1932-11-01 — Page 7

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1932.

Colony's Cabarets Lose Patrons

Places Of Amusement For Rich Or Simple

QUIET AND RESTFUL

THE

AN OLD RESIDENT PASSES AWAY.

Mr. John Osborne Here A Half Century.

LEAVES FOUR SONS.

CHINA MAIL.

OVERHEARD

(The Romance Of A London Waitress)

By STACY AUMONIER,

ot

"Are my kidneys never coming?" The young man said: “Well, Florrie?".

Without looking at him she said:

What do you want to eat?" To the lady she said: "Your kidneys

madam." at his reception, said quietly:

The young mun, a little sheepish

"Oh, well. I'll have some cold tongue and coffee."

"Large or small?" "Large."

Mr. John Osborne, an old resident| of the Colony, passed away at the Government Civil Hospital on Sun-1 day afternoon, at the ripe age · ofj 74 years.

It was nearly two o'clock, The young man looked at her The deceased, who had resided The tea-shop was at its busiest and grinned, but she did not look in the Colony for approximately a Clerke, alesmen, typlat, shoppers at him. Her lips were tight and half-century, came here with the from the suburbs jostled against Royal West Kent Regiment (the each other in the scramble for drawn, and pale. A woman at the I have just tried once again, lined the rooms were gone, even the "Buffa") which he left to join the buns, tea, sausages, fried fish, ham table exclaimed:

brokers had left us. Yes, those Royal Naval Yard Police. He join or coffee. Everyone seemed hun- after a lapse of many moons, our that used to sit there and talked the Peak Tramway Company and gry and hurried. The atmosphere local cabarets. In a purely business money all night. "Yeh, I bought continued in their service until his reeked with the varied odours of cooked food. Some were eating way. Purely for copy, you under Consolidated Raspberries at 350 retirement. stand. The whole job depended and sold them back to the same The deceased is survived by four greedily, others calling impatient- entirely on the social atmosphere sucker two days later at $75. Then children-Messrs. J. J. Osborne for their bills or grumbling at of the places. If it was congenial they dropped to 75 cents and he who was Assistant Superintendent the slackness of the service, the job would be long-drawn-out, shot himself and his entire family, of the Money Order Department at about a draught which came from will be ready in two minutes, requiring infinite tact and patience, Boy, did I celebrate?" You don't the General Post Office until his undiscoverable places.

The slim girl who served some for I wanted the real "slant" o hear that sort of thing any more retiremont a few years ago), A.-R.

the Time thirty odd customers in the annexe these stamping grounds of the very now.

Osborne, employed in wealthy and the very simple. If it I need hardly tell you that this Office at the Taikoo Dockyard, and moved hither and thither with an should so happen that several old deflatation of Hong Kong gaiety Mr. P. W. Osborne, of the Hong overladen "tray, which she had to acquaintances of mine still fre after dark game as a terrible blow. Kong and China Gas Company, and carry twenty yards backwards and quented the places, I felt that I was wearing my new Bohemian Mrs. Aalett, the widow of the late forwards to the serving.hatch. Iar might be detained indefinitely.

hut and pink shirt and had trained Sanitary Inspector Aslett, who movements were languid and listless, but her memory seemed -On-the-other-hand if I found it my side-whiskers lower, so as toldied at Home last year. was dull and tedious, the business leave no doubt in the minds of the] The funeral took place at the surprising.

Cemetery

She would take seven or yesterday would probably collapse altogether revellers that I was a devil like Protestant and enable me to get back to the themselves and not a delegate of afternoon, attended by relatives and order of auch varied nature

roll and butter, and plum jám," to been examined. As it happened Ipression League,

And it was all wasted! No gay

"poached eggs on toast and a small ed to be concealing the fires did not stay long, for something

tea," and she remembered them tremulous emotion. She placed the Reems to have happened to these throng, no revels and blazing lights,

all correctly and brought the re-kidneys In front of the lady,- and gay spots. Whore dancing girls, just a sprinkling of mourners, A

freshment to the right persons.

the coffee and tongue in front of the young man. or rather social girls, are concern-momentary stir of excitement pasa-

Quite mechani- ed, the hottom appears to have drop-ed over them when they saw me,

cally she repeated: ped out of the market.

ns if they thought I might be the Once upon a time entering these vanguard of the good old days re- small editions of Babylon was like turning. I drank a glass of orange falling into the arms of a friend juice for the good of the house, and who was celebrating his birthday accepting the wrong, change from: on a stupendous scale; lights bluz-j the "boy," tip-toed sadly away.

