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*Enis Holf and Bob Burnett,* above, will make their first, how to the Hong Kong public in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel on Saturday, November 7.

CORRESPONDENCE

Inefficient Postal Authorities

[To The Editor, "China Mail"}

Dear Sir.-I did not, as stated

in the Sunday: Herald" yester

EMERGENCE OF NEW GERMANY New Periodical In England

"CHINA "MAIL"" SPECIÁL

London, To-day.

will be

THE CHIA TAY NASCENS 6

FORGED TRAM

TICKETS

Two Chinese On Serious Charge

LAST CASE ON OCTOBER CALENDER

The last case on the Criminal Sessions Calender for October was begun before His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac ¡Gregor, this morning when Chang Wai, alias Chang Fong, alias |Chang Siu-ming, and Chan Hoi were charged with having Or August 10 last, had in their pos- session 300 forged. tram tickets and 200 forged tram tickets re pectively, the tickets purporting to be three-cent cash tickets issued by Hong Kong TraMDWAND Ltd.

The first defendant. was also charged with uttering 200 of the forged tickets on August 8 last. while the additional charge of conspiracy, with others unknown. to defrand Hong Kong Tramways Lid, on divers dates between July 27 last and August 10 last, by attempting to issue forged tickets passengers, was preferred against both accused, who pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

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Mr. E H. Williams prosecuted, but the accused were not legally represented." The jury compris-

ed Messrs. E. Loveless (fore H. Hong Sling. T. Leung, Yang

man). C. Leopoldt. C. V. Carlos,

Sui-tse and Chau Kai-sin.

Charges Explained

After explaining the charges to the jury, Mr. Williams said that or July 27 last, a motorman nam- jed Lam, employed by Hong Kong

This street, outfit, worn by

Jeanne Maddes the scree 30-

treas, appears in he a redingote

POLICE RESERVE

Orders For The Current Week

Orders by the Hon Mr T H King, Inspector General of Police.

Chinese Company

Training Course Part H. The undesmentioned members will ab- ¡tend Chinese Company - Head- quarters on Tuesday, October 27th at 17.30 hours for Part II of Training Course:-

Constabler B4 Tam Tim Fùng. E38 Henry Wong, and R96 Ed-| ward Ho.

Marksman's Badge. The under- mentioned members of the Chinese Company have qualified for the Marksman's "Badge:—*

Sub Inspector (R) David Loie, {Crown Sergeants B67 Chan Ching: Chin, E87 Wong Chung, B17 Wi- liam E. S. Mok. 839 Ts'o Enk On.. Lance Sergeants R30 Thong Po Hing, R29 Chan Chung Tung, B42 Wong King Chuen, and Constables E52 How Em Chia K66. Karol Chak Tong, E51: Cheang: Ching Lam; R7 Leung Ken Hin, ES Lai} In Kwong and 320 Leing On Tai.

Indian CompARY 20 Commendation. Constable B248! Rangin Shah, is commended by the Hon. Inspector General of Police for zeal in securing the arrest of a. Chinese Male on 27th Septans ber, 1935 who was convicted for Assault.

Training Course-Part II. The undermentioned members of the Indian Company will attend-- In-

bet is really a sheer wool print dian Company Headquarters on

truck with a cost of lighter ma- terial The cost is lined with the dress fabric and shows full length revers:

Tuesday, October 27th at 17.30 hours for Part II of Training Course

Constables E201 S. L. Bux, 2210 Abdullah. Shah, R216 Lall-Khan, R213 S. B. Hussian, R236 ML. S.}

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Besara, Basil Blackwood, the Tramways Ltd, was retuming to Street, bow be brought the second Dillon, R268 M. S. Vedi, R206 Mo- day, leave the Colony on Saturday-publishing house at Oxford, have his home in Shamshuipo and had accused into the picture and final-hamed Ali Oppal, R207 Fazal Hahil

The reason, I think, is of some public interest, namely, most ez-

just announced a new quarterly only just got of the ferry at the how, on August 10 last, ther Oppal, R225 Kasim Ali and R233 traordinary inefficiency on the part which will first appear at the end Shamshuipo side when the first were arrested following a meeting Jaffer Mohamed..

