sentence pleaded not guilty, A NE

of four months hard labour, on Mr. Taylor stated that at the each count, the terms to run-con- time of his visit the 20 jars were currently.

empty, their contents having been

After this case, another Chinese put into a well. However, the jars name Fong Suf-tes, was charged

Mr. W. Tansley, whose address smelled strongly of spirit, as did with the unlawful possession of Mr.

Is given as care of Mestre, Reiss, the Uds, which appeared to have Chadwick's suit,

ourned the aummons

cused