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BIRTHS.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931.

The lowest open air temperature PO LEUNG KUK'S

yesterday was 61 degrees. The humidity was 77 at 10 am, and 66 at 4 p.m.

Messrs Lammert Brothers will auction some household furniture at 4 Wing Lok Building, top floor, on Saturday morning.. An ad- vortisement appears in this issue.

WORK.

Start Made on the

New Home.

GOVERNOR AND MUI TSAIS.

The foundation etong of the new!

HISTORIC LETTERS TO

BE SOLD.

A High Court Decision.

PASTON FAMILY.

Mr. Justice Maugham, in the

to be

a sub-

Chan Fing, an unemployed Chin- esa, who was charged in the Kow- loon Police Court this morning with Pe Leung Kuk building in Leighton Chancery Division, gave permission the theft of a wooden post from the Hill Road was laid by H. E. the for the Paston letters, a valuable Tsoi Tam Kee matshed at Hunghom, Governor yesterday, before a large and historic collection of fifteenth- was sent to jail for one month, and representative gathering. century documents, to be offered after admitting a previous convic-

Fifty Years' History.

for sale by auction. The Chairman, Mr. Tam Wun-

"I want the sum tion.

tong, addressing the gathering, saldstantial ove," he said. that the Po Leung Kuk was found- The sanction of the court was and others. It was maintained by Pretyman, who was the plaintif subscription, and two wards of the in a summons to determine whether, Tung Wah Hospital borrowed tom under the will of Colonel George porarily for office use. . In

1891 Tomline, the series of lettera known

heir

RADIO - TELEPHONE ed in 1878 by Mr. Lo Kang-young sought by Mr. Ernest George

TO JAPAN.

Tests Inaugurated From Rugby Station.

WAVE LENGTH PROBLEM.

London, Yesterday.

$30,000 was raised by subscription, as the Paston letters were

and the Tung Wah Hospital contri- looms, buted a piece of land. A subsidy Among the respondents to the of 320,000 was also obtained from summons was the Earl of Bradford, the Government, and the building one of the trustees. completed in. 1896. Questions of Mr. C. V. Rawlence, for Mr. sanitation had determined the Pretyman. grid that Colonal Radio telephone tests between directors to erect a new building. Tomline, by his will, bequeathed Britain and Japan were inaugurat- The Government granted a site "all the pictures, prints, statues, ed from Rugby Wireless Station of 80,000 square feet, and through sculptures, articles of virtu, books, yesterday. The tests will take the generosity of various benefac furniture, and plate in my mansion considerable time as the most suit-tors, $140,000 was raised in sub-houses at Owell Park and Rlby able wave lengths must be decided scriptions. Of that sum, $100,000 Grove" to his trustees as heirlooms. and a number of other very was to be spent on the new build- Included in the chattels of Orwell technical matters, be considered. ing. It was hoped that further Park ware 155 of the original manu- subscriptions would be forthcoming script letters of the series known in order to meet the upkeep of the as the Paston letters. institution after it had been built. These were described as:

Governor's Speech.

A valuable collection of letters His Excellency said in part: and papers consisting of the cor- Criticisms have been levelled in respondence, of members of the various quarters at the existing Paston family and others connected mui-tani system in this Colony. with them between the years 1422 Some of the criticism is, perhaps, and 1509, and also including some well-founded, but a great deal of State papers and other important it is unjustified and without documents. foundation.

The bulk of the remainder of

Reuter.

MR. C. MAKEHAM.

TRIBUTE FROM SAILORS' AND SOLDIERS' HOME.

WORK FOR SERVICE MEN.

In connection with the death of tary of State's despatch on Mr. Charles Makeham reported in August 22, 1929, instructing that yesterday's issue of this paper, we fects in the system, and Govern- Museum.

At the same time there are de- the letters were now in the British steps should be taken forthwith have been requested to publish the ment decided that it should gra- Sir John Fann, the owner of the to establish machinery for the in-following copy of a letter sent to dually be eliminated. Registration letters in

Mr. and Mrs. Makeham last Octo-was insisted upon and also notifica-eighteenth century, mounted or in- the latter part of the spection, control and remunera ber on the eve of their departure tion of any movements of the girls. laid them in stout sheets of paper, tion of mui tsai in Hong Kong from Hong Kong, as it emphasises No more mai-tsais are allowed to and had there bound

at

the

Hong

in

the very noble,sorvice rendered by had not been carried out. Mr.

threa come into the Colony, so that, in volumes. both Mr. and Mrs. Makeham to- Edward Taswell Campbell, once a

due course, they ward Service men in

will gradually! Mr. Justice Maugham made a de- tobacco planter and then a taipan Kong:-

icense to exist.

claration that the volumes and A cadet officer of the Secretariat manuscripts passed as heirlooms. of a firm in Java (where, to be;

