1933-04-07 — Page 7

FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1933.

EXCHANGE VALUE OF MANY MARRIAGES

U.S. DOLLAR

Question In Charge Of

False Pretences.

S. GIFFORD REMANDED ON BAIL

ANNOUNCED..

Forthcoming Local Weddings.

The forthcoming marriage, of Juan Jose Lee, a meter inspector, of 633, Nathan Road, Kowloon, and Constance Kaam 'Look.Wong, of 33,] Stainer Gifford, an unemploy-Jordan Road,, Kowloon, has ed Eurasian of 29, residing at 21,jannounced, Cedar Street, third floor, made]

charge,

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been

SHIPWRECKED ON

VOLCANO.

Eight-Day Ordeal For 42 Seamen.

SKIPPER'S CHARMED LIFE.

London.

THE CHINA-MAIL

To-Day's Short Story.

THE TEMPLE OF MEMORY

THEN a man has forgotten

By Owen Oliver.

"Anyhow," he grunted, "I shan't

himself for fifteen years it furnish him with material to use

"Her ladyship will not have any jenemfes," I protested.

"That is a facon de parler," she with told me. "You know French, Pro-

"Alas, no!" I disclaimed.

יין

is not likely that others will re-on me. Suppose we run through It was 44 years ago, in 1889. member him in a disguise which the list of people. You'd better A marriage has been arranged

A four-masted barque was the police haven't penetrated, help, Eva. It's you women who bn appearance before Mr.

and will shortly take place, be-idling through the Indian Ocean, to give my "refined and mysteri-course-things that the Professor So, when the agents booked me know all the-not scandals," "of] Schofield at the Central Magis-tween Edward Goval Rapley, Mas-bound for the East Indies. Its ous entertainment"- at Blakesby might remind your enemies of, tracy this morning, to answer toster Mariner, of the Claremont Ho- a charge of attempting to com- tel, Kowloon, and Florence Irene skipper was a Liverpool man who Hall on Boxing Day, I decided to eh?" mit fraud by false pretences, Drake, nurse, of the same address. boasted that he never let a ship go. I am "Professor Wise, The

Wizard of Two Worlds." He was pacing the Detective Sergeant Kinnear

pass him.

When I arrived at the Hall appeared for the prosecution. The forthcoming marriage has deck that afternoon when he tord Aelfric welcomed.me The accused was undefended. been announced, Ralph Oliver sighted a big sailing ship which

His Honour read the following Allum, teacher, of 160, Boundry was gradually overtaking him father. His wife received me with

the antiquated courtesy of his fessor?". "That you, Stainer Road, Kowloon Tong, and Anne Calling for every. man to help)

a sedateness and dignity which re- We went to the study, and they Gifford, on April 6, 1933, at Juliette Chong, of the same ad- he ordered every sail to be set {minded me of her chilly mother. fold me the things which were not Hennessey Road, unlawfully and dress.

and he held them there, even The years had disguised them also. scandals; and I wondered what the with intent to defraud, attempt-j ·

after the other ship was run out was cunningly-frank with then, scandals were like! ed to obtain from Ho Chow,!

[of sight, even in the teeth of a motor car driver, the sum

The seventeenth glass house on The marriage has been announ-gale, and the blackness of night, and asked for their assistance to en- of ced, of Alberio Edwardo Xavier. It was the nearest race he had $2.80 by falsely pretending that clerk, of the Hong Kong and Shang-ever run and he was afraid to

sure the success of my entertain their list was "Miss Stella Har ¡ment.

graves." I hadn't expected to find the exchange value of a United hal Bank, residing at 21, Jordan

still . “It is, of couras, trickery," her thrie or

mies." States Trade

rest. dollar was then Road, and Everdina Augusta Cruz,

lowned deprecatingly. "You would $3.80 local currency, when in fact of 2, Granville Road, Kowloon.

Suddenly the rain lifted and not have me here if I were a black it was only worth $1 local cur-

the crew saw their ship tearing wizard." rency.

The forthcoming marriage has into nearby cliffs at 14 knots. It "Of course not," her ladyship Gifford entered a plea of not been announced, of Morria Serah-crashed.

One man was killed agreed. "Not that should mind; guilty.

42 sailors were kovitch, journalist, of the Metro-and

washed but people in our position have to Sergeant Kinnear said that hel

pole Hotel, Hong Kong, and Lialia askore on a volcano.

Nothing consider the effect upon others. I had only four witnesses

Varchavskaya, also of the Metro-was rescued and the ship was think religion is such an excellent would His Honour fix an early pole Hotel.

battered to pieces.

[thing for the lower orders. · · You date for hearing.

They had only one match be will be sure, won't you, to mention Gifford said he had no wit- The forthcoming wedding of Ro-tween them so they started a that it is just conjuring?"

fire and never let it go out. They "Not exactly conjuring," I ob feeling for the stones. berto Estavas Marques, of the lived on penguins. To get water jeeted. "I make people remember fall you pull down most of your Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, and Alberta Cordeiro, of 222, Wan-they had to climb 2,000 feet and things, and think that they see ideals after you; but the string to

carry it back in their boots and them." oilskin pants.

