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The China Mail

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there will be few who would enro to-day to stand in that some one's shoes. Less than twelve months ago, one of to-day's ab sconders, cffected an escupe and was at large for almost 21 hours. That he should have been able to effect a seerad escape provis that Victoria Jull's worlia do not a pri- sun make nor its iron bars a cagt,

News in Brick,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1931.

DR. E. P. MINETT,

New Appointment in British Guiana,

FAREWELL GIFTS.

Dr. E. P. Minelt, Government Bacteriologist, who is to leave next week to take up his new post of Medical Officer of Health in British Guiana, was guest of honour at a The lowest open air temperature farewell gathering at the Bacterio- yesterday was 60. The humidity logical Institute yesterday, when he who 87 at 10 puh. and 84 at 81 p.m. | was presented with a Chinese

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Mr. Mellon, who has been in France, left yesterday for America aboard the liner Conte Blancamano reports Router.

tapestry.

Mr. T. K... Leung mode the pro- sentation, and referred to Dr. Minett's kindness and friendliness to the staff, He wished the doctor

It is notified that the name of long life and prosperity in his new the Far Eastern Advertising Com-sphere. pany (Hong Kong), Limited, has After Dr. R. Deb had also spoken, heen struck off the Register of Dr. Minett, in reply, made reference Companies.

The speaker at the Rolary Club meeting on Tucaday will be Mr. D. M. Maynard, his subject boing A Trade Commissioner at Work." A likely visitor is Father Louis Froe, for 50 years Dircetor of Siedaivel Observatory, Shanghai.

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JUDGE LYNCH DECIDES.

Negro and Schoolhouse. Burned.

GRUESOME SCENE.

- 3,000

Almost all Maryville strong, it is reported, turned out for the foust of blood. A strong wind was blowing, and "the little achoat-house, with the Negro bound on the ridge-pole, and plentifully soaked with gasoline, minden apec- minutes it tacular, blate. In ten

was over-schoolhouse and Negro were reduced to ashas.

It was the first lynching of 1931, and Missberi's is the shama, says. the Literary Digest.

Several week before, at St. Joseph, in the same mid-western State, the Negro had heen saved I'm a mob by a rasolute sheriff displaying a machine-gun. But at

no trouble- Maryville there was trouble, that i, for the mob. The

to the progress made at the Insonly gaualty was a wrenched back titute, which had been largely due suffered by Sharif Harve England

when he resisted. to a loyal and efficient staff. wn of opinion that the Institute would grow even more, as there was talk about further developments.

Volunteers' Gift.

Whom the mob seized the Negro- then on his way to the court-house for preliminary trial-60 National Guardsmen, mobilised on order of Governor Caulfield, waited in a Bear-by armoury for a summons for help from the Sheriff. No call for

Dr. Minett, as Captain in the Volunteer Corps, was also guest at

farewell presentation at Head--help-canie. quarters last night.

Leung Kapyan, p foki fishing junk lying in Shaukiwan anchorage, has reported to the Major Dowbiggin made the pre- -Polleo-that his daughter, Leung sentation, in the absence of Lieut.- Ying, aged 12 years, has bean Col. L. G. Bird. The gift took the missing since Thursday, morning form of two inscribed silver lank- last. It is presumed that she fallards. overboard, and was drowned.

Dr. Minelt, he said had been a Major in the Volunteers in British It is notified that His Excellency Guiana, but insisted on joining the ing, also no doubt, was counter-the Governor in Council has, under local Corps as a private, later work- ed by the icy retort, "You are Section 6A (2) (a) of the New ig his way up to captain.

Territories Regulation Ordinance, Dr. Minett, replying, spoke of the not paid to make mistakes."

