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HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S

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SOCIETY.

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FAREWELL TIFFIN in bing given to ML.A. K. HENDERSON at the HONG KONG HOTEL WEDNESDAY, Bru AUGUST, 1928. Members who intend being presentare requested to advise the Undersigned Early as possible.

E. M. BRYDEN, c/o Lowe, BisguẨM & MAITREWN, Joint Hon. Secretary.

01549

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS,

LIMITED.

INTERIM DIVIDEND of Sirly Centa Per Share has been declared Payable on WEDNESDAY, 22 AUGUST NEXT, on and after which Data Dividend,Warrant's may be <btained upon Application ab the REGISTERED OFFICE of the Com- pany, CANAL ROAD EAST, BOWLINGTON, Hong Kong.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, 8TH AUGUST, to TUESDAY, 2lar AUGUST, 1928, Both Days inclusive,.

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By Order of the Beard,

L. C. F. BELLAMY,

General Manager, Hong Kong, 30th July, 1928. [65,60

NOTICE.

THE Undermentioned Certificates for T300 here in this Company stand ing in the Name of JOHN MÍONAR Deceased, late of 2, GLENCAIRN DRIVE, POLLOKBUIELDA, Gasgow, have been LOST, and if at the Expiration of

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OF THE

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PUBLIC AUCTION

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THURSDAY,

THE 2ND DAY or AUGUST, 1928, AT NOOK,

IN ONE LOT

BY

M25835. LAMBERT BROTHERS, Auctioneers, AT THEIR AUCTION ROOMS, No. 4. DUGDELL STREET, VICTORIA, IN THE COLONT OF Hong Kong,

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Menided Depth.....

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47"

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|lawyer "' without à prolonged study and without having all the law books at his elbow. The learned Judge added that the Attorney-General had stated that this obscurity in de liberate, because "only'in this form can legislation be got through.”

What happens is that when a Bill is before Parliament the draughts man is instructed to draw a section in a certain way, in order to save

CROWN LAND SALES.

S.L. “PING PO”” REPORTED MISSING.

BIDDING: FOR KOWLOON LOT.

NEW

BRISK

$14,000 FOR 7,440 SQUARE FEET.

When New Kowloon Inland Lot

No. 1143, situated at the junction

LEFT HERE A WEEK AGO.

OWNER'S ANXIETY.

The steam launch Ping Po which left Hong Kong with two rice

MORRISON

DANGERS.

BLASTING CHARGES LEA. TO DAMAGE.

VERANDAHS WRECKED.

junks in tow on July 24th for For the second time recently (an of Yu Chow Street and Shek Kip Taishan, is reported to be missing earlier incident was reported in the

814,000.

the

the Tin Lek Lane end by blasting operations on the hill.

Parliamentary time. Amendments Mei Street, Shamshuipo, was put The owner, Leung Wing Chi, made | Daily Preu) damage was done to are, of courie, made in the course up for auction at the Crown Lands a report to the Police saying that houses in Morrison El Road oa of debate, and if a whole section Office yesterday afternoon. there the launch was chartered to

were a large number of Chinese Kung On Co. at No. 2, Bonham ware to be re-drafted it might be the subject matter of further amend prospective purchasers present, all Strand West, on July 24th. Sho

During yesterday's moonday pro ments. Therefore, it comes to this-bidding briskly for the parcel of left here for the Taishan Custom

gramme two pieces of rock, ona jand.