Training Course-Part III The called accused approached him and in a tea-house in Wanchai of the Manila Postal Authorities. of October. It

Mr. Williams also said that it undermentioned members of the They have lost one of my air "German Life and Letters.". The claimed that he knew Lam when mail letters (a registered one): a editor will be Professor Willough the latter was a motor-driver in was found necessary that another Indian Company will attend In There will be Volunteer Social second air mail letter also regisby. Professor of German at Lon- the Kai Tak Motor Bus Company. foki of Hong Kong Tramways dian Company Headquarters on be taken into can-Wednesday, October 28th`at 17.30

ceeds from such dances to go tered--was delayed in the Manila don University.

He then went on to say that heLtd. should

to the Society. Post Office for three weeks; a third The new publication has taken had some business which he wish-fidence in order that he could hours for Part III of Training registered air mail letter-I have as its task the calm revelation of ed to discuss with Lam, but the assist in the case. been advised from Copenhagen-the changes in modern Germany, latter replied that he was busy was despatched in time to have and the laying bare of the facts and said that if the first accused been in Mails on October 14, but of the immediate past out of wanted to see him he could it is not here yet, although when which it has grown.. Its readers to his house later.

go

in Manila recently I gave the are to be shown a Germany which his house later, evening, the

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Chief Postmaster of the For for the last 150 years, has been a eign Mail Department full instruc-vital centre

of European cul arst accused went back to Lam's tions to forwarding to Hong túre," and an

house and they then went to attempt will be Kong.

made to

create a better under-tes-house where the first accused As to the lost letter, this offi-

and said that he and some of his fokis, cial was unable to trace the letter standing between England

who were employed in a foreign. | Germany.--Trans-Ocean Service.

firm, had been given some trad tickets by their firms and they

and informed me that it occasion- ally happens that a registered

letter in forwarded ordinary HE REMEMBERED

43

inail! (This is the first time dur-l

ing my seven years of travelling

in different parts of the world that

KINDNESSES

I have heard of such a practice Former Magistrate's

on the part of postal authorities).

For all I know, the last of these

letters may also be three weeks

Bequests

The case is proceeding.

Course:-

Constables R210 Abdullah Shah, R207- Fral Dahi Oppal, R298 Arub Khan, R293 Jaffer Mohamed, B205 Abdul Ghani,· R282 Letif Khan,

Ali, R291 Tara Khan, and R256 Sher Ahmed Khan.

FALL FROM 2ND 262 Omar Hassan, R225 Kasim

FLOOR

Chinese Girl Dies From Injuries

Emergency Unit Reserve Practice Search Patrol. A Prac- tice Search Patrol will be carried fout by members of the Emergency Bait Reserve on Friday, October Wong-to, a 17-year-old Chinese 30th 1936. All members will fall said that he would sell them at girl, died at the Government Civil in at Queen's Pier at 17.20 hours,

Hospital on Saturday night as the Dress-Optional, $1.50 for a book of 100 tickets.

wished to dispose of them,

He

Lam knew that a book of such result of injuries received when from the tickets at the offices of the Com- the apparently fell pany would cost $3 and he also second floor of No. 79 Jafre Road noticed that the printing on the where she lived.

The incident happened about blurred His suspicions were 8.30 pm, on Saturday night and

Iring in Manila Post Office and SUMS LEFT TO MANY PEOPLE ticket produced by accused was

I am stranded here without funds

(Sgd.) C. CHAMPKIN,

\\D. SP. (B). Hong Kong, Monday, October 26th, 1996.

until a clerk deigns to send it on. Mr. Frederick James Ware aroused, but he finally agreed to passers-by were horrified when WRITING GIVEN My fate is in the hands of the Nicholls, a magistrate, who lived meet the man on the following they saw something fall 'and found)

Left Tickets On Car

UP FOR CHILD

Postal authorities in Manila, where at Torside, Lydford, Devon, was a day. letters do not seem to matter.'

man who remembered little kind- That I may not become a public

nesses. charge upon your community, appeal to the Press for assistance in giving publicity to this serious grievance and to Beuter to cable] the purport of this sad tale to Manila where I hope the Press also will collaborate in galvanishing theI

the body of the girl at their feet. She was then in a dying- condi-jwa Contioning. Mr. Williams said tion, being badly hurt on the head. T. F. Powys To Retire -Apparently no one actually zaw This he showed in his will, pub that the next day, when Lam was lished last month.

