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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1930

CORRESPONDENCE.

'"SOCCER" DISPUTE.

To the Editor of "Chips Mail.") Sir With reference to recent Shortly after one o'clock to-day correspondence in local papers la a coolia fell off a motor dust cart connection with the suspension of, and was injured below the cheatwo football players, the following Ho was, removed to the Government Information might be of interest to Civil Hospital in the ambulancą.

your readers, nota

Have You Heard?—

tain) My fiance is on the quay. Do Young lady (to the ship's cap-

you think that there is time for me to say good-bye to him?

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"These watches are astonishingly good value," said a customer to the jeweller. Ten shillings each! I should have thought it cost every penny to make them."

Captain (who has been at sea for This morning's vernacular paper, many years): I'm afraid not. The The Society of St. Vincent de Wah Kin Yet Po, gives the in-ship must sail in two hours. Paul acknowledges with, thanks formation that To Kwal Shing, donations to the forthcoming Fete one of the suspended players, play. in aid of the Poor, amounting to

ed as a member of the Lah Hwa $290. Mr. Woo Hay-tong has Club. in a League match against donated $100.

the Recreios in Shanghai on Novem- ber 23. This League match comes under the jurisdiction of the Shanghal Football Association which is aflated to the English Football Association, to which the Hong Kong. Football Association is also attached.

The annual general meeting of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club is advertised to take place in the Board room of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Monday. December 16, at 5.80 p.m.

H.R.H. Prince Purachatra of Slam, who left here at the begin ning of October, is returning from his visit to the North on Monday by the a.s. Chichibu Maru and will sall on the following day for Manila by the a.a. President Jefferson.

Li Tang, toki of the Kwong. Sing Hong Vegetable atoll, Central Market, has reported to the Police that he entrusted the sum of $484 to a Chinese on Tuesday for the purpose of purchasing vege tables from the country, The man has not been scon since.

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"It does," said the jeweller. "Then how," asked the customer, "do you make your profit?”

explained.

"Repairing them," the jeweller

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It Is Interesting to observe that the Shanghal Football Association Mr. Jenkins gave me."

Miss Green: "It's an opal ring has viewed the matter from such a Miss liberal point of view, more especial-"Hm! Do you-or-like it?'

Sharp (examining It): lyns they undoubtedly have al- Miss Green: "Oh, yes; but you ready been officially advised by the know the old superstition, I'm afraid Hong Kong. Football Association of it will bring me bad luck." the suspension of this particular player.

that

It will also not be out of place to mention that Chan Mee On, who

·was also'a member of the Chinese Amatour "Soccer" team toured the South, has taken part in two official League gamea in Hong Kong, appearing for the South China team. His status, I have been authentically informed, comes Mr. E. de Souza, residing at 89 under the same category of Tso and Granville Road, in a report to the Chan, the two "delinquents". de Police yesterday stated that barred by the Hong Kong Football brown pointer dog, owned by his Association. grandmother, who lives at 85 Granville, Road, bit his son Roberto, aged two years and four months The animal has been sent to M [where we began. With the ma-Tau Kok for observation.

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Hong Kong, Felday, Nov. 28, 1930,

WIFE'S COERCION.

ÚNUSUAL, LEGAL POINT

The singling out of two players for trial by the Hong Kong Foot-

all Association reflects. partiality of this Association.

on the

Yours, etc.,

FAIRPLAY.

Hong Kong, November 28.

SAFEGUARD BAVINGS.

DEPOSITS.

Miss Sharp: "I wouldn't worry. This won't bring you real bad luck

only imitation."

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Mra. Chick was reading the paper, while her husband sat quietly fashion page of the evening newB smoking,

"John, doar," she suddenly ex- claimed, "it states here the dresses are to be much longer this spring."

back smiling, and in a dreamy voice. Her husband, closing his eyes, dat. murmured, "I don't mind. I've got a very good memory.”

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Mr. Jones, on his way to catch the morning business train, observed- his friend Robinson hard at work in the garden.

"Been at it long?" he asked. "Yes," sighed Robinson dejectedly, "since 7 o'clock."

"Good gracious!" gasped the other. I wouldn't think of such a thing."

"I wouldn't either" Robinson ex- "plained, casting a nervous glance to- wards his house. "My wife thought of it."

