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HONGKONG AVIATION CLUB. INAUGURAL MEETING HELD.

A resting was held yesterday evening at the Chamber of Commerce Room Chartered Bank Building, by those inter- estel in the formation of an aviation Club in Hongkong. The Hon. Mr. P. H Holyoak presided and was supported by the Committee of the Chamber, including Messrs. E. V. D. Parr. A. O. Lang, J. A Plummer, C. H. P. Hay, G. M. Død- well, and E. A. M. Williams (Secretary). The attendance was rather poor, The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock was present.

The CHAIRMAN said that it would be in the recollection of all of them that on the occasion of the visit of the American Aerial Commission in February last, a meeting was held on February 3rd in the

City Hall at which the following resolu- tion was unanimously and enthusiasti indly adopted That, an Aviation Club| should be formed as soon as possible," and in ecnsequence of which the present meat ing had been called.

He was not prepared to, say, nor was he qualified to do so, what probability there was in the near future of commercial flying becoming a paying proposition, not whether the developments would come Sea- upon the lines of "Aifernt or plane," in these parts which to the lar

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THE HONGKONG DAILA-

CRIMINAL' SESSIONS.

(EPFÖRE INA RONOCH KR. L. N. J. GOEXPERTZ,

ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE ] |

4 PORTUGUESE BOY'S BRAVERY.

Three Chinese were indicted for assault with intent tu rab, and, alternatively, with common asuul. One of the prisoners was also indicted for unlawful, foession of a revolver and four rounds of ammunition.

The Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, K.C. Attorney-General, prèaided.

The following jury was empanelled: Messrs. E. Humphreys, J. C. Ferguson, J. Findley Miller, J. A. Gilazo, E. E Ellis, D. O, Jorge, and F. M. Ozorio

WEDNESDAY, APHIL · Shar

FASCINATED, BY `DOLLS.

THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF THREE WOMEN.

DUEGGED CAKES AND TEA.

WOMEN IN HONGKONG."

April 15th. Now we really know what it is to live on a mountain top and depend or coolies to carry us up or down, or walk. There has been an element of humour in the How three Chinese women from thô situation for such women as were content country, who went to worship at their to sit up aloft and forego engagement ancestors tombs during the Ching Ming to play golf and go shopping, though it fetival, were lured away by the smooth was a liberal education to hear the tragic talk of a procurer was disclosed at the note in the voices of those who minded Magistracy, yesterday, when the man was and showed how largely these events loon charged with harbouring them without the in the lazily luxurions lite of the female cansant of their husbands. in the East. The first intimation most The three women hart, been betrothed to

their

present husbands when they were of the women had of the upheaval in their daily existence, caused by the strike, infants. When they came of age ther The Attorney-General said that the three came upon their arrival at the upper were married and settled down to the prisoners were charged with assault with tram station where they were confronted drab, dull existence of village life, with intent to rob, or, alternatively, with by a crowd of their pet enemies and out excitement and devoid of pleasure.. common assault. The case he would predearest friends, gazing at each other in When the annual Ching Ming festival. sent to the Court was that the prisoners blank consternation, at the thought of came round the three women went,' with entered the house with the intant to rob, wasted morning, and one woman, who others, to worship at their ancestors Domba On the way they met, defendant but they were surprised, and, when the BRRested that it, as was promised, the

trams started running again, shortly. it who was a travelling, showman." The man alarm was given, they ran away. Ee would ok for a conviction on the first

would be more considerate for women to carried a Punch and Judy outât and leave the service at the disposal of the entering into conversation with the women enant," which, of course, was the more

stranded business men, was regarded as a ascertained where they were going to criots. The first prisoner was charged mild lunatic. The funniest situations told them he was proceeding in the same with the unlawful possession of a revolver arose; one woman exclaimed loudly that direction and would accompany them. and four rounds of ammunition. The such a state of affairs was disgraceful The women were glad of company as they evidence would show how this charge came and that steps should be taken to bring were travelling alone, and agreed to go to be laid against him. There were it to the notice of the House of Commens with him. (in the way the man gave each of the women a doll to carry, and this is originally Ave Chinese charged with tha

said to have had a peculiar fascination on.

undoing. Ho farther offered them cakes and tea, which were drugged. The women were so affected by the drug that they

them to Yaumati, where be appropriated

another woman to a fisherman and left the third with a woman whom he called his aunt. This woman managed to get away and met a relative to whom she told what

