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WHOLESALE BORROWINGS.

.COMPLAINANT SEEKS REDRESS IN WRONG COURT.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25th, 1927.

LADIES' YACHTING.

YESTERDAY:S CHAMPION-

SHIP EVENTAT

Yesterday afternoon the Ladies'

CHARGE AGAINST HUSBAND Section of the Royal Hong Kong

AND WIFE.

A Chinese woman in the witness- box said that the had known the man for many years. He was a rent collector. On December 10th, de- fendant and his wife borrowed $100 and two jade rings saying they would like to copy the design of the latter. Next day, defendant obtain ed a further $30 from her promis

Yacht Club sailed their seventh

THE PROFESSIONAL PATIENT.

WILLING "VICTIM.

EX-PORTER'S ODD OCCUPA. ·

TION.

Championship race. This should Motor-cars "have been knocking

The course for yesterday's enco

miles.

was Channel Rocks (p), Cust Rock Buoy () Kowloon Rock (). The seven distance between six and

The results were as follows:-

Handicap Glass. -

Finishing Corrected

Time,

Time 4,.70.35 4.00.99 4.14.31 4.00.01

Ailss

Gael

Diana Colleen Falcon t 4.15.40 4.00.04 La Linda.***. 14.12.13

4.07.54 Start 3.50 p.m. Daphne

4.29.20 4.28.20 4.30.30

4.30.30 4.30.5-4 4.31:57 Thecla ......... 4.37.31 4.90.16 Why Wonder 1 4.32.44. 4.90.50 Blue Nose.. 4.27.pg 4.24.23

4.98.49 Beo juin

4,23,04 Zephyr

4.31.41 4.27.30

GOLF.

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In 192 he was picked up at Rich- mond in July, at Ramsgate in August, and at Brighton in Septem- ber.

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THE SOLDIER'S "*TILE.”

FRENCH DISCARD "TIN HATS”

IN PEACE

BRITISH RETURN TO THE -

PICTURESQUE.

In the

PHILISTINES OF WHITE- HALL

SCATHING REBUKE · BY THE KING'S ENGRAVER.

A. Johnson,

C.B.E., is also styled the "En- graver of His Majesty's Seals.”.

partment invited the observations He describes how a public de-

of the Mint with regard to a design for a new seal,

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The Advisory Committee recom mended that proper drawing should be prepared by an artist and that the sea should be en- graved at the Royal Mint.

THE CHEAP SEAL,

Scathing comments on the produc-: It is interesting to note that the ton of cheap "art" in the form of A Chinese married couple were have been the last Championship ('down Duncan Barbour of Bagshot tin hat" worn by French soldiers medals and seals are made by the event, but there still remains the week after week since 1924. But since its invention during the war Deputy-Master and Comptroller of charged before Mr. W. Schofield at Championship race, postponed resterday afternoon at the Central from November 15th, on account of always, he makes a miraculous re has been replaced by a felt but for the Royal Mint in his annual re-

ceremonial purposes, saya a writer port, Colanet R. Magistracy, with obtaining money bad weather, to be decided. This covery.

Usually he is found-lying by the in the Naval and Military Record. and articles of jewellery from vari-event will be sailed next Monday. ous persons by false pretences.

road side more or less unconscious The new hat is exactly the santo Outlining the case, Sergt. Pearce

with slight wounds, but a comfort-shape as the "tin" one, and bears able hospital ward for a night or the badge of a grenade in front. It said that the defendants, borrowed

two works wonders. money and jewellery, to the value

was worn for the first time in Paris at the Armistice Day review. It of 8924 from four, persons between

is, of course, tighter and more com December 10th and 13th, and then decamped to Singapore. On the

fortable than the historic war hat, but presumably the tin hats will complaint of one of the victims, a

be held in stock for use in any Detective's Bedside Watch.

future war: warrant was issued, and the defen

In a Brighton Hospital a detes

Ino question of A suitable bead- dants arrested and brought back

for soldiers 5 оде tive ant by his bedside ready to Ber

that to the Colony.

Ban agitated War Ofees all over take his dying depositions, but the the world since Armies were first that there was no sufficient justi But the Department considered police heard from Bedford that the established. A volume on the Evation for the small additional case exactly resembled that of aices could be compiled man who had obtained admission to was, for example, our troops went to obtain the seal from a firm of carly stages of the South African expenditure involved, and preferred a hospital there by pretending that to the front burdened with the old he had been struck on the head blus infantry helmets (sans the commercial stationers. Other towna rang up later and told Prussian type of spikes, when

Queen Victoria so much disliked),}"", and then had to have them covered with khaki covers and neck flaps Later, the Imperial Yeomanry in this was adopted by even the in-. fantry towards the end of the war.

