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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2nd, 1928.

CHINESE CONSTABLE AS NEW TERRITORIES MOTORING NOTES

"SHEIK."

CARRIES OFF HIS BELOVED.

ADAMANTINE PARENTS AND MAGISTERIAL SYMPATHY.

That the course of true love. seldom runs smooth was found to

be only too true by a Chinese con stable named Li Chik. He was, however, fortunate in having his troubles thrashed out before a sym- pathetic magistrate, who told him to take his young woman to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs and have matters arranged there.

Li Chik, WAS not unromatic

enough to do a little wooing while on his beat. He was on duty on March 31st when Yau Yee Nou, demare maiden of eighteen summers. came by. The overtures common to' such occasions evidently took place and Yau Yee You listened to his proposal quite attentively, and found her ardent lover not unattrac tive.

of marrying against their parents'

wishes.

AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

PRIZES PRESENTED BY H.E.

THE GOVERNOR,

VILLAGE ELDERS AT GOVERN,

MENT HOUSE.

H.E. The Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.. presented at Government House yesterday two tablets offered as prizes at the Now Territories Agricultural Show held

on December 7th last at Sir Robert

Ho Tung's Experimental Farm. Sheung Shul.

The tablet offered by H.E. The

Governor for inter-village competi- tion was won by Kam Taain vil Inge, and was received on behalf of the inhabitants by one of the elders, Mr: Pang Lok Sam.

The other tablet, offered by the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes for in- dividual competition, was secured by Lady Ho Tang.

PROFIT-SHARING.

SINGER & CO. SUCCESS.

HARD WORK THAT JUSTIFIES

ITS REWARD.

light car at the value for money that To produce the popular British it offers today, it is obvious that everyone concerned must pull his

(CONTD.)

DEMAND FOR ROAD SPEED.

-IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.

BRITISH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS..

THE 70 M.P.H. CAR.

Despite the crowded conditions of modern highways, the matoring 'public is insistently demanding cars capable of speeds up to 70 mp.h.

citua MOTOR INDUSTRY FIGURES. At the first glance, such a

tion appears to be absurd, but a moment'e reflection readily explains the

of apparent contradiction issues

1020 A TURNING POINT.

It was during 1026, that mota: exports from Great Britain for the first time exceeded motor imports in number and value. During that weight. There is no room for pai- sengers in this department of in-year nett imports, the number of 'which is arrived at by deducting dustry.

gross imports, British motor manufacture has re-exports

The almost

32,388.

pounds...

Irom

were very

The type of machine in demand is of the speedy six-cylinder type, capable of infinite variations o pace on its top gear, wonderfully quick on the getaway and involving s minimum of fatigue to the driver en account of its en long runs smooth handling. With a possible 70 m.p.h. under its bonnet for straight stretches, auch a car will speed over long distances, despite crowded roads, and will ensure a safety impossible to a clumsier and slower vehicle.

delivery the police would undoubt- edly have to be called in to handle the resultant public gathering of enthusiastic buyers.

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With arterial roads of a kind tö give the best of chances to euch cars rapidly increasing in number.

the average" citizen will soon able to go about his affairs with a celerity, comfort and safety which would have seemed fantastic to his

immediate forebears.

provided many instances of hard amounted to 21., this figure reoffer a really wonderful average work bringing its just reward, but presenting the total of private cars. And bare tow more striking than that of commercial vehicles Messre. "Singer & Co.

chassis. The revised figurs for ex- As is well

Perhaps the most outstanding, known, the financial strength of Ports during 1928 showed a total of the Singer Co. is enviable.

The exports of complete and therefore the most sought-for ears exceeded the imports by about example of this type is the new. shares have reached

18/80 b.p. Star, a British car with record height. At the end of last chassis exceeded the imports by up-plua hardiness. To-day the demand two thousand, and the exports of a magnificent reputation for finish year, after paying for the purchase wards of 6,000. As regards commer for this particular model e such The tablets are of teak, painted and equipment of immense neweial vehicles, the figures

that if it were advertised in the a Lott red colour and inscribed with works on the outskirts of Birmingualler, but exports were

Landon Press that a hundred 19/30 Stars were available for immediate gold letters, setting out the name ham, and other extensions, and nearly doubla importa in number They at once threw convention to of the donor and the name of the locating 104,000 to the shart-

and more than five times as great the four winds and weat away winner,, with space left for painting hauers, the reserves still amounted

in value, In other words, under to live together. They were per- in the names of other winners at to £878,700, ie, still more than the this heading imports must have con- fectly happy until April 23rd, when cubsequent Shows. The tablet pre-whole of the share capital.

That this Singer success has not siated mainly of quite light vehicles Nou's parents discovered her where-sented by His Excellency will be abouts. Now the girl's parents had kept at the district officer's, house been achieved at the expense of the of small value, while exports must

at Taipo and winning names will be

of substantial not the slightest sympathy with added each year, but Mr. Owen employees is revenied by the figures have consisted mainly of quite sub-it may conservatively be said that

of wages pain, which are pernays-stantial vehicles

last value. During that year, the value "Jove's young dream" for they in Hughes' tablet becomes the pro- the most striking feature of

perty of anyone winning it three year's trading. The total wages of total exports exceeded the value their youth had not dared for a times in succession.