House on the same day at 4 pm, weighing fully balf a hundred- that laws are passed in language |

Starting at the upset price of with two rice junks in tow, The which is not capable of any intellig- 89,300, the bidding steadily went journey to and from Taishan, in

weight, were sent flying across the ible meaning simply through the

road to the upper floors, of the up, by bids of $50 and $100, until the ordinary course of events, only exigencies of Parliamentary pro-

houses. A first floor int received it was knocked down to a group takes two days, and as the -Ping | cedure. This, of course is inequit three Chinese gentlemen for Po is about five days overdue, the

the worst damage, having its able in more than one respect. Not

verandah portion completely smash- owner expressed the fear that she only are people unable to under-

ed, while damage was also done in- The lot comprised an area of might have been pirated. stand the legislation which imposes 7,440 square feet and carries an

side the Bat. Another stone lodged The launch had a crew of 10 men in a topmost verandah smashing 4* taxation upon them, but the astute annual Crown rental of 852. One draughtsman prevents Parliament of the conditions of sale governing from exercising its right to control this lot

WAB that $16,000 shall both taxation and legislation.

be spent in rateable improvements At the present time a Committee within 24 months from date of pur. is sitting in London to consider chase. the codification of income-tax law.

The purchasers are Messrs. Kaim There have been some speculations Yat Pui, Ching Ping Che and in a humorous vein as to the prob- Leung Wo Sui, of 16, Bonham able length of time ita labours will Strand. occupy. Perhaps Mr. Jusvice Row. LATT's remarks will have the effect

No Bld For Nex! Lot.

on board and is said to be valued

at $10,000.

THE POPE'S HEALTH.

RUMOURS, DENIED.

THE DAILY DRIVE IN VATICAN GARDENS.

says &

party wall on, the verandah, pillars and other things. This was at House No. 13.

,

The contractors' representatives appear to be ready to repair the damage, but they seem to disregard the danger to the inmates as the result of what appears to be care lessness on the part of those re- ROMs, July 14th.sponsible for the work. It was very Pope Piu XI. for more than a fortunate, that, no one was injured The next lot put up for auction month now, has given up his daily of speeding up the investigation, met with no competition. It was, walks in the Vatican gardens, again, but the damage is there for since there is a "crying scandal" however, sold to Mr. Hong Lok exercise,

taking instead only automobile anyone who cares to see.

United Press to be removed. The people support Tin, on behalf of Mr. Li 8am. of message.

The change has been at- an enormous load of taxation with No. 45, Po Kong Road, Kowloon, which; according to

tributed to the Pope's health,

rumour, has NEW YORK HONOURS DEAD amazing good-will and the citizen at the upset price of $1,058 been less satisfactory of late, but

GUNMAN, who has no other desire than to

a private prelate of His Holinera, This lot is known as New. Kow-questioned the subject, has de pay, what is justly due from him toon Inland Let No. 1145 and is clured that the Pope has made the ought not to be driven to employ situate at Prince Edward Road, fort of walking in the heat of the DIAMOND RINGS ON FINGERS.

change merely to avoid the discom- experts to unravel the meaning of Kowloon City, between New Kow. summer eun... clauses which are not understood loon Inland Lots Nos. 1028 und even by a lawyer "without a pro- 1120.1 It has an area of 1,104 Jonged study and without having square feet and the annus! rental all the law books at his elbow.” levied by the Crown is 86.

It has often happened that condition is that at least 82,000 opinions from the Beach have led shall be spent in rateable improve to the introduction of reforms in ments within 24 months from date

A. S. WATSON to the limiterion et de pia alise

& CO., LTD. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. PHONE C. 616.

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London Office: 1, Bride Lane,

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The Baily Press.

Home Koxe, Jury 81st, 1928.

UNINTELLIGIBLE LAWS.

LAYMEN are apt to lament that they cannot understand the wording of Acts of Parliament. This is not due to lack of intelligence but to]

lands; and it may be that as a learned Judge has publicly describ ed the wording of the legislation under which His Majesty's leges are taxed" as "unintelligible" to the extent of being a "crying scandal." reform in this instanes will fallow. in due course.

During the week-end only one case of notifable disease—a Chinese suffering from enteric-was report cd.

The Hong Kong Tramways have declared an interim dividend of sixty cents per share payable on Wednesday, August 22nd.

DR.

THE "PRESIDENT.

LINCOLN.”

SILVER COFFIN.