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nault, and two had been releand. Can't you set Lady Astor asking ones relan seemed more probable, but he did say Against the third prisoner now in the tions about the running of the Peak the women lending ultimately to their that startling developments were so immin-

dock, there was no actual evidence of Tramway: champion of distressed ent that it behored them to prepare for

physical assault. His (the Attorney-feminine exiles in the East One can them by forming such a Club as that for General's) suggestion was that there was imagine the face of the Speaker. One which that meeting was called. One bad already been so formed in Shanghai Aadmon design that all of them went to enn see the Golden Ron turning inte The prophesied that it would not be long the bause to rob and, although only two magic wand and going for a joy-ride the youngest woman for himself. sold

hofore they were-linked all along the coast of China,

IMMENSE COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES. It was obvious, Mr. HOLYOAK said, that

of them were guilty of the actual assault,

Hongkong, when strikes would vanish and the third was equally guilty because we out here, should be able to set through the common design of all of them. The this folly old world without any of the facts of the case were that about 7 pm birth throes of the new divilization, which

followed him about meekly. He brought

in any defence scheme of the future in March 23rd, someone knocked at the is manifesting itself in labour agitation had happened. As a result the Police, connection with this Colony, aircraft munt door of house. No. 83. Haiphong Road, and discontent and interference, with the traced the man and the women were claim. play no small part, and in addition to Kowloon. The amah called out Who's easy round of the leisured classes.

there' and one of the men outside call.

that there would be increasing commercialed out We want Ah Yuk" They gained attempts to demonstrate in the near future the posibility of circulating the globe In- cluding Hongkong en route. One such at- tempt had already been organised by

ed by their respective husbands.

Mr. Smith remarked that defendant was evidently a procurer. He fined him $200, with the alternative of six months' hard about

TRADE MARKS CASE. ACTION AGAINST CHINESE FIRM

After a few silent hours, when, the admittunee, to the house by saying that engines of the Peak Tram enjoyed they had a letter to one of the women peacefis lumber and the smoke stack from her brother, a steward on the ceased its horridʼrain of soot, the blue- Ecuador. The woman took the letter, and jackets conquered the somnolent machine thought there was something suspicious, so and at about three on the first day the she took it to her cubicle to read One of trams started running again. I am told the men thermen timer squeezed her throat, while that one agitated woman was derlaimin another closed her mouth with his hand violently against the delay of the train to The case against the Wah Loong firm, In spite of this, the woman managed to scheduled to leave at 3 p.m. How was for using #trade mark belonging to Call out" Save life!", downstairs, and gave the alarm. robbers then ran way. In the road one

and the amah went

The

America. called the First Aerial Derby Round the World, which, he believed in cluded Hongkong as port of call. Nor dici need any considerable stretch of imagination to realise the immense commer cial possibilities of Aying between here and

she to keep her annointment at 3.10 nm. Canton and betweer here and Shanghai.

tram would not start; who was The practical possibility of using aircraft

responsible for the mismanagement and for mail purposes and for the conveyance

30 on While she talked. ather neople of fairly heavy material was amply demon of the robbers, was tackled by a Portuguese got into the tram and waited, and her strated during the recent railway strike in school-boy named Antonio Botelho. Secing sad story was cut short by the car quietly England, and he himself had witnessed, a a Chinese running towards him, he pluckily sliding away without a word of warning: great deal of what was done. That had attempted to arrest him. The Chinese pull-The eat reached the lower station in time ed out a revolver, and fired at him, and for the appointment, but the lady did not. brought it not only within the realm of

the shot went into the ground at the practical politics but also of imminent Portugueso boy's feet. An Indian con

Socially the tram-strike was rather realisation, and it seemed to him that it stable, threatening the, Chinese, with a beneficial on the whole, for, for a brief hour or so, it removed artificial barriers was quite within reasonable probability revolver, arrested him,

Antonio Botelho said he lived in

On March and did away with the carefully built up Granville Road, Kowloon. 23rd, he was walking near the Palaco formality of life as we live it in the Hotel when he heard Police whistles. He best circles. aaw a chinese running towards him. The

granting that they were prepared to pay what extra cost: might be demanded for the rapid conveyance of mail, between

here and Shanghai particularly to make Chinese pointed at the opposite side of

WITHDRAWN.

Messrs. Loxley & Co., in connection with certain cotton goods, has been withdrawn, the firm giving un undertaking to make a suitable apology in the Chinese news- Papers, to destroy all the Jabels in their session and not to use them in the future. The firm has also paid the costs

of the action.

Numbers of women have expressed their satisfaction in Dr. Aubrey's action in taking up the question of cruelty to children by using them as poor little

beasts of burden. Of course, one comes up against the ofà cry of interfering with

form,

every

the commercial proposition a paying one. the road, and witness looked at the point Women 'phoned to each other the means of sustenance of a family and The possibility of communication between to which the Chinese pointed People arranged impromptu luncheons to help herd and Shanghai by passenger flight in called out to him to catch the Chinese cach other eat up each other's bushand with the customs of the race. Every re twelve or fourteen bours made it also aand he tried to do so. The Chinese twice meals, or they got up bridge fours of

new invention for labour question which was seriously engaging at- made a motion of firing at him, and then tention. Because of all this, it was fired at him, with a revolver. The bullet an hour's notice, instead of the usual saying has had to face the same argument, and Railways were invented to take the bread desirable that there should be formed did not strike him. He could not identify three weeks, and altogether a common out of the mouths of the old post carriers; an Association or Club consisting of the man who fired at him

Orrow drew them together in a realization machinery took bread out of the mouth of men in this Colony who were inspector Gordon said there was no that there are times when it pays to be someone else and so on. The working pilots, pr fight commanders, and who had doubt whatever as to the identification of had practical experience of flying on the the prisoners.

