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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931.

OF RAILWAY PAYING FOR THE DISASTER.

'PHONE.

Will.

sound and long-sighted policy of Water Undermined the Curious Provision in a reorgansiation, then it will be welcomed by the Pogers with outstretched hands.

News in Brief.

The Netherlands Indian Govern- ment has declared Amoy to be an infected port on account of plague.

The lowest open air temperature yesterday was 75 degrees. The humidity was 79 at 10 am, and 80 nt 4 p.m.

Embankment.

SUGGESTED ALTERATIONS.

RECIPIENT PUZZLED.

The inquiry into the K.C.R. dis- A curious provision is contained The Hon. Dr. Kotewall and Mrs.aster was continued before Mr. E. in the will of Mr. Arthur Knowles Kotewall returned to-day by the W. Hamilton, sitting with a special Legg, in Leeds man, who, died leav- Empress of Asin.

Jury, at the Kowloon Magistracying estate of £14,022. He left: yesterday afternoon.

The income from £400 upon trust Replying to a question by the to Ellen Pilling, "for life or for 50 Coroner, Mr. C. D. Lambert (Chief long as she shall have a telephone Mechanical Engineer) said that the Installed in her residence." · joining of steel and wooden conches In addition, the will provided for was executed in Britain, All the Ellen Pilling £80 a year and two coaches they had here had steel un-mortgages of £799 and £700 respec- der frames.

tively for life. Evidence by Mr. C. J. Wardell, Mrs. Ellen Pilling, the recipient engineer, P.W.D. was to the effect of this unusual legacy, in converan- One case of typhoid fever, one that he was satisfied with the artion with a Press representative. Jense of cerebro-spinal meningitis, rangements at the waterfall and at expressed herself as completely

and one case of puerperal fever were No. 3 tunnel. He attributed the puzzled by it. notified yesterday. All were Chinese. accident to an abnormal rainfall. Mr. Legg was a great personal which caused the water to flow friend of her husband, who died The management of the Hotel over the wall and undermine the during the war. He came to their Cecil wish to inform their patrons embankment. He was of opinion house in Leeds on a visit, and, sho that owing to the hot season pre-that there must have been a heavy remurked, was apparently sa com- vailing no dinner dance will be held rainfall for half an hour and the fortable that he decided to stay. until further notice.

flow over

the wall for a quarter He made his home with them. ' of an hour. They were taking So far as the legacy for the up-

A year ago yesterday the Colonial steps to prevent a similar occur- keep of her telephone was concern. Secretary (the Hon. Mr. Wilfrid T.rence. He considered that the ed, she said: "I have never heard Southorn, CMG.) Inid the founda- wall should be raised and the anything quite-so funny before, and tion stone of the new Union Church slope of the bank pitched in I don't in the least understand it. building in Kowloon.

masonry and cement mortar. The "I have always had a telephono "cut" also would have to be ever since 1 came to

my present The Indo-China Steam Navigation widened and some of the boulders house thirty years ago. Mr. Legg Co., Ltd., advertise that the fiftieth removed. He considered that used my telephone extensively for ordinary general meeting will be these alterations were sufficient, business purposes, but he must held at the offices of the General in formal circumstances and have thought very highly of it, al Managers, Messrs. Jardine, Mathe-without an unforeseen catas- though he never/said a single word son and Co., Ltd., on June 17, at trophe, to prevent a recurrence of that would make me think so.

the disaster.

"I remember once remarking to Mr. G. A. Walker informed the him that I thought I would give

left hospital Inst Friday. Coroner that the engine driver had it up, but his reply was, Oh, I should not do that. Whatever The hearing was adjourned until would you do without it?" this afternoon.

noon.

an international point of view, however, Chinng's leadership has a Kowloon Motor Bus at 9.10 p.m. While attempting to alight from been far from satisfactory. His yesterday an unknown Chinese, aged foreign policy, guided by that about 20 years, fell and fractured He was re- astute and ambitious diplomat. the base of his skull, Dr. C T. Wang, has been un-is in a serious condition,

moved to the Kowloon Hospital and

friendly and short-sighted. His endeavours to hustic the "for-down a dry dock in the Royal Naval Falling from n height of 26 feet eign devils" out of China without Dockyard on his return to work even safeguarding their rights, yesterday Wu Ping (60), a ship's to impose the unfair conditions fitter, received injuries to his back of an immature legislation upon Government Civil Hospital, where and head. He was conveyed the people who have built up his bis injuries were pronounced to be country and whose capital has not serious. largely been the means of assur-

The Committee of the Sailors' ing him an ample income, have and Soldiers' Home gratefully

ac-

all been eyed with disfavour by knowledge the receipt of the follow-

EYE-MAKER'S QUEER JOBS.