His Balinesa has always been a most active man and a great walk-

New York, July 4th. er. Until the recent change. in his An extraordinary procession of vigorous dally walking exercise, wet filed past a solid silver, casket habits, he was accustomed to take denizens of the underworld to-day The or fine, and was accompanied by which reposes the body of Frankie whe often found it difficult to keep eago, who on Sunday received a one of his private chainberlaine, Yale, the fat gunman from Chi- up with the stiff pace set by the fusillade of bullets from a passing Pope.

motor-car while he was driving Pius XI. a few years ago, had a through a Brooklyn street. special covering built into the wall

Yale is commonly reputed to be, of Leo IV. by the side of the Vati- one of the murderers of Dion can Garden, and even in dags of O'Bannion, who three years ago heavy rain it has been his custom to march rapid y up and down this sheltered promenade.

CHAO-HSIN CHU AMONG

THE PASSENGERS.

At present, His Holiness hae his automobile brought to the court yard of St. Damasus every after noon about 4 o'clock. Entering it. he is driven 20 times round the Vatican Gardens at a moderate pace, after which he returns to his private library,

WOMEN OF THE FORGE.

CHEERY CHAINMAKERS WHO

TOIL ALL DAY.

BIRMINGHAM

was shot dead by several gunmen who invaded his sumptuous florist's chop in Chicago.

'O'Bannion was given the work expensive funeral in the history of". Chicago's underworld, but the underworld of New York has de- cided that the obsequies of Yale shall be a spectacle no less gor geous

£200 Bills Accordingly more than a score of them met last night in a little house in Brooklyn. Each of them threw They then proceeded to a merchant on the table a. £200. bill.

in the neighbourhood telling him. that Frankie wanted the beat. He's to get it. If you need more money you shall have it.".

were

The Dollar liner President Lin coln sails at 8 a.m. to-day for Mrs. B. D. F. Beith arrived here San Francisco and Los Angeles yesterday by the ss Empress of with a capacity list of both frat Canada,

class and steerage passengers. There will be approximately 103 first class and over 700 steerage passengers aboard. Among the

There can be few towns in Eng. passengers are: Mr. Chao-Hsin land in which so many of the

So Frankie's body clad in a dia. Chu, Commissioner.

women are the breadwinners as in of Foreign

per jacket, with diamond rings on Cradley Heath, Worcestershire. its fingere is on view to-day in a Affairs of the Nationalist Govern Cynics say that in many households carved eilver coffin, an exact re- ment in Canton, who is going to the men's only contribution is to plica of the one used at the funeral Nanking, where he will assume the fetch and carry the taw material of O'Bannion.

out of which the women bammer position of Vice-Minister of Foreign and bend metal chains of many several years ago.

Plans for the, coffics were drawn.

Three Affaire, in addition to his present shapes and sizer.

made. In the fret an internation- Women, including grandmothers, ally known financier was buried. duties: Mr. 5. S. Chu and Mr. may be seen any and every day in The second was sent west for 68, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 1ST FLOOR. the impossibility of understanding night fete for this season on August accompanying

The V.B.C. are holding their first K. H. Chen, Government officials, gloomy outbuildings labouring in O'Bannion. Yale gets the third.

Mr. Chu; Rev. the red glow of tiny forges. They the jargon in which so many legis 4th, commencing at 9 pm There Father Blatteau, of the Spanish

are adepts at panipulating tong viewed the cofin, which is smother- More than 5,000 persons to-day to heat the rods out of which, on lative enactments are drawn. It in will be swimming, water polo and Mission, travelling to Shanghai; miniature anvils, they beat the ed in 20,000 worth of flowers. therefore extremely interesting to dancing. Visitors are welcomed. Mrs. Chas. Shank, wife of Mr.links, moulding them by their skill have an expression of opinion from

Chee. Shank of the Hong Kong forming, in an astonishingly short KING ALFONSO HELD UP. into uniform designs and trans the Beach in support of the general A 70 years old boat man has just Excavation and Pile Driving Co., time, straight bars into great complaint of ordinary folk.