and helped by the application of science classes' who were eventually to be saved

were often the greatest opposers of the schemes for their assistance. But that did

the white man continues to be the not keep back the tide of progress. While of science and civilization, be dare not, pioneer

friendly and informal. Personally I have

had an exciting time, as my Boy should certainly have been a publicist and not

strike news as supplied by him were more thrilling than accurate. One one occa sion be announced, "No more newspaper

if he is straight and true, hatten on the

We

content to see cruelty and hardship endured by little children. He may not succeed at once in his efforts; he may be accused of stirring up troubled waters, against his race; but he mast just carry and letting forth fresh powers to turn

I am told that women are exercising sing wrong as it comes to his notice

and do his best to cope with each glar laudable self-restraint now that the tram have many terrible conditions existing in our midst and under our British rule, hours are curtailed, and-every one is most people are content to follow the line doing her best to leave the trams at the of least resistance and worship expedi service of the men, to as great an extent there who keeps the sense of progress and ency. It is only a reformer bere and

as possible. Since writing the above, the justice alive and usually he is hold up to strike has been settled and soon everything Public ridionle.

different fronts and were now stationed The first prisoners said that it was a here or resident here, and who, by their false charge against him. That night he association with a Club, would be known stayed at home, in Shanghai Bireet, till and would be able to assist the Govern about 8 p.m. when he went out to drink mere servant. The latest editions of ment by giving practical advice on Bying some, too. When be returned after, the and who, by reason of the association; Police came to his house and arrested him would also be able to organise such pre- The revolver was not his; he did not know parations as would be necessary from time whose it was, to time in connection with flights round The second prisoner said he was arrested to-morrow, all man on strike, and little the world. For that reason the Chamber and, assaulted into making a confession. time to-day, no more telephone. The cheap labour of a country and sit down had called the meeting in the hope that He was then bouten and made to go to the last item of news handed on ad lib, to some practical result might follow. It was house in Shanghai Street where the others perfectly evident to anyone who had fol- were arrested

my frienda, caused a wild rush on the lowed the labours of the Chamber and the The third prisoner said he arrived from telephone exchange Chemists, drapers work done by it that it would be impossible Taipo only on the day of the robbery. He for the Chamber to father, this scheme. went to look for a friend in Shanghai and provisions stores were worked over The Chamber was merely a practical means Street and found his friend was dead. He time taking in orders for a week's supply for bringing the ten together with the was making further enquiries when the idea of forming the Club, and if it could Police arrived, and he was arrested. render practical assistance it would be The jury brought in a verdict of guilty glad to do so. He suggested, therefore, on the first count (assault with intent to that thond presat should select a com rob) against all three prisoners. Each of mittee which would organise a Club as the prisoners was sentenced to 10 years Buggested, and from that proceed to prac hard labour. tivad results. He suggested that they namely from amongst their number, or even from amongst these not present, but whom they knew of, number of names to form the A decrepit old Chinese was indicted for will be in the old working order... practical committee, and that committee attempted poisoning. should elect its own chairman and so pro ceed to the formation of the Club The The facts were that he was on had tërme following names were their suggested add with his daughter-in-law, and, on March were approved. Capt. T. Arihar (Cons 2186, it was alleged, he put some ore of vener) Measre. Lamplugh, Turner, G. arsenic into a bowl of water in her house, K. Chatham Farrell, A. A. Burnie, and in the hope that she would drink in RM. Smith. The pristner strongly denied the charge. The CHAIRMAN next ruggested that those. He said the case was trumped up, and his mentioned be the Committee with power to daughter-in-law had said she had seen him add to their number as they found men who put the ore of arsenic into the water be would be useful, and the Committee to cause she was angry with him elect its own Chairman and Secretary. He His Lordship, anmming up, said the anid that he had in his possession a copy jury had to believe ather the woman or of the rules of the New York Aero Club the prisoner One or the other wa which he would be pleased to hand over ing the trul

for their assistance

and

The meeting thon terminated.

The

guilty

A POISONING CASE.

PTIKÓNŐT, WM

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There was quite a large gathering at Gymkhana on Saturday an added into est was given by the first appearance in public in Hongkong of Lady Stubbser

On Friday nigh

Friday night the residents of the Helena May Institute entertained their friends at a durice, which was on all sider voted most cheery and successful, Anum bar of Peak residents, were prevented from attending by the tram strike, for one has

course in a country where one lives | side by side" with an ancient and time- som civilisation one has to make haste lawly and we all appreciate the difficul- tica of the authorities At the same time,

we all know that in the long run, the world would be a sorry place if it were not for those people who have sufficient imagination to realize the hardships that are being endured by their fellow crea tures and suficient pluck to take up a cudgel here and there. Every well-to-do to be pretty energetic to face a long chair God, nightly to save him or her from and comfortable person ought to pray to ride up a mountain path at midnight, smug contentment and the belief that, as also, there was the fear that chair coolies long as they personally suffer no incon wight also strike or demand exorbitant. Lares and one might have to walk yenience, the world is a good enough place

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