That was almost the end, but I ing around throngs of gay people bidding dull care begane. You managed to stagger to another;

Hot You reported to the Police,She was studiously polite to was as though he were saying to were simply swallowed up in the re-place a little further down town. he was driving a motor lorry along everyone, polite but inert. She bimself: "Oh, well, I don't care." vels, and emerged later feeling as! Having outwitted

aeven Mongkok Road, when he collided seemed to be performing her duties. More people went out and fewer though you had stepped on a high "boya" with a nice flanking move with another lorry.

as though mesmerised.

came in. The time was rapidly ap- tension wire and been electrocuted ment, I managed to secure a rea- The impact caused his lorry to Gradually the crowd began to proaching that sparse half-hour or by a new and delightful process.sonably good seat near the platform run into a stack of timber, knock-thin. The clerks and typists had so that is too late for lunch and It's not the same now. Have you where the orchestra was playing ing down a male, Lai Lin, 84, who to be back at their offices, the lady too early for tea. The lady Anish- ever gone to a party on the wrong their last dirge of the night. An died shortly after admission to had gone to her matinee, the sales fed her kidneys, powdered her nose night? Well, it was like that. orange juice (aerated) set me hospital.

She moved away with her tray, collecting orders as she went, whilst the young man picked his splendid teeth with, a tram ticket. 18 After an Interval she returned.

eight

office before the stamp box had the International Split-Skirt Sup-friends. The Rev. N. V. Halward/"large coffee, Cambridge sausages,The weary lines of her face seem-

about

hung out the banner on the outer wall, so to speak, and struck the high chords but T could not move the obstinate depression. I got the I alunk away very dispiritedly, won- bird every time. The appearance dering the while what the lads of the place when I made my smit-would do if our only source of re- ing debut was enough to warn me.velry was the cabarets. The cosmopolitan crowds" that'

back $1, and I felt that the least 1: could leave under the plate was? my gold watch. This being done,

TRESPASSER ON

NAVAL SHIPS.

Touring The Harbour.

An unemployed

Chinese

| officiated at the interment. Many, wreaths were sent.

YOUTH KILLED IN

LORRY ACCIDENT. Vehicle Crashes Into

Timber Stack.

She was of indeterminate age, somewhere round about the thir- ties, with fair pretty hair, and a face that at one time might have been-almost-beautiful-

"Hurry up with my scrambled eggs on toast, Miss, I am going to

"Yes, madam."--

A fatal motor accident occurred in the Mongkok district yesterday (a matinee." afternoon.

JAPANESE SAILORS

BROUGHT HERE.

(Continued from Page 1.)

of

"Large coffee and tongue, sir? Thank you, sir."

She took, three more orders and again vanished..

The young man devoured his ton- gue and coffee in silence. The grin on his face became sardonic. It

clients. As they and departed. The slim waitress ren to their poured out, queueing up at the pay-was less occupied. She drifted up desk, a few late comers straggled and down, her tense, pale face ex- in. Among the latter came a young pressing nothing. There was only man of somewhat florid appear one other person at the young ance. He was wearing a well-cut man's table, a man at the further blue serge suit, with a yellow wool- On Sunday, her fuel was gone and len waistcoat, and a felt hat. He she drifted utterly helpless. She had a red, rather corse face, a

moustache, was low in the water, too, and the little clipped jwaves were pounding her remorse aplendid teeth which flashed as he lessly. It was only a matter of grinned. And he grinned a good time until she would founder. Her deal, as a man wall-sutisfied with crew watched for the smudge of himself and life in general. jemoke that would tell of rescue at found a seat in the corner of the

hand.

