WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1932.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY “SHUT UP HOUSE OF
ATTRACTIVE TAILORING
We beg to aunonnes toʻ our many clients that we have removed - to -----·18, D'Aguilar - Street,
We have also just re celved new assort- ment of:
COMMONS.”
Sir John Bile's Drastic Plan.
EASING OUR TROUBLES.
"Shut up the House of Commons for five years." This drastic plan
EARLY CHRISTIAN
MONKS.
THE CHINA
SUFFOCATED
TO
DEATH.
Chained by Superiors for Man Sinks Head First
Disobedience.
Monks of the early Christian era
in Mud.
TRAGEDY IN, PADDY FIELD,
Kandy, (Ceylon). Falling head first into a paddy SUMMER SUITINGS. as a means of easing Great Britain's were cast into dungeons and chain-feld, and unable to extricate him- industrial troubles, especially in re-ed by their monastic superiors self, a man died of asphyxiation at gard to coal, was suggested by Sir whenever they were guilty of dis-Kadugannawa. John Biles, the naval architect, at
WING HING CO.
18, D'Aguilar Street. Tel. 21417.
* DENTISTS.
HARRY FONG, Dentist,
1st floor, No. 74, Queen's Rond
Central. Tol. 21255.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL
the session of the Spring meetings obedience, an American expedition
has revealed.
of the Institution of Naval Archi- |tects, at the Royal Institute of Arts,. Adelphi, London, held last month.
"Everyone says my scheme is im- practicable," he remarked. "I would ask the King to appoint · twelve Cabinet Ministers. If we had not had the House of Commons we should have been a much
more
The deceased was a men named Ukku Banda of Illukwatte, Kadugan- Prof. Clarence S. Fisher, direct-awa. He is said to have been ing the excavations undertaken by running along the ridge of a paddy Yale University and the American feld hugging a pot of toddy out of School of Oriental Research, dis- which he had probably helped him- closed that one such dungeon was self. He missed his foot and foll discovered under the ruins of an head first into the field. There was ancient monastery at Jerash, once scarcely three inches of water in known as the Greek Decapolis.
the field but it had been recently
LAU PAK-WAL, DENTIST, has re- prosperous country. Shut up the The monastery dated from 480 sweddumised and his head sank up When he was moved his Hong Kong Office to House of Commons. for five years A. D. and the underground cham- to the chin in mud. GLOUCESTER BLDG., 1st floor, Ped-
ber where monks were punished helped out he was dead der St. (New Building next to Heng and let there be as little necessary
At the "post mortem" examina- Kong Hotel). Telephone No. 20488. legislation as possible, to be carried contained the rusted remnants of
out by the House of Lords. Leave leg-irons and heavy chains. Above tion held by Dr. J. Subramaniam, the governing of the country in the the dungeon were the monks' dor-J.M.O., Kandy, the nostrila and hands of those members of the mitories, each with its rows of un-sullet were found to contain mud, Cabinet whom the King would comfortable, bare stone cells, and various offices for the abbot and
THE MILKMAN'S ASSISTANT. his helpers.
TANG YUK, Dentist.
Successors to
the late SIEN TING.
14, D'Agullar Street.
TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free.
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
BAILEY & CO., LTD.
Kowloon Bay.
New Work & Repairs. Call Fing "L" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.
HAIR DRESSERS.
LEE YEE,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers, No. 12, D'Aguilar Street. (opposite Queen's Theatre).
OPTICIANS.
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY.
'Phone 22232, 53, Queen's Road Central.
SHOES.
Pair
select."
Other diggings in the vicinity! disclosed the most complete Roman Bath ever discovered in the East:
Child Who Thrived On Incessant Work.
Д
It was found between the pagan The crowded day of a boy of temple of Artemis and the Gathe-eleven years was disclosed at dral of the Virgin, both dating meeting of the Barnet Education from the early Christian ere, and Sub-Committee when cases
of em consisted of a wide pillared court, ployment of school children were a heated room for hot baths a tepid considered. chamber, an exercise court and a large swimming pool.
PALESTINE COCKPIT OF NEXT WAR.
Lord Hartington's View.
"If another great war breaks out Palestine will be the cockpit of it; It was only by chance that. it was not the cockpit of the last war."
The Marquis of Hartington made this statement when, he proposed the
Jerash, in whic¡ áurvive remark- toast of the Jewish National Home able evidences of early Hellenistic at a dinner given by the Anglo- civilisation, is fast becoming a Palestinian Club in honour of Mr. rival of Baalbek, another wonder John. Buchan, M.P. (chairman of city of the East, in archaeological the Parliamentary
Pro-Palestine treasures. The staircase of the Committee), and
Parliamentary Temple of Artemis has been clear- ed, and through its wide portala un impressive view is obtained of the vnat terrace of which stood the main shrine of the idolators.
members of the club,
A secure. stable, and national Government in Palestine was essen tial for the interests of England, the peace of the world and of humanity. That would only be secured by a Jewish Government.
ALL OVER A CHAIN.
+
Mr. J. A. De Rothschild, president of the club, who presided, said it was imperative that Palestine Costs 6d. But Takes 251. To Fit. Brown should be ranked as
part of the British Empire, A Jewish National
Black D7 Shoes from 16.09.
Black or Brown
Boots from $8.00. Children's Boots or Bhoes from $2.00.