13, Ventris Road,

for Chinese Affairs devotes consi- Mr. Rawlence naked Rong Kang.

for the sure, ideal conditions for women

derable time to questions connect-court's sanction for the sale of the and girls exist!), was promptly Dear Mr. and Mrs. Makeham,

October 16, 1930,

ed with the mui-tsal, and I would letters. put in his place by Dr. Drum-

Mr. Justice Maugham: "The I am instructed by my Commit- ask for the further co-operation of mond Shiels, the Government tee to convey to you both the fol-individuals and bodies whose help question of whether it is wise to sell. I gratefully acknowledge in bring that depends on what you are going lowing resolution which was caring to notice any breaches of the to get. I cannot help thinking that He was told quite ried unanimously spokesman.

law. bluntly, if too politely, that he monthly meeting of the Sailors &

this is a bad year to sell. was "mistaken in, thinking that Soldiers Home Commites held occur from time to time cannot be of fixing a sufficiently high reserve. That cases of cruelty to children Mr. Rawlence: That is a question. the instructions were not carried on Wednesday, October 15

"On the departure

dented, but cruelty to children is from the

He wrote down A direct snub for Mr.

on a piece of out."

Colony of Mr. and Mrs. Make-system, nor is it confined to mui-tsal of the letters, and Mr.

in the mui-taal | paper a rough estimate of the value Edward Taswell Campbell, who

ham the Committee of the

Justice. or even adopted children, and it Maugham then sanctioned the sale, would be well advised to make

Sailors' & Soldiers' Home, Hong Is, however, a Kong, desires to communicate to crime, and every effort is being not lower than the figure given.

most despicable on the condition, the reserve was sure of his ground next time be-

them and to place on record its made to bring offenders to justice. fore asking silly questions on matters affecting the administra- tion of Hong Kong,

Sir William Peel has not been long in this Colony, but un- RASMUSSEN. -- On March 24,doubtedly he could quote chapter

1931, at Victoria Hospital, Hong Kong, to Mr. and Mrs. and verse for his statement that V. A. J. J. Rasmuason, a son. a great deal of the criticism of the mui-tsal system is unjustified and without foundation. His Excellency neatly turned the tables on the meddlers and busy- bodies when he added that “cases of cruelty to children occur from time to time cannot be denied, but eruelty to children is not inherent in the mui-tani system, nor is it

WOODWARD.-At Birmingham, on Monday, March 23, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. W. Woodward, a daughter.

Hong Kong, Tuesday, March 24, 1931.

"MOST DESPICABLE "

foundation stone of the

new

deep appreciation of the ser- vices they have rendered to the Home throughout many years.

In addition to their unfailing

support of all that has concern- ed the interests of the Home, they have rendered unique and priceless service to Service man

not inherent

declared the to be well and

His Excellency foundation stono truly laid, after which he was pre-

sented with a silver trowel.

SHOT QUARREL.

by the generous way in which YOUNG WIFE ALLEGED TO HAVE

they have entertained them

011

many occasions in their home KILLED HER HUSBAND.

and garden at Pokfulam,

Nice, Mar. 12. An American, Mrs. Fred Nixon Nirdinger, aged 26, is alleged to have shot and killed her 54-year-

CRISIS IN FRANCE.

GROUP OF BANKS SUSPENDS PAYMENT.

Paria, Mar. 12. again clouded.

The French political horizon is The suspension of payment by the group of banks financing the Aero Postale Company, has given rise to a series of problems which the Gov- ernment must tackle.

We feel sure that many Service men now scattered all over the world remember them with affection and gratitude,

tion of the Minister of Finance, "The chief question is the posi- would join with us in wishing old husband, a director of the them all joy and prosperity in Philadelphia Theatre, during * a M. Flandin, a barrister and busi-

quarrel in their flat.

ness man, who is president of the

their retirement."

With all good wishes,

and

Yours sincerely, (Sd.) J. H. Gelling.

Hon. Secretary, Sailors' & Soldiers' Home Committee.

It was apparently inevitable confined to mui-tsal or even that the ceremony of laying the adopted children, and it is not peculiar to the East. It is, how- ever, a most despicable crime, and KITCHEN BLOWN UP. every effort is being made to bring offenders to justice,”

Po Leung Kuk building yesterday should have nf- forded His Excellency the Governor with an opportunity of referring to that handy annual- the mui-tsal system. Certain Irresponsible meddlers and busy--

As DYNAMITE CAUSES EXPLOSION,

AT MA SHUN HU.

a special constable in 1921 and a member of Scotland Yard Head-

quarters Staff of the Metropoli

Mrs. Nirdlinger declared that French Aero Club and who, be- that she acted in self-defence.fore he took office, was advisory counsel to the Aero Postale Com- Reuter Wireless. ·

pany, which has always received a Government subsidy.