Stella broke. "Miss Hargraves,” "You want to know all about the ber ladyship said, with a curl of It is back to that bleak, dis-people, I suppose?" his lordship her charming lip, "passes for a mal island of St. Paula dot in suggested. "What they'd better saint. Perhaps she has that mis- the indian ocean half way be remember, eh?

No raking up fortune! Anyhow, there is nothing] tween South Africa and Austra-scandals, mind. Our position in against her but the natural lia that Commander Charles the county places us above tittle-picion which attaches to all saints. Lightoller wants to return, along tattle, you will understand." Exhibition Opened At with his wife and two daughters. "I understand," I agreed. "Your She's rather 'pi. But if she deca She probably won't consult you. He is the hero of half a dozen lordship will honour me by testing come I fancy there is shipwrecks and the only officer my little entertainment personal-which might suit your purpose. saved of those remaining in the ly?"

and

nesses, but would like to call coun-! sel.

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chai Road, has been announced.

Bail in the sums of $200 andj $300 were suggested, but Ser- geant Kinnear asked his Honour] to make it a substantial amount of $500, as there was much of this sort of thing going on in Hong Kong at present. The ac- CHINESE PRODUCTS

cused had had at the time of ar- rest 13 other coins of similar Talue.

Bail in the sum of $500 was fixed and the case was fixed for bearing for April 13, at 2.30 p.m.

BACHELOR'S CLUB TAX ON CUPID. 5/- Fine For Marriage,

3d. For Kissing.

£4 IN THREE WEEKS

London. Young men at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, are determined to Lux Cupid out of the town.

They have formed a bachelors' club numbering 100 members, all of whom have agreed to pay a Levy if they fall short of the club's) Ideals.

the club imposes :----

For getting married

For kissing a woman

DISPLAYED.

Sincere's.

BEAUTIFUL SILKS

Titanic when she went down "That," said her ladyship, with the loss of hundreds of liver. why he barred the scandals!" The Exhibition of Chinese pro-

He wants to leave his quiet! ducts now being held at Messrs. English home in Hadley Wood Sincere and Company's Roof garden, and return to.desolate St. Paul

I

TO-MORROW'S STORY.

To-morrow's story will be "The Message," by Brandon Fleming,

welted with

a rather sick

When you

sus-

a memory

There must be some reason-pre- "is sumably trousered!-why she has never married. I fancy he is a young fellow-she knew when she was a girl; a young black-guard." | "No, no, Eva" his lordship In-

was officially declared last in order to search for the trea ENGLISH STANDARD night by the Mayor of Canton, Mr. sure pirates buried there when

Liu Chi-wen.

they raided the old East India There were 200 guests present at merchant boats centuries ago.

terrupted. "He wasn't a block- guard then. Ronnie Temple was a very decent chap in his young days, you know. From what be

the banquet which followed the He believes he discovered the "Victoriously Mocking said to me, some woman got hold opening of the Exhibition. Mr. spot when he was shipwrecked Ma Ying-pui, Managing Director of there on the ill-fated barque in

the firm was in the chair.

1889.

OF LIVING

The Crisis."

ATMOSPHERE OF WEALTH.

Paris.

I like Ronnie.

wo-

[of him, and-well, you know what. they can do with a Ind, Professor?"

"I know I agreed. "The Features of the exhibition were In relating his shipwreck ex- the beautiful silks which formed the periences on St. Paul, Command-

man was a hussy, I suppose?"

"He never hinted to me who she major part of the display and which er Lightoller said "The eight|

was," Blakesby said rather sudly. were greatly admired by both the days we spent there were а European and Chinese guests. These nightmare. The volcano was still London, for lunch, dinner, or the

"No matter where you go in "He was in those days-a gentle Fine cric Love silks were made in Shanghai. in action, and there was hardly theatre, you find an atmosphere keter; great all-round athlete; and

Knitted goods, bakelite ware and anything to cat. We knew food of wealth

or at least apparent sang a good song!" He sighed. Here is the tariff of fines which exhibits of the display.

perfumery were also outstanding was to be found on the island wealth, which give the impres-Damn the woman, whoever abo but it was only after we had sion of victoriously mocking at was. I gathered that she enticed Vast crowds were present been rescued that we 55.throughout the evening. The exhi where it was hidden.

learned the crisis," writes a French wo-him away from Stella Hargraves; and then threw him over for same- 3dbition will extend over a period of

man in a Paris paper." "There was a cairn of stones on "The Englishman spends his one richer, and he went to the da- about three weeks, Hong Kong, which was written, Mrs. Smith money, although it is as difficult. For chap 3d. Canton and Shanghai products be- and child, wife and daughter of to earn pounds as it is for the "Poor fool" his wife amended.

ing displayed during separate per- Captain Smith. We often look-Frenchman to earn franes.