The Brodrick Or Pancake Cap. After the war, the peacetime hat became a subject of immense con- cern to successive Was Secretaries, and the "Brodrick (or pancake) cap, mercifully did not live long. It was killed partly by ridicule, partly by the discovery that it was almost impossible to keep it in decent shape and condition, and partly by the advertisement of the fact that it was identical with the headgear worn by the Westminster dustmen. There were experiments with the Glengarry and with varie- ties of the old field-service" cap before the present nest peaked- pattern, cap was hit on for peace. time purposes. The war-and par- ticularly the use on a huge scale of shrapnel-called the tin hat" into being, and, on the whole, it has been well-liked by the soldier.

the same story,"

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Eastbourne related that they had had the patient twice, but the second time they found a method to consciousness that succeeded well

Oficial Philistinism.”

the report, falt compelled to lodge "The Advisory Committee," saya their formal protest in writing at the philistinism which underlay this

ing to repay it in a few dayı. Un PROGRESS OF COMPETITIONS. of bringing the dazed man back! mortalized the "slouch hat," and decision,

December 13th, defendant and his" wife again went to witness and told her, that as they had to go to a wedding reception, they would like to borrow some jewellery "to show off." Witress lent them a platinum ring set with diamonds and a pair of gold bangles set with pearls, which they promised to return en the same day.

Must Wait 24 Hours.

Shewan

had already recognised. This Five minutes after, the doctor had evidently a case for an operation. gone the unconscious man made a complete recovery and on his re- ture he was sitting up in bed quite well

In the Captain's Cup Competi-

"A Case For An Operation". tion of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, the semi-inalists are J. S.

The doctor exclaimed in the hear McLaren, Dr. Valentine, D. G.ing of the man in bed, whom he Bruce and I. W. Shewan. McLaren meets Valentine and Bruce plays The finaliste in the Gover. nor's Shield Competition are the R.A.M.C. (Col. Boylan Smith and Major Lynch) and Johnson, Stakes and Master (D. J. Lewis and L. R. Andrewes). In the semi-finals, the sheRAM.C. pair beat Butterfield and Swire (H. P. Ireland and W. Iron- side) and Johnsor, Stokes and Master pair beat the B.A.T. (F. A. Perry and S. M. Maves). The Snal will be played next Sunday.

Continuing, witness said that waited till 5 o'clock and then went in search of the defendants: She could not find them and reported the matter to the Police, "but a Chinese interpreter told her that she could not lodge a complaint unless 24 hours bad elapsed. Wit ness reported the matter again the next day, and when she went to defengiants' house in company with two police officers, she found defen dants had left and later learned that they had gone to Singapore. Witness herself went to Singapore to identify the defendants

Mr. Buss (for defendants): You failed to recover your money and jewellery, so you took criminal pro ceedings?

Witness: They must have had criminal intents. otherwise they wouldn't have fled.

A Max With A Flat Tace, Mr. Russ: Who told you that you must wait 1. hours before yor could lodge a complaint?—A mai with a flat face at the Police Station.

Mr. Russ: Do you seriously ask the learned magistrate to believe such a tale-The man 4 the Station did tell me so.

..

An Unhappy World To Live In. Mr. Russ contended that the Police had been made collectors of a civil debt. It was not a criminal offence to promise something in the future, otherwise all optimists would be in gnol

His Worship questioned Sergt. Pearce if the other charges were the same, and on being informed that they were, his Worship discharged the two defendants, and told the complainants that they could seek remedy in the Civil Court.

DEFENDED HIS MATSHED

WITH CHOPPER."

Early yesterday morning, two armed robbers entered a matshed

When I saw the name in The Evening News it seemed familiar, writes Dr. Donald M. O'Connor, the house surgeon of West Kent Hospital Maidstone, and I looked up some case records and found the fellowing":-

Duncan Barbour. Aged 42. Ad In the Dennison Cup Competi-mitted 19-426. Discharged 144-26. tion, F. f. de Rome and A. X. Suffering from concussion and scalp Henderson meet in the final.

Shanghai, Junior Championships.. The faals of the Junior Golf Club Championships were played off at Hongker Park, Shanghai. Although the weather conditions were very bad some excellent golf was

The results were

wound.

The patient completely recover- ed from concussion, and treatment was directed to a wound on his leg which was in an unhealthy state, but he was to unpleasant to the nurses he was discharged."

Dr.

O'Connor states that, at

Club Championship, Hopkins beat Maidstone, Barbour had documents Richards, in the "B class, R. to show that he had been in the Wills beat W. Harvey. This is the R.A.M.C., bence his really goed second year in succession that C. representation of a concussion H. Hopkins has won the champion-patient. ship, while he was runner-up for two seasons before.