annexe and sat down. The elim

and

He

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Service In China. who Vice-Admiral Sir

William Finally they saw the Glenshiel. vaitress came along with her travelled to Stonecutter's Island on Henry Dudley Boyle, K.C.B.. In their eagerness they fired rocket neavily laden tray. She glanced an Army launch, returned to the C.B., who is 59 years of age, has after rocket. Even when the sturdy round and her eye alighted on the Naval Yard aboard a Naval launch been President of the Royal Naval British steamer was ploughing down young man. Her face betrayed no end reading an evening newspaper. CEYLON and on entering the dockyard wan-College, Greenwich and Vice upon them, the green seas creaming recognition, but she put her tray At last she came to him. Bending dered from ship to ship. He was Admiral Commanding the Royal under her bows, falling on her decks down on the marble slab of an ad over a cruet, which she pretended fine y arrested on board HM.S. Naval War College since 1929. sometimes, the Japanese sailors joining table with an abrupt to be adjusting. She whispered: Witch, lying in dock,

He served in China in 1900. He shouted hoarsely at her, waved and bump. She, said, "Sorry" and as hoarsely: The defendant was brought be was Senior Officer of the Red gesticulated. For three days and she handed plates and cape round "Oh, why didn't you come last

Central Sea Patrol and commanded H.M.S. three nights they had been without she mumbled: Police Court this morning, charged Repulse during the World War. rest and in constant danger of quick{ "Fried plaice, sir? Thank you, The uneasy grin flittered across

sir, Coffee, madam? Thank you the young man's face. He ans Dangerous Work.. madam. Two hard-boiled eggs,wered in the same key:--- The Glenshiel came alongside, air Thank you, sir," and ao- on "I couldn't. I couldn't get

Then away.". Rad- carefully, slowly, dropping ladders till the table was served.

fore Mr. Schofield in the

with trespassing.

He was a Naval A.D.C. to the death. Sergeant Fuller, of the Dockyard King in 1922-23.

Witch.

Went To Antarctic. Rear-Admiral Edward

*

night?"

I had to go and see my uncle..."

"Miss Harrison, there's a custom- er over there asking for stewed prunes and ricë,"! It was a tall angular - manageress, in a black

Police, informed his Worship that "the defendant went on to a tugboat,

and from there to H.M.S. Wild cliffe Garth Russell Evans, C.B., down to the decks of the water-she passed on to the table where "What were you doing? Spend- Swan and then on board H.M.S. D.S.O., popularly called "Evans logged trawler. The Japanese sea- the young man sat. She still caring the evening with LO?"

“No. I swear I wasn't.” of Broke," was born in 1881, men clutched the ladders, held them ried her tray, for there were two The defendant admitted two pre-and is

serv-what then?" : a barrister-at-law. In fast and one by one they climbed, people there waiting to be vious convictions.

October, 1969, he joined the Bri-slowly and clumsily, for their hands ed. She put down her tray again Inspector McClelland remarked tish Antarctic Expedition as sewere smashed and stiffened from and said: that there had been many reports cond in command, and returned their fight with the typhoon..

"Tea, roll and butter, mad. of thefts from ships in the dock in command after the death of It would have been difficult to Thank you, madam. Cold roast yard during the past few months. Captain Scott, in 1918. He climb that swaying ladder at the beef, sirf Thank you, sir.”

Sentence of six weeks' hard commanded the Mohawk in the best of times but the sweeping sees labour was imposed.

bombardment of the German made it the more hazardous. Again HEAD BAKER ADMITS Army right wing on the Belgian and again 'the waves lifted the BAG SNATCHER GETS BIRCH. Coast, 1914, and ir 1917 com- trawler and Bung her with terrific manded H.M.S. Broke, when that force against the hull of the Mrs. Chan Shu-ming was the ship with HM.S. Swift engaged Glenshiel: It seemed that the victim of a bag snatching incident and defeated six German des-small Bgures on the rope ladders which occurred in Des Voeux Read, troyera. He was specially pro-would be carried away or crushed: near the Sincere Company last moted Captain for services in the But they hawled themselves for

From 1929 to 1931 he safety. night. She was about to open the action.