1910. approved of the setting apart happy times he had enjoyed with as a cemetery for Chinese Chris-the Volunteers. He explained that Newspapers, which tians of an aren, containing about in British Guiana all officers in the ought to know 26,260 square feet, to be known as Volunteers rose from the ranks, a better,

fre- the Sung Him Tong Sung Chan Wul system which he considered much The story was told last week

Kai Tuk Kau Fan Cheung near better than in other places. of a seaman who, on

quently guilty of Taung Hom Tong in D.D. No. 83 a pitch

what may be described as an of the Northern District of the dark night in Mediterranean advertising faux pas.". waters, mistook for a dog a tiger will notice it stated, in a promin-

You New Territories.

Adversaria,

Not What Is Meant.

are

Mrs Minett's Plans,

Meantime, ample preparations for the funeral pyre had been made. All the furniture had been removed thehool-house, and the Trom Negro, showing remarkable cool- 125, was made to climb a ladder to the root. Then a hole was cut in the roof, and through this the.

bound to the ridge- Negro was

pole with a ten-foot chain, his head hanging down one side of the roof and his feet the other. One of the mob poured gasoline over the proa- FAKUL Gasoline Was then trate sprinkled inside the building, and

all was ready for the match. After the fire the crowd, which had been looking on in silence, walked slowly

nway.

This was avenged the honour of a 19-year-old school teacher who, several weeks before, had been con- ferally mistreated and done to

It is understood that Mrs. Minelt does not accompany the doctor AL the Kowloon Magistracy to British Guiana, but will leave

The husband's later, arrival at thoirmob wrecked it vengeance. ner as to attract the eye, that members of the crew of

which had got loose. He whis-ent position, and in such a man- yesterday afternoon. two Chinese for Home next year, to awalt her death by the Negro on whom the

tled to the beast and clicked his

fingers in the approved manner. The This, The That or The Other Governor's motor launch Britannia residence in Devonshire,

And the tiger, dog-like, padded

the

is "always or sale at... A

its way to the man, who then ac-said a Colonial wag, or so-called tually proceeded to stroke its uinorist, the other day, "Don't head. When he discovered his

they ever have any sales?? mistake, he stood not on

But newspapers

are not the order of his going.

only ones which do not say what Landlubbers have been chort-

they mean -- ling over this tale ever since, forments, of course.

only in advertise

'There is the getting that many of them make

case of... which states, "that

Mistakes,

?

seating accommodation

has been increased to 120. That means, presumably, that there is

standing room. And the criter yet a proportionate amount of | .

ion of success is said to be "no standing room."

with the inreny of 55 gallons of and a boat woman were charged kerosene from the Britannia. As the only evidence against the sex- man was the statement of the cook, the Magistrate decided to discharge him.

The cook and the boat wo- man were convicted and sentenced to four months' hard labour, each..

FLYING CLUB.

No Increased Subsidy From Government.

as serious mistakes almost every owing to the great success of night when the clock chimes the its doom of licensing hours. What of . and .. and.. Didn't..

..only last." . day climb up tolerably familiar stairs, knock at a tolerably familiar door, only to find himself.con-

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Flying Club held in the fronted by an infuriated, but not,

Board room of Messrs. Jardine, familiar, personage, who hard-

Matheson & Cp., Ltd., under the Politicians have so heartedly threatened to summon Politicians often called the der (the Hon. Mr. W. E, L. Shen- presidency of the Wing Coinman- the Police, if he didn't imme- and Bluff, bluff on the public, ton), the Hon. Comdr. G. F. Hole, diately make himself scarce?

and the public the RN. (retired), on behalf of the The subject, however, need not blaff on the politicians, that it is would be no increase of the annual {Government, aunounced that there further be pursued as it hus matter for wonder the old, old subsidy. served its purpose to introduce game is not given up. With Committee members remained another subject-the subject of those who are pleased to call behind after the meeting to dis themselves the "intelligentsia," cuss the position in view of the Government's decision, and the this game of bluffing doesn't cut Chairman announced that if it be- Will occur, it is

ice at all. Yet it is persisted in. came necessary he would later Mistakes. quid, even in the

best regulated If is to be supposed the habit has convene an extraordinary general households, and St. Augustine become so ingrained that, now, a meeting to consider the future of and Pope have written that, "To leopard could the more easily