Best styles, most complete stock
The foreman at one of the
The following time-table of the boy's daily round was given:
6.80 a.m.-7.45 4.m.-Helping milkman on bía round.
Morning school.
12 (noon) 1.45 p.m.-On the round. During his work he ate
dinner.
Saturday: 6.30 a.m.-3 p.m.- Working on the round.
Sunday morning-Work on the round.
Wages.-Per week, 5a. 6d. Still more surprising than the hours worked by this child was the statement make to the Committee by his mother who said that she, also, went out to work in order to help to keep four children.
Since her son had worked these
Home meant more than the creation L.N.E.R. London suburban stations hours on the milk round, she said, of a home for the Jews in Palestine noticed that a chain hanging from he had eaten and slept better, and had grown much stronger. The -it meant bringing back into exist a gas lamp on one of the platforms work, she added, kept him out of eace the body police which existed was loose.
of all sizes. Repairing a speciality.there before.
He pointed it out to the travelling WONG SIU WOON
Mr. John Buchan said that upon lamp cleaner. 21. Pottinger St. Phone 31474 the security of Palestine depended
The cleaner replied that it was largely the safety of the Suez Canal not his job. He said he would re- and the safety of Britain, in the port it. Near East.
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Kodaks and Cameras, Filma, Plates and Papers, etc: Developing, Printing and Enlarging.
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES.
Price Moderate.
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
Tel No. 23459. 26A, Des Voeux Road, C. Hong Kong.
ALEXANDER INSTITUT
DE BEAUTE
Phone 25169. Pedder Building (1st Floor)
ENGLAND'S FIRST AIR FERRY.
Service From Portsmouth To The Isle Of Wight.
The next morning a fitter and his assistant arrived.
They inspected the lamp and decided that a new chain was need- The assistant was sent to 'ed.
Finsbury Park to obtain chain.
mischief.
The Committee pointed out that both the mother and the employer should be warned that the employ- ment of the boy was illegal.
FOSTER THAT THRILLED BARRIE.
Sir James Barrie, who was the
a new principal guest at a dinner of the Edinburgh and East of Scotland District of the Institute of Journal-
He returned in the afternoon and London. England's first air ferry is to be inaugurated this two skilled workmen attached the Summer-between Portsmouth and Finsbury Park and "clocked off."
to the lamp, returned to
Ryde, Isle of Wight. It will prob- ably be the shortest air service in the world.
It is estimated that over two and a half million people visit the
chain
The cost of the chain was six- pence. The cost of fitting it was 255.
Unnecessary trade union regula
in Edinburgh, recalling his early days as a journalist, described his first arrival in London:-
"Now I am going to tell you about romantic fact of my life. the When my train ran into St. Pancras in the early morning my eye alight-|
Isle of Wight every year and most tions cost Great Britain £10,000,000; ed on the most beautiful sight in)
of them eross between these two places.
The Wight Aviation Company, therefore, are planning to run Д ferry service connecting Ryde with the mainland with multi-engined saloon aircraft. The crossing by air will take about seven minutes: compared with 25 minutes taken by the steamers. Passengers will pay five shillings for the fight.
of
A new airport is being prepar- ed 11⁄2 miles from the contre Ryde town for the purpose. The aerodrome will have an amuse ment park for the entertainment of
Opposite. Entrancs to, Hong Kong Hotel. Lustrous Oil Permanent Hair Waves which are Largs, Boft and Natural, Artistic Finger and Marcel Waves, Ofi visitors. Treatment, Shampooług, Henna Pack Aerial "charabane" trips.round (any colour), Hair Cutting and Manl the Island will also be operated enre for Ladles and Gentlemen. Con- from the "Isle of Wight Airport." scientious, Artistic Work by Europëna
Expert, Mr. Alexander.
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POP A Hit-and-Laugh Driver.
WHAT DID THAT,
CAR?
London. It was the evening bill of the previous night's · 'St. James's Gazette," and in large letters on it were the lovely lines, "The Books Begin to Bulld.' That WAL 2.71 article I had sent up to the 'St. | James's Gazette' 'a few days before, and so. I knew that before. I had been a day in London I had earned and two guineas. (Laughter cheers). I sat down on my box' and gazed on, that placard. Even now I will not listen to one word against rooks.
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DEATH DUE TO ENEMY ACTION. Faulkner Sinclair Scott (88), of
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Stanhope Gardens, Kensington.
PICTURE OF THE PRINCE.
Toronto, January 20,
"Here le to journalism-s very good friend to me, and here is to A verdict the death was due to It was stated that Mr. Scott (was }
On the ground that the portrait the anonymity of the Press, the asphyxia and epilepsy following a wounded in the bead in 1916 while young journalist's best friend. Let gunshot wound in France, and due a lieutenant in the Royal Scots. He of the Prince of Wales appearing him never forget that most of the to enemy action, was recorded by resigned his commission in 1921, on a series of Canadian currency big things that have been done by the Paddington coroner, Dr. Temple and received a disability pension of notes was taken from a copyright the Press have been anonymons.” Grey, at an inquest on Robert] £500 a year.
DID YOU GET HIS
NUMBER
NO BUT ID RECOGNIZE
HIS "LAUGH
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By J. MILLAR WATT.
[photograph, s local photographer is taking, action againit the litho= graphers -for-an unnamed rum in damages,
"The photograph is alleged have been taken when the Prince |was visiting Canada,
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