Mr. died at the Government Civil returning home to the United lengths of chain.

States; Miss C. E. Laird, of the clivities of the people induced Long ago the chain-making po JUSTICE. BOWLATT, in the King's Hospital, only surviving a few

Lingnam hours after admission. He was it home to the United States: Mr.the women labour from an early University, returning builders to provide a little detach- Bench Division in Londos, recently

ed forge with every house. In these

A POLICEMAN'S DOUBTS. called attention to the Finance Act appears waking along the Western and Mrs. Chu Chia Has who are hour until late at night, working.

Lonpos, July 7tL Waterfront when he was knocked travelling to Shanghai. Mr. Chu as the daylight fades, by the dim

The King of Spain was the cen... down by public car 252. The driver Chis. Hus is the Vice-Chancellor of illumination afforded by the forge tral figure in an incident with the of the car attempting to avert the the Chungehan University in Canately they have sent the children to men's final in the English lawn fires. Most of them start immedi police when on his way to see the

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in the matter of income-tax, and entered a protest against what he described as the "crying scandal | of unintelligible lawa" He was considering an appeal against a

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A whole family mother son and two daughters are in the Govern- ment Civil Hospital as a result of eating rice. It appears that thei

school.

".

STOLEN CAR SEARCH.

In addition to the above, there souls, reads to laugh and chat,

Withal, these women are cheery tennis championship at Wimbledon

yesterday. are a number of students from the without ceasing to work

Inforination had been received by College in Canton who are travel. -Saturday night, finds them in the the police that a stolen motor-car ling to the United States to further market place bargain getting; their might be expected to pass along the one recreation, is to listen to the route taken by King Alfonso about their studies.

park band on Sunday nights. the time he was going to Wimble In justice to the males, it should don. Police officers on traffic duty be stated that a percentage of the were warned to be on the look-out. men are hard workers of the old When King Alfonso's car came Black Country type. Notably, along a police officer signalled the there is one septuagenarian rivet chauffeur to stop. He did so and. fore-maker who foils throughout an ex explained the identity of the roya

the ceptionally long day at an extreme passenger, but the car was held up

to be able to keep off the dole. ly low piece work rate, proud still until this information could be

confirmed

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, east and remarks, issued by

accident collided with a taxi which ton. was considerably damaged. The direction by the Income Tax Com detained by the police:

driver of the public can has been

missioners under Section 21 of the Finance Act, 1922, and he pointed out that the section has nine sub sections, provisos to sub-sections, and sub-divisions of sub-sections.

The sub-section of a rection of the mother bought the rice at a neigh Act of 1827, which amends the beuring eating house, and after the section in the Act of 1021, occupies meal all the family were taken so Royal Observatory at 5.20 p.m.; by itself five pages of the law re-il, that some other occupants of stated:- ports! Mr. Justice HOWLATT the family to hospital where theyince this morning are slight. The ness and courage almost redeem was allowed to proceed. As the cur

the house called the police who took

King Alfonso himself joined in the palm for downright, unremit Changes is pressure distribution ting industry, and their cheerful the explanations and eventually med up the result as being "utterly were pronounced to be suffering unintelligible"; it bad got not from symptomatic poisoning; their phoon is situated about 200 miles this unprepossessing Black Country drove on the smiled, evidently only, beyond the comprehension of cd dangerous The remains of the moving north-eastwards.

condition, however, is not consider Borth-north-east of the Bonina, town, tod

amused by, his experience. ordinary laymen, he said, but it meal have been taken by the police

What a chance for a second Long. It is understood that the stolen Local Forecast:-8. winds, mode- fellow to sing of the women of the car was of a type similar to that in could not be understood by the for analysis.

rate, fine.

forgo1.

which King Alfonso was travelling

But the women workers must take