Fitting Out Idols and

Mascots.

UNUSUAL WORK.

"He certainly appreciated the telephone, especially in the months before he died, when it would have been difficult for him to go to town to transact business every day. Ho used the phone instead, and saved him a great deal of travell ing.

"But to make a special bequest of this nature has taken me com- pletely by surprise.

Some Strange Willa. Remarkable provisions in some recent wills are:

£300,000 for the Ontario woman who in ten years' time was the mather of the greatest number of living babies.

£250 to grand-daughters, contin- rant on their being able to speak and write the English language fluently before they were 15.

Two daughters to be provided, while unmarried, with a costume each every two years, and an over The cont every three years.

delay."

the foreign Governments. Iting donations, forwarded in re- How would you like to apend recent appeal for your days making artificial eyes would not be entirely true, in ponse to the

funds-G. R. Sayer. B.A., $10; S. for people, mascots and dolls? That fact, to state that President Jarvis, $10; A, Murdock, $25; 18 the unusual work carried on Chiang has been a friend of Alphonse J. Hund, $25; Miss Norah daily over a small shop in; New China's foreign helpers, or that Stone, $25; Lo Chung Kue, $20.-) Oxford Street, London.

Total $115.

This atrange business has been he has shown any gratitude or

Further donations are in existence for 150 years. earnestly solicited. even justice to the great firms]

present manager ig the great- Wife bequeathed 31⁄2d for the who have established factories. In connection with the affair grandson of

the founder of the purchase of a halter, which, I and manufactures and big indus-which took place on the Kowloon firm, and he has a young son and trust, she may make use of without Hong Kong, Thursday, May 28, 1931. trial enterprises in his country severe internal injuries as the re-to this eye-maker in despair and 000 will have to cease if she kept,

Wharves, in which a coolie received daughter helping him.

Many famous people have come The new faction, on the other sult of a fracas, Yeung Wing-lap, gone away overjoyed. His visitors' ran, or became interested in the "Daughter's income from £1,000,-

hand, promises to

the alleged aggressor, entertain friendly relations toward the out-ed for 48 hours in Police custody,

was at the book contains signatures of society keeping or running of racehorses. Kowloon Magistracy to-day remand-leaders, a popular cricketer, war To a wife "who has ceased to re- China is again on the verge of side Powers and such a cordial after being charged with enusing heroes and an American million-

side with me. the sum of land civil

war, which this time overture as this cannot be light-bodily harm. The injured man ba

the cracked bowl she left me.". promises

Many women have been thankful ly regarded by those who enter-still in a serious condition.

To a mule a 27-acre tract af land to him for his artistic and realis-and a £400 bank account. much larger

scale than tain for the Canton powers-that- In the Taipo Magistracy yester-

tic reproductions of their eyes. previous conflicts. The South is be the belief that they will be day, Mr.. T. Megarry

His artificial eyes are so convinc (District arming rapidly, for an advance victorious in the forthcoming Officer North) altting as Coroner difference shows between the real ing that even in a photograph no upon President Chiang Kai- campaign. It is not for a for-with a Jury, conducted an enquiry shek's forces and it is likely that eign nation, still less for a for-lve years, who

Into the death of Chan Kau, aged eye and the artificial eye.

was knocked down America, curiously enough, bas a punitive expedition will be de-eign newspaper, to take sides in by a demonstration motor

no maker of artificial eyes. Ameri- cams Import from Europe all the the P.WD artificial eyes they need.

This eye-maker comes across

to be

on

2

car, on

spatched in the near future. The any political conflict which may Depot at Castle Peak on April 25.

the Main Road near

aire.

Stopping His Tears.

BEES INVADE CHURCH.

Minister And Congregation Take Flight.

tion.

