1936-02-27 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936

Miss Anna May Wong, the Hollywood Elm star (wearing hat) at the Race Course with Mrs. S. W. Tso. In the background are the Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso (with overcoat) and Mr. W. Keith Robinson- (King's Studio).

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES RETURN OF A

The death is reported of M

St. Stephen's College Sports Maria Estella de Sousa Botelho wait be. held at Stanley next Dean, the fourth daughter of the Saturday afternoon. Lady Shen- late Mr and Mrs. Jose Maria-Braziton will distribute the prizes. Botelho at the age of 39 at Mahila Inst Monday. -

Admiral Hosokawa, ‘of the Im- perial Japanese Navy, is due to The 'R.M.S. Empress of Japan is arrive in the Colony to-day from] due bere from Shanghai at 7 a.m. Canton to-morrow and will sail for Manila Saga,

.5 p.m.

до

board the gunboat

The B. 1. ss. Tilawa, for Sing Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 apore, Port Swettenham, Penang. hours ending at 10 am to-day Rangoon and Calcutta, will leave 0.28 inch. The total since here at 10 a. on Sunday next January 1 has been 3.84 inches, March 1, instead of as previously against an average of 291 inches announced.

was

Among the

LOAN

e

To-day's Short. Story

THE RAINY

DAY

W

New

By Stuart Jackson

Brew

THEN John Bates married But, of course, they knew that Mary Winters they were it would come. It was a tradition quite poor, but the sun shone that it always did. So although and the trees were very green, they might still have had a few They went at once to the cot-days at Weston, they decided it tage with the garden and the bit was better to put the money in of Somersetshire land from which the tin bar behind the mäntel John had been taught to wrest-aclock.

living. And Mary put up a ""Teas”

They both worked very hard and] sign on the tree that stood like earnestly in their grave way, and sentinel at the gate, for travellers were a little shy of each other passed that way, and you never in their country manner. But knest

sometimes when the lights soften-| They would have liked to have led and John reached out a clumsy a bit of a honeymoon by the sea hand to draw her close, Mary for Weston-super-Mare was only would forget to be afraid of life, twenty miles away. John had and would momentarily dare few pounds which they might have think that they might go on be- apert But when they discussed ing happy' in their tranquil way the matter, John and Mary look for ever-

ed at each other very gravely and

to

they said: "No, we'd better put morning, as Nature rubbed

Game the spring, sad early one the

that by for a rainy day.”

Meanwhile, the sun shone, the

sleep from its eyes, a baby was

grass got longer and greener until born to John and Mary Bates.

And because they wanted their

it was cut and carefully thatched

in a golden stack. And Mary laid baby to have a "grand" name they homemade somes and strawberry called him Brian

jam and cream before quite a few Life, of course, looked still more! travellers in search, of, "teas"-serious now that the Bates had a which, miraculously enough to baby. There was another mouth Mary, they paid for. Miraculous to feed and always the-possibil ly, too, they got through the first ity of the baby being taken year of their married life without in the manner to which babies! caused seem born-so they told each other them to have to touch the bit they that they must be careful had put by for the rainy day.

Case Before Supreme anything happening that

Court

HEARING CONTINUED. “

The action brought by Tam Wai, claiming the return of a loan of $5,000 from the Hing was continued before the Act- Nam Company and Tam Cheuk, ing Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Lindsell, at the Supreme Court this morning-

JAPAN'S AIMS IN CHINA Hirota's "Three Principles"

SOUTH-WEST LEADERS APPREHENSIVE

It will be recalled that judg- ment was originally given to the The Kowloon Cricket Club will plaintiff on the strength of the [From Our Own Correspondent] passengers disem hold a Leap Year dance at the non-appearance in

Court of..

Canton, Yesterday. barking here today from the club-house on Saturday, February the defendants, when the case The telegram sent on Tuesday: NYK. 38. Hakozaki Maru were 29, commencing at 9.15 p.m. Sup was heard in 1934. Subse-afternoon by the Seath-west lea 'Lady W. Griffith, from London,!

per will be provided by the Pen-quently, Lo Wah and Choy ders asking whether the National and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hoyt

Ying, who alleged that they Government has accepted the from Singapore. * ··

were partners of the firm, suc- three-point programme of the cessfully brought an application

The RMS. Empress of Aziaj left Vancouver for Hong Kong last, Saturday and is due here on the morning of March 12. She will sail for Manila the same evening.

Sir Frederick Leith-Boss, Chief Economic Adviser to the British Government, yesterday concluded

insula Hotel.

CORRESPONDENCE

Christian Science Healing

ITo The Editor "China Mall”)

to set the judgment aside, in Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. E.

Hirota, and orging the GoveTM-j order to contest the claim.

ment to reject them, was based on

Mr. Leo D'Almada, jar, in-the views of Mr. Hu Han min, an structed by Mr. W. M. Brown, reported in the Sunday Herald.