HANGED IN EMBASSY.

Discovery Following Bomb

Explosion.

It is rumoured that the So- cialists are planning to submit a resolution that M. Flandin bo sent before a commission of in- quiry, It is also reported that Havana, Mar. 10.

M. Flandin, at the last Cabinet A bomb explosion in the meeting, refused to resign. The Spanish embassy and the dis-general opinion, however, is that covery of a man's body dangling there will be general reluctance from a rope in one of the em-

to overthrow the Government

Damage to the wall of a kitchen

of

explosion

WHEAT PRICES.

LOWEST IN CHICAGO SINCE 1895

a mystery which the police cult task of steering the Budget here are trying to solve.

through the Chamber,"beer Officials of the embassy were

Yet another bank is reported

The Echo de Paria correspondent

way.

bodies would have the folk in Britan Special Constabulary, let Mr. and to cooking utensils was caused bassy doorways are the elements while it is engaged in the diffi tain believe that the state of fine his activities in regard to

Edward Taswell Campbell con-at about 11.30 o'clock last night,

when a stick of dynamite blow up. slavery generated by the mui the wefare of

Lo Tam, a carpenter residing in tani system exceeds in its horrors the congenial sphere in which he His behind which the

QTomen and girls to an unnumbered houso at Ma Shun alarmed this morning. by the to be in difficulties this morning. and crueltics anything ever

occurred, in a report to the Police sound of an explosion at the at Nantes states that the Banque found himself after his long stated that he suspects a certain spot and found a man dangling des Pays Quest has suspended

building. They rushed to the penned in "Uncle Tom's Cabin” of long ago or in the Liberia of to- sojourn in Java. If there were no person who is now in custody.

from the end of a rope fixed to payment and an inquiry into its day. Unfortunately Lord Pagg. such thing as cruelty or ill-treat- field and his advisers in the would be no need for the Societies

a hook in the lintel of the door affairs is being opened. The ment of girls in London there

bank has opened branches in Colonial Office are only too prone there for the Prevention of

It was, apparently, a case of many towns of the Vendee De suicide, but the man has not yet partment in the past few years. to give ear to these mischievous Cruelty to Children or for Dr.

been identified and it is

Reuter Wireless nct rumour-mongers and calumniators

known whether he had any con- Barnado's Homes," Hong Kong

nection with the explosion, of this Colony'a fair name-fear-

can look after its own child wél-

The bomb did no appreciable ful, if they politely or impolitely fare problems without interlopers since 1895 yesterday, following the

damage. told them to go to Halifax or Hull

Earlier in the day a

collection seeking notoriety in the House of Farm Board's announcement. The of firearms were found at the and mind their own business, Commons or outside it by declines ranged from three to home of a former officer, who had few votes might be lost trying to put Hong Kong in its eleven. cents a bushel, the closing been arrested, and it is thought

To-day's dollar is worth 2/4% Labour at the next Generall

price being 594 cents-Reuters that there may be some connec Election. Even a narrow dection place according to their narrow American Service.

tion between the arrest and the Hong Kong has offered the The Court of the University of and petty lights!

events at the embassy-Router honorary degree of doctor of law to Wireless.

Dr. G. P. Jordan, who has accepted. It is proposed to hold a special con Firat Comedian "Did you score gregation on Apell 7 to confer this a hit with your new speciality 'degree and at the game time instal Second Comedian: "Did I? Why, the new Vice-Chancellor Sir WII- the audience gazed in open-mouthed liam Bruinyate, K.C.M.G. who

News in Brief.

Chicago, Yesterday. Wheat sagged to the lowest point

The two workmen. were having chat over a glass of beer each, when one happened to notice a bill in the window of a house opposite.

There's a poster over there," said he, "abaht a “Sale of Work-- wot's it mean

Ten Years Ago.

(From the "China Mail March 24, 1921.).'

of the Conservatives has been Infected with the interference itch. On March 12 Mr. Edward | Taswell Campbell, Conservative A fruit dealer of Canton, LI MP. for Brumley, Kent (and Hing, has reported to the Police the refected of SW Camberwell that during January, his shroff was In 1929) impertinently asked sent to Hong Kong to collect sums Oh, well, said, his mate, wonder before I was half through," arrives bars by the Boudan on

of money from various shops. He gums, it ain't, for us we ain't so In the House of Commons, why alleged to have collected $2,200 keen on work that we want to go the Orders contained in the Secre- and falled to return to Canton, where they're sellin" it!" 3!!!

First Comedian: "Wonderful! Tuesday. His first official function Very wonderful. It is seldom that will be to present Dr. Jordan for an entire audience yawns at once." i the degroð,