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Joe, the painter, was commissioned by one of his clients to paint a pair of garage doors.

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"By the way," said Roberts thoughtfully, "Jack wants Borrow fifteen pounds from me. Is he good for that amount?”

When two Chinese women made more direct, gold is no longer re- their appearance before Mr. R. E quired in the old abundance to Lindsell in the Central Court this greasoitewheels. The most morning on a charge of fighting. significant step yet taken in this over some domestic trouble, It was stated by the Police that the com- direction was the treaty whereby batants were engaged in throwing |Britain and the Argentine agreed shoes and slippers at each other. To the Editor of "China Mai)"}

to barter artificial silk for wheat. His Worship fined the first de-

SirThe failure of numerous fondant $3, and the second $5, and banks in America and France re- Its operation has been hampered also bound them both over to keep minds me of the local disaster in by other treaties containing most-the peace for a year.

July when the Industrial & Com- favoured-nation clauses of the

mercial Bank suspended payment old type. But out-of-date com- Police Court yesterday, decided to

Mr. Williams, In the Central and a number of email depositore "There you are, sir," he said mercial treaties can be denoure-discharge Ng Kwong-ting, manager lost their hard-earned savings. It about an hour later when he went to ed, or at least left unrenewed at of the Hung Nam Shipping Com-la, indeed, time that the Government call for his money; "the job's

should impose some kind of regula-finished." their expiry. Another equally pany, charged with misappropriation to control Banks and all firms "But I want two coats of paint on significant step has just been ton of $4,750, on the grounds of that receive savings deposits from those doors," said the client. "IB insufficiency of evidence is the public. A certain department pay you when you have completed taken in Geneva when eight agri-Worship: Bald that complainant. cultural States of Eastern might have ground, for a civil

store and a cortain, confectionery it.. manufacturer which failed a few "But you've got the two costs,” Europe proposed to buy manufac-action, but there was no criminal years ago went down with millions Joe explained. "I mixed the first

embezzlement, made out on the of dollars belonging to tures from those States only evidence before him

small de- coat with the paint for the second which took their wheat. The pro-

positors: Many firms which are not coat and put on both coats at the posal was vetoed by the combined

deing banking business receive désame time. Speed's my motto, sir.” posits from customers nowadays action of other wheat-producing

under no control at all and they are

They were waiting on the platform States and of States which have

a menace to society.

for the morning train. goods to sell but grow their own food. But the last has not been heard of it, Still less has the last been heard of Preference a A PROTRACTED CASE. the Dominions now conceive it? The more prophetic among that is to say, as an undertaking the Central Police Court, the legal Before Mr. Lindsell yesterday in

atudents of economy have for to receive British goods so far as point of a wife's coercion, owing long regarded gold as a medium their industrial developments per to the accused being her brother.

His friend laughed bitterly. "A watchdog, a pair of handcuffs, of exchange as being "played mits if Britain will take from was raised by Mr. Rendall, (for the

defence).

ulterior motive; and, above all, for and a couple of smart Scotland Yard out," and trade returns reveal to them such foodstuffs as she cÁn- The case is, a protracted one, the the good reputation of the Colony quen," he said. us every day that States are be not produce herself. This is in complainant accusing his brother-which is already famous as a well-s ginning to deal with one another effect, a proposal to establish in-law and partner of misappropria-administered city throughout the The foreman was going from ons In terms of actual barter. Only the economic unity of the Empiretion of $40,000 in connection with world; the Banks and other concerns man to another with a sheet of paper

a pig-dealing business.

that receive savings deposits from in his hand. When be came to two days ago, the China Mail pub-on direct barter.

Witness, cross-examined, admitt- the public should be subjected to MacLean, he said, "Sandy, this is a Įlished a report from Rome that Certain political phenomena arsed that her mother-in-law had pre- Government control. For instance, subscription to get a wreath for Jock Russia has agreed to exchange accentuating this development behalf of her husband. She had with the Government Immovable pro- your mates have given a shilling valled on her to give evidence on if they were required to deposit Stewart, who died last week. All raw materials for Italy's manu-Every nation nowadays aims at no option hat, to comply with the perties and gilt-edged securities towards it." factured goods. Thus, Russia economic self-sufficiency. By request. She denied that her hus- amounting to 25 per cent, or 80 per