Mary, soon about again, put, an extra table in the garden where the ramblers grew. because the symbol "Teas" seemed to have become quite a magnet. -

So a few more pounds went into the tin box behind the mantel clock.

One day Brian, always inclined to experiment with his legs, stood up on his feet and tottered blithe- ly between two chairs, crowing with triumph and delight. John

Soars

BOTH STARS.

NBS

BEER

Cartons of 12 bottles

$4.40

Light

Dark

NATIONAL

BREWE

SHANGHAI

Stocks are carried by all leading Hotels, Stores,

Compradores & Clubs. Local Agents:

Tel. 25913

MAISON, F. MATHIEU, Ste. Arte.

and Mary gazed upon the achieve POPULAR ARTISTES OF "REX" RECORDS

ment with parental pride, and then eyed each other steadfastly.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Music Hath Qualma,” by Douglas Simpson.

"Wonder what he'll be when he's is for the defence, while Mr. Tokyo dispatches repeatedly growed up, Mary?”* Hin-shing Lo, instructed by Mr. mentioned that the Nanking" an- “I was just a-wondering that, M. A da Silva, is for the plain-thorities tiff.

Sole Issue

had accepted Mr. too, John.”.

Hirota'a principles. The denial “Us'll have to try an' give 'un. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a good start.

ris star of a little over a week! Si. In last evening's issue of, .in Hong Kong and South China your esteemed paper appeared an

is not seriously taken here, as in "Happen we could make things and left for Shanghai on board article relating to the death,

When the case was resumed the past the Chinese Foreign :01-a bit less hard for him, John.” the R.MS. Empress of Russia. through snake bites. of a young this morning, Mr. D'Almada tee has not been aware of what So it seemed wise to them to

Englishman-According to said that the sole issue

the

Was had been undertaken by General put off the possibility of a holl-] Mr. D. K. Paul will continue the article this man was a "Christian whether the money was lent to Chiang Kai-sher

day at Weston-super-Mare again second half of this public lecture, Scientist.” who believed that the firm or to Tam Cheuk under Observers here recall that the that year. on "Civilisation, the Curse of Ci-snake bites would cure him of tu circumstances which rendered Foreign Office was ignorant of the There was a bit of land adjoin vilisation," in the Lodge Room of berculosis.

the firm liable. the Theosophical Society, Hong Kong Club Annexe, 18 Chater Road, at 6 p.m. to-day.

who|,

As those of your readers

ings and practice of Christian

jare unacquainted with the teach-Lam Wah and Choy Ying as a leaders want to make known their use to the querulous old man to |

rect such false impressions.

a vassal

terms of the Tangku armistice of ing John's hayßeld that he had The defendant's case was that May 31, 1933, even after its signa-had his eye on for a long time. Tam Cheuk was introduced to ture. For this reason, South-west Waste land, it was, and not much man of means, and they decided opposition to the proposals of the whom It belonged But John At the Cheero Club weekly!

Science must have received an ento pool their resources in order Japanese Foreign Minister, he-thought that something might be| drive held on Tuesday the prizes this report, I ask you

tirely false impression through to get the Company going canse such principles, mean the ac made of it.

to kindly Tam was to finance the fun and ceptance of China sa

"What should. I-a-sell it to 'ee were won by the following: La- dies. 18. Mrs. Tribble, 2nd. Mrs. Print this letter, in order to cor the other two were to assist State of Japan.

vor" queried old Thomas Tyler Hayden, Sealed No. Mrs. Ewart:

with their experience of the The telegram dispatched yes-when John approached him. "I gentlemen, 1st: Mr. Todd, 2nd. Anyone with but a slight know-building business. So far as terday afternoon is the first "ad-b'aint selling." John knew that Mr. Hempstead, Sealed No. Mr.ledge of Christian Science, read the profits were concerned, Tam vice" submitted by local leaders to was not because the old man at Radford. The prizes were distri-ing the report, would at once re Cheuk was to collect 3/5 while Nanking since the meeting of the tached any value to it, but just buted by Mrs. Beacon Mr. Mecognise the fact that the young the other two were to get 1/5 Fifth National Congress on De- that it was his way to be awkward. dina was M. C.

man in question was not a Chris each.

cember 12, 1985. Until now the "An." anyway, John Bates-thee tian Scientist. at all, meaning by

couldn't pay I the price twould Mr. D'Almada concluded by Kuomintang leaders had been very

cast 'ee." A reception will be given this that term

one who understands stating that the defendants quiet, and hereafter they will con- evening to Vice Admiral Esteva, its teachings and who applies this never knew that Tam. Cheuk tinue to give counsel to Nanking Commander-in-Chief * of the spiritual understanding in cases had to borrow any money at all, on Sino-Japanese relations. French squadron in Eastern of disease as well as in other dif-land, in fact, he had never told waters, by the French Consul and ficulties.