From Literary Work

Manila Post Office into action!

driving his tram-car, the accused what happened and from the ap- He left $300 to Mr. W. J. Baker, boarded the vehicle near the pearance of the flower-pots on. farmer, "in recognition of his Central Market and left a parcel the verandah of the house, it the tram. On opening the seems possible that the girl was great kindness in helping me when on

AUTHOR OF “CAPT. PATCHTM

Dorchester. met with an accident in Exeter." parcel Lam noticed that it con- endeavouring to go from To Mr.A. K. G. Johnstone, a tained two books of tickets and he veradah to another and in dolar Persuaded by what he regards solicitor, he left £500 "in recogni- took these to Mr. Gillard of the so lost her bold and fell into the as significant signs that he should tion of many acts of kindness Tramway Company at the end of street.

lay aside his writing, Mr. Theodore shown to me."

the day's work

Police whistles were blown and F. Powys, the 61-year-old member Bertha Brooks, “a trusted ser- Mr. Willizma then went onto the usual crowd of Chinese of the famous literary family of Correspondent of *Politicken", vant and friend of both my wife tell the jury of the many incidents gather and it appears that a sol- Powys brothers and an acknow Copenhagen, Tidens Kvinder", and myself," gets 1200; Bertha followed how the accused dier who was in the vicinity was ledged master of the short story Copenhagen, The Int. Fress Ser Nicholls, a hospital purse, receives as led on to produce more of surrounded by the crowd when has abandoned his literary work vice" Stockholmi, Budapest,£300, Zurich, Amsterdam, etc., etc., etc.

the forged tickets, how he was fol-the alarm was raised.

ERLING BACHL

F.B.G.S..

WEATHER REPORT

This man,

• He said:there was a remote por- £300. For P.C.. To Fred Madge, a police can lowed and traced to the Wing it is understood, is being detain-sbility that he might some day [turn again to writing, but his at- Hing Printing shop in Hing Loongled for coquiries. stable, he left £300.

tention is now devoted entirely to To his chauffeur, Harry Cross-

jane four-year-old child, Susan Theodora, whom he adopted when The anti-cyclone over Northman Hammett, he left £200, a free-

jshe was aged three months. China has increased considerably hold house in Plymouth,--and a

Happiest Hours in intensity: pressure is relatively held in Tavistock

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low over the Pacific to the east of Mz:"Nicholis, who died last July,| the Philippines, and a depression left estate worth £52,077, with net is moving eastward across the personalty £37,998.

Sea of Japan. The local forecast

for to-day, as issued by the Royal

Observatory. this

north-east

fresh; fine

It is notif

the Licensing in the Council day, November which applicatio dered under ance, 1931

applications. can's licence:for Road, by Me

the other is for s publ cence without bar for hæren - Hotel, by: Mzi Greenburg.

STEAMER HITS ROCK

Ships In Vicinity Wirelessed

MACAU RACE ENTRIES

Entries and handicaps for the (147), Judea (149), King's Farade decision," he said. "One has to November Meeting of the Macau (161), Old Star (161), Eugby Star short stories. There must not be (have complete leisure to write

Jockey Club to be held in the] (148), Shamrock (140).

interference, for. If once one is put Portuguese Colony on, Senday 4. Hangchow Handicap, One side from the task there, is 20 afternoon are as follows: Mile Brown Bee (149), Choco phishing it

1. Wurhow Handicap, "Date (147) Merry Doer C) class, Nine Parlongar Burgomas- Shanghai 4 (153), Shih Yin Grand ter C145), Copper Idol (152), Dio- (144), Victory Life (145), Went genes (168), Merry Doer (149), worth (145)

Ocean View (140), Valley View & Soochow Plate, Six Far

How longs City Life (148), Con

The steamer Bandar Shahpour (145) ((5,236 tons) * struck a rock last2 Foochow Plate Five Fur Bleu (146), Eastlight (145)

mouth one mulle west of the Smalls, longa- þat the mouth of the Sevani After Blen wirelessing ships in the vicinity Re

to stand by she reported that she Hu WER TIDL. În "need of Ed-and was Heari going to Milfordə dava

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Ribbon (158)

Coureur Rearze (166),, ** My Gold Hardling Mor

(149) Heart (146), Me Lonely Old Life (146),

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