Ladies' Golf.

In a ladies' Scotland v. England golf natch which was played at the week, the Scottish side gained a Hungjao course, Shanghai, last

handsome victory by 7 to 2.

INTERPORT FOOTBALL,

SHANGHAI'S TEAM SELECTED.

THE NAMES OF THE PLAYERS.

The following players. states the North-China Daily News, have definitely been selected to represent Shanghai at Association football in the Interport match which is to be played at Hong Kong on China New Year's Day, Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 1997-

Tetstail (Police).

Barbour was employed years 280 as a porter in Hackney Union In- firmary and while there had oppor- tunities of observing many accident

coses.

£10 10 A WEEK NOT

ENOUGH.

ENGLISH ACTOR ON ELLIS ISLAND.

..

To allow work produced in the cheapest market, and therefore necessarily with inferior craftsman- ship, to appear on official doca- ments must, in their opinion, tend greatly to the deterioration of art. and could only strengthen the im pression, all too prevalent in the British Empire at the present time, that good artists and skilled ba craftsmen are merely unnecessary luxuries.

"The tawdry products so fre- quently issued to children, often with the worthiest primary object but with an entire lack of appre- ciation for their dawning sease for beauty of form, must be re- sponsible in no small degree for the indifference towards art which is characteristic of the greater part of the public of to-day.

How can say memorable accom sion be immortalised by an object which, within a short time, ia flung into the gutter with tempt 1

con

"I am reminded," continues the Comptroller, of an instance when the mayor of an important/provin- the centenary of a great rational cial city, desiring to commemorate event, wished to present the child- ren of the neighbourhood with a suitable medallion.

What will happen, however, when all regiments get back to their full old-time ceremonial dress cannot be oven hinted at. The cavalry "pill- box has made a re-appearance; burnished metal helmets, and the the Household Cavalry have their Foot Guards their bearskins; but it is hoped on all sides that the last has been seen of the not too picturesque, and certainly burden- some and cumbersome, infantry. blac, spiked, and brass-bound. helter, and I undertook to supply a

"He approached me in the mat

bronze medal, for little more than ad, each, but this proved too expen

met,

The Shake?

Is, has been suggested that the "shako." (the old-time head-gear, and of late years associated chiefly with the Highland Infantry) shall take the place of the helmet. It may be recalled that in the Lord Mayor's Show this year the London Rife Brigade's band were the tradi- tional chaco (or, shako) with cock's plumes." This was the fuil A classical, if tragi-comic, illus dress headgear of this famous regi- tration of the fantastic cost of ment down to "1914, although the living in New York has been fur-shake in general disappeared niched to the world by the recep- from the British Army in 1950. In tion accorded by New York to Mr. the old days it was highly popular Arthur Wilson, an English actor. with London Volunteer regiments, Mr. Wilson arrived here in the and they generally wore it with Cunard liner. Franconüz He is rather extravagantly picturesque under contract with Mr. Charles prames. It is a style of headgear Dillingham, the theatrical pro- | which admits of sufficient variation ducer, to play a part in "Sunny," and adornment, to give. point to a current musical comedy, at a regimental differences and distinc

tiona.

J. B. Brown (Artillery), (Vice salary of £10 108. a week.

captain).

Law (Loh Hwa),,

Hurry (Police).

Cash (Police), (Captain). Price (B.F.C).

Baxter (S.F.C.).

Collaco (P.S.A.). -

Marcal (P.S.A.). Lae (W. T.). (Loh Hwa). Chen (Loh Hwa Reserves:

Crawford (Engineers)." Brown, C. N. (Artillery). Sinclair (S.F.C.). Manager A. H. Leslió, The team will leave Shanghai on the President Harrison on January. 8tb, arriving at Hong Kong on the morning of January 31st, and will probably return on the Haruna Maru, leaving Hong Kong on Shanghai on February 10th

He was met at the dock by his mother and sister, who have been beza since July, 1023 Immig ration inspectors overheard these two women discussing their forth-

CAPITALISTS BUT NOT BLOATED I

HOLDINGS OF £300.

coming departure for Australia. 500,000. SHAREHOLDERS WITH and the fact that, in consequence, Arthur, during his stay in New York, would be compelled to shift for himself".

The idea of anyone baving to shift for himself in New York on £10 108. a week aroused the patriotic apprehensions of the immigration inspectors. They promptly ordered Mr. Wilson to go to Eilis Isiand, where he is now detained on the ground that he might become a public charge."