"Anyhow, there's the memory for jiada.

ed at that stone but would not spends with optimism, courage, regular features; perhaps & trife her. He was a dark young fellow; remove it, as we thought it was and galety. He thus helps peo-taller than you.. sacred. But food was hidden ple to work and combats unem-]

The top of my under it all the time.

ployment.

ear was just level with his should- "We found 42 uninhabited huts "In France we say that we too "ile portrait used to be in er, I remember.". I remembered, and a number of boats, so old must cut down expenditure. The the little locket that she wears. She that when we touched them our Englishman, on the other hand,eft it about once, and however, ungers went through the wood. They had been used by the pir order to keep up his usual stan-holds many pictures in twelve says that he must earn more in that's twelve years ago. A locket ates who raised the merchant dard of living ships on the East Indies route.

For taking a woman out in a

car

For dancing more than three-

times with the same woman at a club dance ........

3d. These are the maximum fines if

News In Brief.

a member is found out and reported to the club. If he confesses volun-) tarily the fine is reduced by half.

Wycombe girls think the Bacho- lors' club is not at all a good idea,; Mr. Leo D'Almada Jnt. reports They are going to start an opposi-the loss of a gold wrist watch while tion club to break down the anti-playing golf at the Country Club, feminine movement, which, indeed, Fanling. already shows signs of weakening.

the Bachelors' club has collected 24

He

years!....The next on the list is "I saw a beautiful lagoon and writer, is more gay and better ly careful not to say anything to London, declares the French Mrs. Payne-You must be extreme She was offend her. She is my godmother,

In the three weeks of its existence Lai Yau, a Chinese male, had a a number of wrecks near it, but dressed than Paris. in fines. The Club has spies who narrow escape from being seriously we could not get anywhere near particularly impressed to find and very touchy." report if a member is seen with Taikoo Dock, when he accidentally that I am certain there is rich women in evening dress.

injured, yesterday afternoon at the It is in a cave near the lagoon theatres packed with men and girl. Sometimes the girls them-

In the afternoon I set up my tem-| selves report an "offence," but most fell against a hydraulic drill and had treasure to be found. I was get-

ple in the picture gallery. It is} of them consider that this is in his left elbow fractured. He was ting on the track of it when we tunately adopted the lazy halit tors, gray-painted on the outside "Paris," she says, "has unfor¡just a dome in four and twenty sec-| taken to the Government Civil Hos- were rescued. Reuter. poor taste besides, being inex pedient-Reuter.

¿pital by ambulance.

of not wanting to dress."-Reu- and grey-phpered on the inside.

LUNAR RAINBOW AT ISIPINGO BEACH

Isipingo.

A small fire broke out in the kitchen of, the Victoria Gaol, at about 10 o'clock Inst night, and-the Emergency Squad of the HK, Polies surrounded the building to prevent

CHINESE YOUTH

REMANDED.

any attempt at escape by the pri May Be Able To Return

A lunar rainbow was seen at sonera....... The fire was quickly ex- Isipingo beach by several residenta linguished by the prison staff...

at about 8:45 pm: one evening.

Stolen Money.

A young Chinese of 21, Chung

ter.

JUBILEES FOR THE

JOBLESS,

Ona sector is a door so that I can enter from outside, where I pro- fess to remain. Inside the door, I arrange some mirrors which reflect the sides, and look as if they were part of the circular wall. In the space behind the mirrors I have a table and two racks to hold "changes. I have learned, to change in the dark; but there is a Cologne. faint electric torch on the table.

Old German Custom Now Reversed.

The tenth anniversary of their which I turn on when I make up

A complete rainbow appeared in Loung Yih-mui, a Chinese female, Ming-shek, appeared before Mr. discharge from work has just my face by the small hand-mfrror the sky against a bank of clouds.".

No colours were visible. It was yesterday evening admitted to Beinfeld, at the Central Magistracy been celebrated by 30 skilled which I hang on the wall. In the

the Kowloon Hospital, suffering this morning, and pleaded guilty to mechanics. showed up like a silvery white from serious injuries to the legs larceny of a purse containing 340 In They left an optical instru un crude, but in the dimness of band for about 15 minutes and and body, caused by, accidentally Hong Kong currency, $5.10 in Chinment factory at Cassel at that the Temple of Memory people cou daylight you would call my, maka then faded, NY A

A lunar rainbow is very rarely falling out a second storey window scen and may occur only once in is reported to be very serious

No. 9 Pilt Street. Her conditions currency and 35.25 in silver and time and not one of them has what they expect to see. Thres-

colns, H.K, currency, from Lu La- since found work. lifetime-Reuter.

kwang secountant Boad, Centralia

WEATHER FORECAST:

prosto The weather will remain cloudy with local fog, and moderate South-

at

A Chinese boy. Hoy Chow-tuck Detective Bub and his amah, Kwok Ngan,) were No both admitted to the Kowloon Ho pital yesterday evening for ment, after having been bitten:1 chow dog belonging to Mr. Lo

east winds, states the report issued of 26. 29 Battery Street The

from the Royal Observatory: morning

was sent to Lalchikok'? for i

garbers of my trick is just to make VauxThe principle item in their them expect! I do that in the talk

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