This very pleasing ceremony took was close on half a miluun. of importa by well over lour million single moment to entertain the des

the drawing room at, however, they had paid merey place, in

We may now consider the cor- Government House, among those Trade Union rates this would have present in addition to His Excel been 272,000 less, ie., the company responding figures for 1927. In in other respects less, antisfactory, The unsympathetic parents ruth-iency and his A.D.C., Capt. A. J. would have been so much beter of some respects, these are more, and themselves. As it was, they paid Total exports increased as compar L. Whyte, being Lady llo Tung, the difference roughly 20 per cented with the previous year, both lessly took the girl home and the Hon. Mr. J. Owen, Hughes, Mr.

more than they need have done numerically and in value, and ex- District Officer brought a charge of unlawful har-J A. Fraser,

ports also increased under all the bouring against Li.

North), Mr. J, Bullock of the Dairy the workers Farm, The Rev. H. Well, with the employees.

to profit-sharing three headings of cara, commercial it means that vehicles, and chassis. Total exports O.B.E., and several elders repre-

to say. senting various villages in the Newstance, wall a man holding amounted to 35,696, that

100 Singer shares (value over 2300 an increase of over three thousand. Territories."

The next Show has been Exed for to-day) receiveu Y, the average Their value thowed an increase of a million January 5th, 1929, and Sir Cecil worker received 24, or heary 18. not much less than

which means that the whed the organisers every auc- per week, agave the usual or frade pounds,

Union rale, Furthermore, the | average value of each export was Ceas with the enterprise.

workers receive this monty, weekly, larger than in the previous year. advance of the shareholders; the Meanwhile, imports also increased; latter have to wait to see if there total nett imports for the year num is a profit beiore they receive any-bered 31,375 to total value of

about £4,000,000. Thus the thing.

margin This is the result of a system of exports over imports as regards which does much to breed confi- numbers was only about 4,300 in- Em-stead of being upwards of 10,000. dence in the management.

The margin in respect of value was Ployees in the Singer shops are on

piece-work, as opposed to me; about three and a half million that is they are paid so much for pounds as compared with over four ench article they turn ont instead million pounds. Under one head- of so much for each hour they are ing, namely, complete private cars, in the Worka,

imports exceeded exports in number The usual objection to this sys-but not in value: Under the other tem, from the workers' point of headings, exports exceeded imports view, is that as soon as a man be- all waya The figures show a remarkable ascendency on the com comes proficient at his various mercial side of the British Indus operations, and begins to speed up

try; in this group the imports only and make money, there is a tempta amounted to about one hundred tion for the employer to lower the vehicles, valued in all at less rate per article as soon as what he than £19,000. Meanwhile, exporta wage has been reached,

The crestfallen Li was brought belore Mr. W. Schoâeld yesterday At the Kowloon Magistracy, with Mr. Leo d'Almada to plead his cause,

Mr. Williams, Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and Mr. Calthrop, Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police, were also present."

..

The story of the constable'a philandering was told to the Court By Mr. Williams. He said that the girl was betrothed to someone in her native village and that her parents had received 880 from the prospective husband:

Yau Yee Nou met the constable as stated and at once took a fancy to him. Her love was reciprocated and they were both willing to get married. Further Li found that 880 was not too much to pay for his

The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes produced a letter which ho had written in 1921 advocating a New Territories Agricultural Show. He was very glad to see that his eug. gestion had materialised with every

success.

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A meeting of the committee is to take place in Mr. J. A. Fraser house at Taipo at 9pm. next Saturday after which Mr. Fraser is entertaining the committed to tea

ST. PETER'S CHURCH

Y.M. CLUB.

CURRENT NOTES,

Members are reminded to eend Mr. T." C. Jex (at Messrs. Gilman

Th

Cunts

fiancee and offered that sum to her in all outstanding subscriptions to thinks is a reasonable total weekly amounted to 1,757 vehicles, with a

parents so that they could refund it to the men in the village."

Mr. Schofield agreed with Mr. Williams that it would be..best for all concerned to allow the young lovers to get married, but they found that it would be necessary to consult the girl's parents on the subject. The two old folk were

Co. or at the Club House) 29 Foon as possible, and not to Mr.

total value of well over a million

pounds, the average value of ex- ports being much higher than in the previous year.

The total value of exporta is sub- stantially greater than it has ever

Now the Singer people get over this difficulty by going into the piece-work rated at Round Table G. S. Zimmern as hithertofore.

Conference with the workmen them- Mr. A. E. Perry has been elected selves every July, that being the to the Joint Secretarship in suc ceesion to Mr G. S. Zimmern. Mr. beginning of the slack seseon, when been in any past year, but exports at the plans are being made for the next during the last half of the year did Assurance Franco Asiatique and the season's output. The rates for each not compare favourably with ex- Club, where he will be found most job are then fixed and a guarantee parts during the first half. Over is given that they will not be 21,000 vehicles went out during the evening of the week.