them that he was indebted to RATE DEFAULTERS Mme. Leurquin, at the consular Had he been one he would the plaintiff. residence, No. 13, Peak Road,{have known that so-called, in-¡ The case is proceeding. from 8 to 11 o'clock. Music will curable diseases, including tuber-

be supplied by the band of the culosis, have

been beaded

Lamotte-Picquet, the French fing-through Christian Science in

ship,

thousands of well-authenticat- jed cases, sometimes by simply

On Monday night, in the West reading the Christian Science) Lounge of the YMCA, the contextbook, Science and Health

LOCAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

cert party of H.M.S. Diamond pre- with Key to the Scriptares by t No. Fatalities Last sented an excellent programme to Mary Baker Eddy, and would

a large audience. This was the have had no faith in snake poisona' first public appearance of the as being able to cure him. "Diamantes," and

pany.

The next whist drive of the

Week

Magistrates Order Arrest

"An' what price might you be a-asking?”: inquired John.

Thomas Tyler cocked a sly eye

fat him, and named a figure three times in excess of what the land

was worth.

"I get the money somehow," said John, grizly.

He talked it over with Mary that evening, and they syreed Warrants were ordered to be that if they could manage without issued at Croyden last month for this and that they might---provid- the arrest of eight alleged raté da ed nothing happened-get enough faulters who failed to answer to put down' a payment to the old judgment summonses............

man within two or three months

Older Unies had etched their way

The warrants were under the or Money Payments (Justices Fro Altogether 32 accidents, in-cedure) Act, which stipulates that into John's face by the time he the producer. Christian Scientists believe that volving injuries to 16 persons, the justices shall, in presence of had paid for that land Petty Officer Armstrong, is to be the healing method used by Christ with no fatalities, were re the defaulter, enquire whether And when it had passed into congratulated on the excellent is Jesus is the most scientific and parted during the week ended failure to pay is due to wilful re his possession, he ploughed it from lent he has got together from the efficient method known and 6 February 22, 20

fusal or enlpable neglect, and if the dawn mail the sunset-until 'newly-commissioned ship's com- careful study of His works. wil Four people were injured not there shall be no committal to the sweat ran down his face and

show that He healed entirely by when running across the road, Prison.

his muscles ached and great corOS spiritual-and not misterial means.four when walking on the road In the case of a motor engineer came upon his hands. For if was}

However, anyone desiring to Cheero Club will be held on Tues- determine for himself, what Chris way, three when playing on the in business dificulties the Bench waste land, heavy land, and hard day next, March 3, at 8.30 pm. tian Science teaches, can obtain tween vehicles involving dam-mise to keep up payments of the

on his pro-to plough roadway, one in a coulsion be remitted 220 arrears To-day there will be a Bridge and this first-hand information by age to property, three when current rate now due. Mah Jong drive at the Club be studying the textbook mentioned jumping on or of, or falling ginning at 8:30 pm sharp: admis-above, which may be borrowed off, a vehicle in motion, and one sion 50 eta, which includes light from the Christian Science Read when a vehicle mounted the pond refreshments. On Monday, nexting Room in this city,

O. HALLBUEN, Committee on Publication Hong Kong and Canton..

the usual weekly dance will be held at the Club - all Servicemen

welcome.

footpath.

Continued on Page 11).

WIRELESS LICENCES JUMP LITTER OF 19 -

Cariton prodor

The total of wireless licences' in "A now belonging There were also 14 collisions force at the end of - 1925 was Bedfordshire, farmer

for between vehicles during the 7415,709, compared with 6,779,311 ed 109 pigs. The sixth litter, fust

Iweek

in 1984, an increase of 688,298.^ born, numbered 19.

CHARLIE. KUNZ ALICE FAYE EDDIE CANTOR

FRANCES LANGFORD

PHYLLIS ROBINS GRACIE FIELDS REGINALD DIXON ... UKELELE CLIFF EDWARDES SANDY POWELL

BAND OF HM WELSH GUARDS CASANI CLUB ORCHESTRA COMMODORE GRAND ORCH

Piano Medleys.

Film Star.

Film Star

Film Ster. Singer.

World Famous Star.

Organ. Comedian

Scotch Comedian.

THE ANDERSON MUSIC COMPANY

Ice House Street.

SPRING

Phone 21322

SALE!

Genuine

Every Bargain Every Statement Correct

BUY NOW SUPER SAVINGS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS

Here are some:-

Woollen Scarves

Stylish Silk Ties - Felt Hats (Black)

All Raincoats

All Umbrellar

for $1.00:

5 for $1.00

$1.75 ea.

-15% dics

10% disc Grey Flannel Trousers

$4.00 PE STETSON, ANDREWS: JOSEPH'E WARD; LENSIGTON: FELT HATS ALL~.-15% diac. Bath Gowns: '

Leather Shoes (Black, Brown) from. $3,25 pr. Stylish Shirts

See Our Window Display Hundreds of Other Bargains are not. Advertised!

ChinaEmporium

LTD