Interesting figures were published in a recent number of the Economist showing the results of an inquiry into the number of shareholders and the value of their holdings in a series of British joint stock com-

a fir

the first group

torted, of large companies, the total paid-up capital was found to be £118,557,000, and the total number of shareholders')

occupied by a stall-holder and his February 7th and arriving at his plight under the matter-of-fact figures of five of the leading com.]

wife, near the Wongaricheong Road:

One of the robbers stabbed the stall-holder who then seized" chopper and began hacking at the intruders, wounding one of thera the leg

Enterprise", The Unions.

In a friendly football match at Shanghai Jast Wednesday, HLM.S. Enterprise won from the Uniona by 2 goals to 1 goal.

New York newspapers, recorded £310 apiece. The folowing are the 385,300, with an average holding of

headline, "Might become a public paries-analysed: charge despite his 50 dollars-n-week His case excites no contract." comment.

The match was very oven and H.M.S. "DURBAN" BRINGS

TWO GOOD LEATHER- PUSHERS.

there were about 1,000 spectators witnessed the tussle. In the first half the Navy scored one solitary

sive.

Advised-A Bun.

"In spite of my suggestion that in all the circumstances it would be better to expend the money on the traditional bun, the effects of which, at the worst, could only be transi tory, he insisted on his project and had his modal struck elsewhere.

"The medal itself, which was of tin, was very roughly ereputed and nished, while the die cutter had actually failed to spell the name of the city correctly, though this last menstrosity was, I am ghid to say, amended."

HOW SURGERY HAS ADVANCED.

SUCCESSFUL CANCER TEATMENT.

The marvels of surgery, with special reference to war surgery, were explained by Dr. N. I Spriggs, M.D., F.R.C.6., in the course of a lecture on

"Surgery given recently in London.

Dr.

C. J. Bond, Q.M.G.. F.R.C.S., who presided, remarked that the progress in surgery" had conferred on them an enormous im petus in their research of diseases. Surgery, now canbled doctors to look inside the body and see how ofgang functioned during life. We were living in wonderful tires with regard to knowledge about human bodies

The story of cancer was a very coming light. The latest reports of sad one, but there were gleams of the Cancer Committee show that if a fail and complete operation is Arer. performed while the disease is local," there were chances of very greatly Paid-up Share age Capital holders. Hold-prolonging life and of removing Imp, Tobac

ing.

the disease. Of the women who had £49,509,633 106,900 2401 been so treated in the City of Leeds, Courtaulds 20,000,000 47,900 417 90 per cent were alive and well Anglo-Per-

after 10 years It was a great pity that the citizens of the country. should give up hope. There were being obtained with regard to the chances of further knowledge yet

disease.

sian Oil 19,450,000 57,500 339 Brunner-

.Mond 18,749,303 37,200 The two robbers then beat a hasty goal and after crossing over both

Vickers ... 12,465,908 70,400 182 retreat, but it was subsequently rides netted once, bringing the tally Boxing enthusiasts will be pleased

In the second group-tested, of discovered that property to the to 2-1 in favour of the Enterprise to learn that Jimmy Britt, ex-

1870 A Turning Point. smaller companies, the total capital value of $20 had been stolen."

Hong Kong Practice. Leather weight champion of Hong was £31,327,000, and the number of Dr. Spriggs pointed out that Hong Kong'i team will play an Kong, is returning to the Colony shareholders 118,400, with an aver prior to 1870 little was known of

* other practice game on the Hong in H.M.B. Durban, It will be re- Old scholars of the Boysl.Com Kong F.C. ground to-morrow, kick membered that he knocked out age holding of 2270 per head. The surgery; 1870, when the antiseptiz Teddy Neal, of Kowloon Dock, in allest number of shareholders treatment of wounds was intro- mercial Travellert'. Schools at Pin-off at 4.30 p. 1 be in the Arst round of a championsbin i was shown by Baas, Katolik," and "duced, was looked upon as the be ner, Middlesex, are erecting a "The following team

contest some five years ago. He is. Gretton, Ltd., with a total of only ginning of the modern era of sur- memorial tablet to the late Mr. A.position to the Interporters: B. L Elliott, an old scholar, who Rodger: Ng Kam Chuen, and anxious to meet any featherweight 3,000 who owned an average of £350 gery, Compound fractures up to

that time had necessitated amputa per head. was shot by an Arab in Mesopo Sherry; Ko Bik Wa, McKelvie, and Hong Kong.

The two groups tested give a com- tions of the affected limbs and tamia while accompanying Eir A. McBride Hayes. Pulford FungAnother fighter on the same ship bined capital of £181,584,000 and bemorrhage was stopped by the ap Cobham sa air mechanic nu hie King Cheong, Bilva and Chania Percy Lake. He is a lightweight 503,900 shareholders, the average plication of red-hot iron to the Australian flight..

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·holding being 2300.

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