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Adjudication Order Discharged

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934

"LOLOMA" XMAS FETE

Kindergarten Pupils Present "Three Bears "

Nam Yuen Restaurant And HOLIDAY BEGIN TO-MORROW

Lam Yue-tat

CHIEF JUSTICE'S JUDGMENT

An order that the adjudication the Second Schedule to the Ordinance -made in respect of the Nam Yuen which deals with proof of secured

Restaurant and Lam Yue-tat, man-erulitors.

To-day's Short Story.

The First Solo

**TARE!

By Wilfrid Tremellen

But this is a bad nightmare to him. A son of the

A very delightful entertainment. business, my child!" The people, he was not of the class from

;

So far he

TO-MORROW'S STORY.

by the young pupils of the "Loloma" Kindergarten, at No. 26 Kimberley commander Akasaki of the Im which the Emperor's officers are us Only by the closest Road, Kowloon, marked the second perial Flying Corps tapped his ually drawn. annual Christmas Festival at the knee reflectively with his scab-concentration of his studles had he earned the right of entry into the school this morning.

barded sword. The children sang, played nursery The Air-cadet Matsumoto, stand-School for Air-officers, rhymes and rendered Christmas ing stifly to attention, listened with had done well; must he now slip carols before a large gathering of inheld breath. On the next words back again?

Now the Commander Akasaki was parents. The programme consisted of the Commander depended his

a just man and a man to inspire aging partner, be annulled, came The object of bankruptcy is to

of the Morning Circle, when the whole career. before the Chief Justice. Mr. Jus-secure, under the aegis of an official children said their prayers, sang "No less than twelve hours of in-courage. He had seen service at tice A. D. A. MacGregor at the appointed for that purpose that the hymns and nursery rhymes, and act-struction you have had, I see and Tsingtao, and he had also been bad- Bankruptcy Court this morning, available assets of an insolvent will

ed. Their Percussion Band then how many machines have you dam-fly mauled by the "Old Man." the fierce Yezo bear who dwells in the of well-known aged in landing?" and was discharged in a hearing-be distributed equitably among his

played a selection unsecured creditora. A gecured

Three, Honourable Commander-pine-forests of Hokkaido. All ranks Judgment by His Lordship,

The play of the nursery tunes.

loved him. So. Matsumoto took an Mr. J. J. Hayden, the Official creditor does not, by reason of an Three Bears" was then given by San" admitted the cadet humbly. Receiver, was present, while Mr. adjudication, lose his right to the senior pupils.

"So, Then dual control, can go other deep breath and made another

Trisk stiff little bow. Armstrong appeared for an unse-enver against his security, nor can

Christmas carols were then sung.no further. No more can he claim to participate in the avail-and an Action Song, entitled "I'll the lives of good instructors, And cured creditor.

His Lordship in his judgment able assets unless he first realises

Telephone to Santa Claus" was per-yet I feel strongly that a boy of Hald:-

his security and thereafter proves formed. The children next, pre-your temperament can do almost This is an application by the Om-as an unsecured creditor for the

sented their parents with small anything-if he has to. So one cial Receiver for an order that the balance.

Christmas gifts, which were made chance I can give you, my child, and English legislation contains no adjudication made in this case is

by themselves, from the school it must be the last. Take up a annulled on the grounds that the as-provisions analogous to that in our

Christmas Tree.

machine solo-with sandbage in the sets for distribution among the un-local Ordinance regarding a fund!

Santa Claus Arrives back seat instead of an instructor secured creditors after payment of Rufficient to pay 15 per cent, of the

Following this Father Christmas and bring her down on to the water all costs, charges, and expenses, will unsecured debts, but it does make

complished solo, and the confidence! "I will accept this offer, Honour. not be sufficient to pay a dividend of provision for the annulment of an made his entrance and presented all by yourself. One good landing ac

adjudication in either of two events, the children with gifts. 15 per cent.

Among those present was Mr. will come, I am sure of it. Anno-ne, able Commander-San," he said, "and

jam grateful." There is no opposition to the ap-where in the opinion of the Court,

The Air-cadet Matsumoto took a, The commander nodded and smiled plication save that of an unsecured a debtor ought not to have been A. O. Brawn, Inspector of English what is your answer?”.

hia encouragement.. "Either I am creditor, and it is not disputed that adjudged a bankrupt or where the Schools, and representatives from

and deep breath."

"Otherwise," continued the Com-a poor judge of men," he said, "or the amount available for distribution debts of the bankrupt have been other private Kindergartens is insufficient to pay anything like paid in full.