Elections. err is human." The great Homer erase its spots than a politician The following five ordinary also is said sometimes to nod. divorce himself from bloff. The members were re-elected to the General Committee: Messi, C., D. But, in his case, if the great ones most recent and glaring example Lambert, R. Foster, A. J. R. Moss, are to-be believed, it is often of bluff was the MacDonald J. Chon, and Lieut. Col. I. G, Bird, strategy "which errors seem" Stimson conversations. These D.S.O. Mr. Wong Kwong-lin hav- and "but we that dream." Again, great statesmen simply met in ing resigned through pressure of the renowned Samuel Smiles, in holiday spirit, tramped through chould be taken by Mr. R. Lee. his famous. "Self-Help," a book the heather, made, flower chains Dr. FJ, Farr was re-elected not so widely read as it used to for each other, talked of "un-Captain of the Club, and Mr. M. H. be writes. "Probably he who utterable peace, and, incidental-Turner was re-elected auditor, with power,delegated to him to obtain never made a mistake never ly, of a great many other things, the services of another auditor made a discovery." Lastly, can but, of course, nothing really im-with whom he could arrange to you not sympathise with the cry portant. Though, among the in-help with the work.

of the beloved Robert Louis

cidentals, were the present finan-

Stevenson?— For God's sake cial and other situations of the

give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of hiinself.".

In much this way, no doubt, did a mem

a member of the "Fourth Estate" excuse himself for a glaring geographical blunder perpetrated during the

week.

world. And the public was ex- pected to swallow that indiffer ently sugar-coated pill.

Victoria Jail Episode.

That someone is in for an un- comfort able hour or so

But all his pleading and reason- on a carpet is to be expected, and

the Club,

work, it was agreed that his place

M: ADVTS.

NEWS IN

Following

the resignation of Mr. Edgar E. Strother, Mr. L. Wa Bush has been appointed točal manager of Millington, Limited.

Examination for now boye for St. Stephons College will be held on September 8, The College re- opens on September 4

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL.

LAWN BOWLS-To-day- Fira, Division-Kowloon Docks RC. Craigongower CC Row- Joon C.G. Kowloon D.G.G.; Palian R.C. v. Club de Re- creio; Civil Service C.C. v. Talkoo R.C Second Division-Taileo R.C. v. Yacht Club; Craigengower C.C. v. Kowloon C.; Club de Recreio v. Civil Service C.C. Kowloon D.G.O. v. Hong Kong Electric R.C. BASEBALL-To-day-Japanese v. U.S.S. Helena.

To-morrow-Hong Kong D.C. v. Chinese Athletic.

Tuesday

ABROAD.

CRICKET-To-day, Monday and

Yorkshire v. Middlesex. Fancashire v. New Zealand. Somerset Sussex. Lelecstershire v Glamorgan, Northamptonshire v. Derbyshire." Kent v. Notts. Hampshire y. Essex. Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Worcestershire v. Warwickshire. GOLF-To-day-Canadian Ama- teur Championship.

SWIMMING → To-day -- Army Championship (Last Day)..

FOOTBALL --To-day.

Scot-

tish Lengue.

DIED IN STREET.

Wife of Irish "Sweep

Prizewinner.

Mrs. Ganz, wife of Mr. H. B. Gaz, jowalter in Swansea, col- lapsed and died in Princess Street, Swankees, one night recently while waiting with her grandchild for a 'bus to take them home. She was 63, and had not been well for some time.

Her husband was the winner of £1,100 in the recent Irish sweep- Blake.

Ten Years Ago.

[From the "China Mail" of August 15, 1921.]

To-day's dollar i worth 2/8 5/8..

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A general Court Martial will as semble at Victoria Barracks On Thursday morning for the purpose of trying by General Court Martial, Flight Lieut. L. A. Hervey, R.A.F and such other persons as may be brought before it.

It is understood that the gen- tence of the Court, which recently investigated charges against Lieut D. P. Hannam, of the Second Wilts. Regiment, has been referred to the War Office so that the result of the Arial will not be known here for some time.

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