STEALING.

Stole From Repulse Bay Hotel.

frock, speaking.

"Gaming Madam."

The mission in search of, stew- ed prunes and rice” occupied sòme time. And further time was wait- ed by a customer, who said that his bill was wrong. It was quite Sentence of a 'Ane of $50 with true, She had charged 8% in S the alternative of one month's gaolatead of 7d for sardines on was imposed by Mr. Schofield in toast. The man with the newA-I snatched from her arm, the strap the Royal Australian Navy. The last man to come up the the Central Police Court this morn- paper: disappeared. There was no Glenshiel's side was the trawler's ing on Lo Chuen, principal baker one else at the young man's table. breaking. Department was caught by District Watchman 29, dear the Vice-Admiral Percival Henry skipper But before he left his employed at the Repulse Bay Hotel, Once against she leant over the Yaumati Ferry Wharf.

Hall-Thompson, C.B. CMG., is 68 craft officers and passengers of the who admitted stallogra bottle of cruét. The defendant, was charged bo-years of age, and served in the Glenshiel watched him make a honey and bottle of cochineal,You don't love her, de you fore Mr. G. S. Kennedy-Skipton in European War, Foam, 1919 to complete inspection of his battered the property of the Hotel, Harry

door of a car when her bag was was Rear-Admiral Commanding

Son In Colony.

Last To Leave.

the Central Police Court this morn-1921 he was Naval Adviser to the ship He looked into every possible Sergeant Bradsell stated that The young man laughed self- ing, pleaded guilty, and was sen- New Zealand Government and in place where a man might be hidden there had been an enormous consciously. tenced to six months' hard labour 1327 was Vice-Admiral commanding and at last swung himself into the amount of thefts from the Hotel Lord, no. I wanted to tell you, with 12 strokes of the birch the Third Battle Squadron, Atlan-ropes and up the swaying side of recently Forrie. I've had a bit of luck. Myl

tic Fleet G

the bigger vessel sinEN

DOLLAR DROPS SLIGHTLY,

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Uncle's coming to the rescue.”

"How do you-menn 72

Admiral Hall-Thompson is father Onbe on the Glenshiel's deck he P.W.D. EMPLOYEE CHARGED,

*: "He's paying off that debt. And of Mr. A. P. Hall-Thompson of Hong lined his men up and counted them." Kong of Dodwell and Company, who The seamen were given the best Chiu Wah-hing an ollen in the he's going to pay my fare to Cana- The value of the local dollar has recently arrived here from Japan, the rescuers could provide for them employ of the Public Works De da declined and is quoted at 1/1 Mr. Hall-Thompson is an athlete of and their grim atipper They slept partment, appeared before Mr. She caught her breath, and this morning, Spen

distinction, a rugger man, cricketer until they landed in Hong Kong Schofeld in the Central Police scraped crumbs into a little pile Silver prices, however, remained and golfer of ability, 1200 Jast night To-day they are in the Court this morning charged with with the end of a kdifer Canada't atsady, spot being quoted at 18% Rear-Admiral Humphrey Thomas care of Japanese Consul, the theft of a number of iron, it- Bat you and forward at 18%

Walwyn, C.B., D.S.Ona been Flag The names of the officers who took thugs the property of the Pumping The London on? New York cross Officer commanding the

part in the rescue work are:- Station

Fisse rato showed no change being given Indian Marissince 1928. He was Capt. P. L. Sanders, Mr.-W. Mr. O, E. C." Marton appeared at $3.28% this morning, and Director of the Gunnery Division, Denne, Chief Ofiker Mr. C Brewer, for the defence. the New York on

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