I have been unable to find any Those taking part in the pro-mander gently, "your flying days you will bring off a good landing. the statutory figure of 15 per cent.

were:-Dick. Ritchie, are finished, and you must serve our And what has once been done can

be done again." Mr. Armstrong bases his opposi-authority for the proposition that; gramme

"Some other way" meant a re- On that same hot September tion on the provision in that part of in a case where either an adjudica- Anthea Bates, Margaret Kurrik, Emperor in some other way."

tion had been obtained by an abuse Johnnie Bernard, Angela Court turn to the ranks; Matsumoto un-morning of 1982 the widow Mat- of the process of the Court, or the Anne Wilkinson, Paul Beat, bankrupt has paid in full all proved gory Tours, Dawn Dickson, Jen-derstood that well enough, and the and secured debts, an adjudication nifer Rycroft, John Myers, Gilbert thought of it had for weeks been will not be annulled by reason of the Caffyn, Robin Hancocks, Paul Green-

LOCAL NEWS

BREVITIES

Schools.

Gre-

To-morrow's story will be "The Shaping Of Character," by Dr. W. Beran Wolfe.

sumoto, attracted by the sound of

a an aircraft engine, emerged from a lowly dwelling on the bank of the canal which cuts in two the slum

CONGRESSMEN feland of Taukishma, Takyo's "East

WARNED

N.R.A. Will Proceed With Caution

The hours for the supply of fact that by such annulment a ing. Rosemary Orr, Sara Coventry, water in Hong Kong are being re-secured creditor will lose the benefit Ann Cowland, Billy Copper, Athene vised from Friday. They are to of the 12th rule in the Second Sche-Cook, Pippa Portallion, and Mary

Bernard.. be from 6 am to 11 am and from dule of the Ordinance.

Although the 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The reason, I think is not far to The staff, consisting of Mrs. Miss hours are getting less on the 18-seek. The law provides that in cer- Douglas Orr, (Directress) land, Kowloon has not been affect-tain events as this, the Court is en-Norma Bilderbeck, Miss Ruth In- "ed.

titled in its discretion to annul angram and Miss Jean Bryden, are adjudication, and that discretion to bo congratulated on the success The R. M. S. Empress of Asia will be exercised either for the pro- of the performance. will leave Vancouver on December tection of the Court itself, in the The school breaks up to-morrow 29, and is due here on January 17. Interests of a bankrupt, who is no for its Christmas Holidays, and ceived December 12, 2 a.m.) She will leave for Manila the same longer Insolvent, or for the general re-opens on January 7.

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day.

benefit of the creditors and the Om- cial Receiver.

The effect of an annulment in The R. M. S. Empress of Japan! left Vancouver last Saturday, and this case may be, as Mr. Armstrong She has cogently expressed, that the same secured creditors must suffer, but

is due here on January 4. will leave for Manila the

day,

they would have suffered in exactly the same way as a debtor who has The Dollar Steamship Lines ab-paid his unsecured debts in full nounce that their luxury liner and had then absconded from the President Coolidge will arrive in jurisdiction. Hong Kong at noon to-morrow and will sail for Manila at 6 a.m. on Friday..

The lecture by Mr. G. P. de

Martin on "Machiavelli and 11

Principe," next Friday at 5.30 p.m.

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End." She was wearing a dark! kimono and an equally sober obi, and the reigns of three Emperors [had lined her face like a withered.

walnut.

A seaplane with, the blood-red disc of Japan for markings made a very flat turn over the waste-land his Messages Ordinance, 1891, E opposite and came towards her, fly- ing low and swaying uncertainly. The machine made another had turn

New York; to-day.

It is learned that the administrs-over the canal, and a hand appeared tion has warned Congressmen that over the side of the cockpit, waved it will not permit them to soak the oncé, and was immediately. with- rich or allow the movement to reach drawn, as though needed inside. Ja point to cause industry to stam The widow Matsumoto continued pede from the New Deal; It is an waving long after the machine had xious to proceed cautiously in the reached the end of the canal, and redistribution of wealth by the then turned back into the house, limitation of incomes and high taxes her eyes shining. Her boy would on capital-Router.

BRAZIL'S EXCHANGE POSITION

do well, she felt certain. Was hel not this morning, for the first time, flying the machine all by himself? And he deserved his success; no son

studies than here. She smiled proudly. After all it was some thing when a bean-paste vendor's

[had ever worked harder at his

in the Jacobean Room of the European Discharged First National alm, "The Cir- British Bond-Holders on became an officer of the Em

Hong Kong Hotel, will be broad: casted through ZBW on a wave- length of 355 metres (845 kilocy! cles).

From Bankruptcy

Henry Cadogan Best, who this morning appeared before the

made against him.

eus-Clown", featuring Joe E. Brown, which will be shown at the Alham- hra Theatre, commencing on Christ- mas Day.