"Oeh, man, that'll make me an will supply Italy with wheat, oll; way of realising its sim, it sets band had told her that, unless she cent on the total of their savings Jock square. He owed me a bob."" and timber in exchange for me itself to stabilise production at its gave evidence, he would go to pri- deposits and to file a return of the

A young man walked into a actlylites of their savings depart- chinery, motor cars, acroplanes maximum. Since demand at The bearing was again ad- ment every three months, the sav-baker's shop and asked for two dozen and ships. There is no question its best fluctuntes and. at journed

ings public would feel more secured loaves. The shopkeeper looked Mzka, jota monetary commitments; it is its worst as in the notori-

and panics would naturally dis-sürprised.

"Two dozen!" he exclaimed. simply a matter of barter.

appear; because the fact that there To ous case of sugar beet

"Yes," said the young man. "You: complicate the situation still fur--is permanently below the level ther, two States re

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For the sake of small depositors who are generally of the poorer classes and aro' most nervous; for the stability of the commercial and trading activities in particular and for the solidarity of the colony in a pasle such, as we witnessed in general; for the purpose of avoiding

1925 and a few months ago; for curtailing the activities of swindlers that receive deposits with an

Is Government supervision is enough

"Yes, I think so," returned his friend, "with proper securities, of course."

"What securities would you sug scat" asked Roberts.

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to comfort the depositors and to see, I'm working at the menagerie,

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are now pushing of supply, a surplus accumulates. NEW DEPARTMENT OPENED IN diminish nervousness. In time of and the kangaroo has kicked the to extreme lengths this policy of It Is got rid of across the fron

trouble. We need only take the con- elephant, so I want to make a bread fidence of the public in the Bank Poultico." exchanging goods, not for other tiers at prices which vary

vary from

notes of the Colony to know how ⠀⠀ goods, but for gold. One is an insignificant profit to a post-

mach the public relics on Govern-What have you given your hus- Russia, which, out of revolution- tive loss. This is the cause of

London, Yesterday... ment supervision when money la band as a birthday prosent 7

"A hundred cigare!" ary fervour, is dumping goods in the phenomenon known as dump art and archaeology, which is the is taken, the better it would be forhat was very expensive, wasn't

A new department of Chinees concerned. The earlier such a step such quantities and at such times ing. The State which pursues first in Europe, was asigurated the welfare of the whole community. "Oh, no! In the last two months ss to effect the maximum dis-this policy does not want goods-to-day at the School of Oriental The Banks and farms that receive | organisation of the capitalist not even dumped goods-in ex-Studies, at the University of Lon savings deposits are also better off I have taken two from his box every Bystem

on the "Ar- under Government supervision, as day; and imagine, my dear, on his The other is America, change for the goods which it don with a lectura which, out of nationalist ar- dumps. What it wants is capital, Percival Yoits. Gecturer on the can do their business profitably with had chosen his favourite brand!"..

chaeology of China by Mr. W they will be free from runs and birthday he was so glad because I rogance, is setting herself to sell which means gold, for the further subject at the School); who paid a the assurance of the confidence of but not to buy and is thus accen- development of its industries-As tribute to the generosity of Sin their depositors and the co-operation tuating, even to her own embar-a consequences gold no longer The Chinese Minister De Alfred hope the authorities will take a

Percival David in the matter of the Governmenta rassment, the accumulation of moves as a corrective of exchange See, was present--Reuter

dragons this matter into their favourable gold made inevitable in any case balances. It is imported

by her Imposition of tribute own sake as a commodit money on the old world.

when bo

As a result of all these forces turn

sportsal does not

is beginning to

on the one hand and of a recognl-apparent, however, a ch

tion of the mutual value of inter the relationship of gole

national trade on the other, States and the tim

have

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Te to B'system will be. car

and the

and

consideration as soon as they cần and let the pubile have the comfort know that their welfare is a con- cern of the Government.

Yours, etc.,

"Wayfarer" complains In a Shang. hal paper that on Inquiries of local garages, be found that with the ex- ception of the Morris and Austin makes, no serious efforts were made

British CarsNew Hong Kong, mber 27, are under construction in

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of China, and Pro-

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of cars, fet, he says: Punjab Regimant

to show that Cariton He

the whole death has taken place

In China in 1900)

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