Mainly through the good offices altered for 12 months. of the Club Patron, Hon. Dr. R.

Perry'e office address is

called in and when the Magistrate's, Kotewall, C.M.G., the Govern suggestion was put to them, they meat have allotted this Club a site zbsolutely refused to allow their for the erection of a bathing ahed THE EVOLUTION OF THE from this fact since it may quite

at Repulse Bay. The shed will be daughter to become "the wife of ready about the middle of the "the constable.

month. The opening ceremony has been fixed for Empire Day at 3.30

Picnica.

Mr. Schofield showed his sym- pathy by dismissing the charge and instructed the young couple to go before the, 8.CA. and get mattera Bettled there.

COUNTERFEIT COINS.

A Chinese charged with being in possession of spurious coin and with tendering some of them at the General Post Office appeared before Major C. Willson at the Central Magistracy yesterday. Detective Sergt. Humphreys stated that the defendant was employed as a foki in a native bank in Wing Lok Street..

p.m.

first six months, the figure for the last six months of the year being somewhat under 15,000. One can- not, however, deduce very much

possibly be found that exports for the first months of 1929 will be par- | ticularly largë, bringing the recent TREND TOWARDS SIX average up to a quite satisfactory

CYLINDERS AND SPEED.igure.

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LORRY.

For twenty years the typical lorry

The launch picnics which proved o large commercial chassis has

ed

so successful last year will be con been distinguished by a clumsy Both are capable of earning very tinued this summer. The first pic-strength. The very word "lorry" high profits in haulage in a short nic will be held on Whit Monday, conveys to the mind a heavy rumble period of time, and both have a May 28th, and will be an all-day and a clash and clatter that is en-first-class reputation for lasting event. The launch will leave the tirely divorced from the smooth wear. The cost of these vehicles is Binke Pier at 11 am. sharp, and speed of the tourist car. But times, actually lower than that of heavier the destination will be Clear Water and traffic conditions, are chang- and clumsier machines. The final Bay.

ing Up to three tons carrying result is only too obvious. It is hoped to hold the first moon- capacity, the lorry or van of to-day Again, there is the road passenger FOKI STEALS THEM FROM A light picnic on June 2nd (Saturday) is taking upon itself a six-cylinder question, that of the omnibus and

BANK.

if weather conditions are favour engine, a chassis that is distinguish chazabane. Let us take a concrete ablo.

rather by qualif material instance. Last year a "Star Flyer" The week-end pienies this year than by weight, and megatic charabane appeared upon the roads will begin on June 9th (Saturday), tyres. The heavy, road-destroying of a famous British watering-place day and offered pleasure runs at a Launch will leave from Blake Pier chicle of the past and present

is on its way to the scrap

higher price than

the average. at 4 p.m. sharp,

The volume of traffic upon our Within two days the many other Proposed Membership Sampaign.

streets and ronds is largely respon charabane proprietors were feeling At the extraordinary meeting held sible for the change towards speed the competition severely, and the isst month, it was suggested that a nad lightness. To the profitable, proprietor of the Star actually had drive for new members be made transport of the present day must to call in the police to handle the as early as possible. It is hoped to be quick transport, and a six-cylin- crowds which collected round his bring into the Club a larger circle der engine permits of a speed in a stand. Luxury riding and speed of young men who might wish to mass of vehicles that permits of had stampeded a public determined associate themselves with the Club's no controversy on the point. The to get the best for its money. activities and aims..", lack of the necessity of constant Certain proteste as to the speeds gear-changing, the presence of an of heavy vehicles have been made, exceedingly powerful acceleration, but have not in any way been sup May 7th-Ping pong tournament, and the maintenance of high ported by casualty figures. On the average road speed in the open have other hand, the lighter weight and May 14th-Ping pong tournament, made it possible to cut delivery time the pneumatic tyres of the newer in half under almost any circum models are effecting a saving f May 24th-Opening of the Clubstances.

road surfaces that is winning no bathing shed at Repulse Bay Haulage companies in London are small amount of praise from .at 3.30 p.m.

their faith largely upon motorists in general.

The speedy, light-running lorry May 28th-Whit Monday all-day the

picnic (launch leaves Blake vehicle the 30-ewt. Star. The has come to stay. It bears the Pier at 11a.m. and will re- "Flyer" is a six-cylinder chassis legend Maximum speed 12 m. p.h." turn at 4.30 p.m.),

which handles as easily as a luxury upon its panels, but it averages" June 7th-Saturday afternoon pic.saloon and

nies will commence from this m.p.k. The cases a speed of 50-55 read speed that in practice renders 30-owt. chassis is a the official notice as much out of date at 4 p.m. from Blake four-cylinder expable of 40-45 mph date as is the red flag that preceded Pier..!

(Continued on next Column),ali motor cars in the nineties.

He was given 50 cents to buy stamps for the firm, but tendered bad coins instead. He was detain- ed by the stamp seller.

When, searched other spurious coins to the value of 88 were found In his possession. The money had been taken from a basket in which the bank deposited bad coins.

The Magistrate imposed "a sen- tance of three weeks' hard labour on each of the two-chargen

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