Safeguarded

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London, To-day.

In reply to a parliamentary ques-

peror. He was not an officer yet,

to be sure, but at the end of this course he certainly would be. She went indoors.

The boy-pilot of the seaplane

A picture and a saying, by one of tion yesterday. Captain Anthony was not feeling nearly so confident A most enjoyable concert, or- Chief Justice, Mr. Justice A. D. A. the stars in the film, are printed in Eden, Lord Privy Seal, stated that abou this future-more especially ganised by Mrs. Bowes-Smith, was MacGregor at the Bankruptcy these columns, and you are only re- the exchange position in Brazil had about his immediate future. In his held at the Cheero Club last night. Court, had a receiving order quired to give a reply. A pair of been the subject of special study own mind, for instance, the Air- dress circle tickets will be mailed and that representations were be- cadet Matsumoto was perfectly cer- Those who took part were Mrs. George Robert Witchell, who to the six winners each day-the ing addressed to the Brazilian Gov-tain that he was unlikely to be able Young husband, Mrs. de Precourt,

an application for dis- funniest sayings and the most ernment with a view to ensuring to bring down his mathine on the Miss Margaret King, Mr. Keith Valentine, Mr. D. Richards, Mr. A. charge from bankruptcy was sentimental murmurs will be the that British interests should not water without disaster. As he

granted a discharge subject to a winners. suspension

receive less favourale, treatment climbed to a safer height after months, of three

V. Saunders, Mr. J. Grenham, and Mr. Bowes-Smith.

of a

made

Here is to-day's contest: "You're than those of other countries. waving to his mother, his anxiety when he appeared before the the beetle I'd like to squash", said:

He added that the existing ar- was intense. Chief Justice.

the lady Charged with theft, by finding,

rangement for a partial service of The very thought of nosing down Mr. M. A. da Silva, who appear- motor seat cover in Newed for one of the secured creditors,

the Brazilian external debt cover to the sea to alight induced a bath Street. Leung Fuk, aged 54, was opposed the application.

Just what did Joe Brown tell the ed a period of four years from of perspiration the little waves be- lady that has made her so amus- April 1, last. sentenced to three weeks impri-

It therefore ap-low him racing faster and faster as led? You tell, and be the guest of peared improbable that the

ex-he neared the surface; the needle sonment when he appeared before

the China Mail at the Alhambra change regulations recently intro- of the air-speed indicator sagging Theatre on Christmas Day.

duced in Brazil would exercise any back towards zero; the anxiety Fill in the reply and post it to immediate effects on the interests about angle of descent; the angatsh the Editor, China Mail, to-day. Tic-of British bondholders.-British of chousing exactly the right mo- kets will be sent out as soon as Wireless Service. possible.

Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones at the Cen-

WEST AUSTRALIA

tral Police Court this morning.

PETITION

Alleged to have concealed the

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birth of a child, Chiu Heung Tai, a married woman, was again re- manded, until Monday morning, former status as a separate self- when she appeared before Mr. [governing Colony within the Bri- Schofield at the Central Magis-tish Empire, was presented in tracy this morning. The case has both Houses of Parliament on been instituted under the Ordin- Monday. ance dealing with Offence Against the Person.

JEFFERSON TO SAIL NEXT MONDAY

Ae presented in the House of Commons, the petition consisted of a scroll 26 feet long, encased in

a handsome polished jarrah ca8- iket.

ARMED ROBBERY IN NEW TERRITORIES

(Continued from Page 1). The men were armed with re-

The American Mail Lige state that they have received advice. fromthe Kowloon Docks, who are doing repair work on the Presi dent Jefferson to the effect that this work will be completed in volvers, a mattock, and a torch. time to permit the President Jef. When they were making their es- ferson to sail from Hong Kong cape, they encountered one of the for Shanghal, Kobe. Yokohama, villagers and three or four shots Victoria and Seattle next Monday were exchanged. No one, however, afternoon.

was injured.

en ble lady friend

ment to ease back the control-stick for the flatten-out; all these things had painful associations in the mind' of the Air-cadet Matsumoto. They were connected with nerve-racking jolta, showers of spray, damaged float-connections, and sarcastic in structors.

He looked at his watch. In ten minutes he must bring her down on to the water; and this time there would be no Instructor in the back! Beat yelling into his earphones the orders that would avert a crash. This time he was alone.

He crossed the Sumida river, flew over the Nishihonganji Temple, and followed the tramlines of the Ginza, Tokyo's wealthiest street. Above, some if the larger buildings were anchored balloons painted with advertising matter these. Mat sumato was careful to avoid,

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