Divine worship has been inde- term "punitive force" actually arise in China. The majority of The lad was taken to the Kwong many Interesting people in

finitely suspended in the small township of Agnes Banks, near has no meaning, for Chiang Kai-foreigners will most earnestly de-Wah Hospital, and succumbed to his course of his day's wark.

the Richmond, New South Wales, owing shek, whatever his weaknesses or plore the fact that China is still injuries on April 26. The jury re-

to the church building being oc mistakes, has the right to re- unable to settte her differences

turned a verdiet of "Accidental

cupled by two large swarms of bees. While a service was in progress Death." main in office so long as his fol- once and for all by pacific means;

There was the man who could recently the bees, undeterred by lowers continue to support him. that she must shed innocent

not leave off crying through an the singing of hymns, swarmed into That he should, at the request of blood and lay waste a productive

THE COLOUR BAR.

unusual activity of the tear gland. the church and worried the organ- movement which is by no and industrious land in order to

The eye expert perfected a most In-ist to such an extent that she was Removal of the colour bar was genious little arrangement on the forced to leave the Instrument and means national, tender his re-achieve the ideal of a few politi-discussed at a meeting presided over apot to enable the man to face the take a piace among the congrege- signation as the head of the cal leaders. On the other hand, it by Sir Francis Younghusband to world dry-eyed, National Government, is both un-must be realised that the state inaugurate a joint council to pro- Once a ship's steward came to The bees were determined to take likely and unreasonable. Al- of her political affairs has long mote understanding between white him with a blind eye on which the possession, however, and they were though to the foreign observer it been unstable and unsatisfactory,

and coloured people in Britain. surgeon had decided it would be soon attacking members of the con-

Mr. Charlie Roden Buxton, M.P., dangerous to operate. The is not perfectly

cun- gregation, who fled in. smay. The clear what and that whilst opinion is divid-said that it was impossible to ignore ning eye-maker managed to fix a minister endeavoured to stay in the Chiang Kai-shek has done to de-ed on the vital question of the the rising tide of nationalism among realistic artificial eye over the building, but the attentions of the serve the rancour, enmity policy to be laid down and fol-the coloured people. The remedies blind eye.

bees forced him to join the congre- apostasy, and rather underhand lowed by

were co-operation and cessation of Then there was a girl whose ap-gation, still in his clerical robes, China, peace and exploitation.

pearance was entirely spoiled by a cutside the church. desertion by certain members of security, are matters of far-

crude imitation ere

The eye-

The bees are still in triumphant his Government which have char- distant probability.

maker soon put that right, for his possession, and so far all efforts acterised the present revolt, it is

According to Dr. J. H. McFar-jeyes are an exact counterpart ofte dialodge them have failed, Whichever side is victorious, land, President of the American the real thing, down to the tiniesť significant that a not-unimport- whether by peaceful or belliger Rose ant section of political thought ent means,

Society, "there exista in velns. The pupils even we trust that the Ontario an admirable condition of and dilate

the natural eye in China has found his regime motives of her political leaders rose-mindedness which is not ordin- would. unsatisfactory and not in the true are unselfish and based upon the net elsewhere in America." The the maker of eyes are extremely ary, and which, indeed, I have not Some of the orders, which reach spirit of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's prin- desire for the ultimate prosperity quotation is from the Introduction amusing. ciples.

and unity of the country. The of a two-page description of rose One man came in for a pair of】

& silver During the period of his leader experience of so many wars in conditions in Ontario, as published large, fiery red eyes for ship, it is true, China has gone China in the past has proved, un-Rose Annual Dr. McFarland was tect his car.

in the 1931 edition of the American dragon mascot, which was to pro through severe phases. of fortunately, that they owed their for three days last June the guest An even stranger request came anticipated this year. Over 250 economic depression, famine, origin largely to political jeal- of the Rose Society of Ontario on from two Indians. They asked the matches, have been arranged under internicine. war and strainousy, the desire for gain, or am- tour of Ontario rose gardens under eye-maker to devile a pair or the auspices of the Hong Kong foreign relations, but bition for high office Motives the horticulture department of the statue of Buddha in their native weeks of the season, this shows an

the direction of Paul B. Sanders, of sparkling eyes suitable for a Football Association."

these phenomena such as these can never lead Ontario Agricultural College and temple

average of 10 matches a week an inevitable and were Chim to anything but chaos and reference is made, in the article, to These eyes were daly executed, Division 1 of the League, 73 in the indirect result of causes decline, for war then becomes an beds at the College as well as in eyes stored in a safe place, to be vice League 48; and in the Hong ibs excellent condition of the rise and the ad's precious jewelled Divhlon 2, 138; In the Unlied Ber- which began in the wake of the instrument of gain. If; however gardens visited in several Ontario brought out on holidays and high Kong Football Club Challenge Stield Communist risings. idged from there is a party in China, whose cities,

occasions.

8 matches have been arranged,

ed

most

were

contract

Ten Years Ago.

[From the "China · Mall” of May 28, 1921.3

To-day's dollar is worth 2/0%.

A record season for football. Is

For the 25