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SUMMER EXCURSION TO

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AND NORTH CHINA PORTS

PER

M.S.

FULDA"

Leaving Hong Kong on or about

2nd July

Calling at TAKAO (FORMOSA), SHANGHAI, TSINGTAO, TAKU

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930.

H.K. WOMEN'S GUILD AND M.C.L.

$17,000 ALLOCATED FOR

CHARITY.

Organisation.

A "WASTE" OF TIME. ARGYLL

Owing to the President's abserice in England for several months the :

[A contemporary suggests that entire, responsibility, and organiza-woman's waistline is apt to wander tion fell upon the Vice-President. up and down her body in manuer Promiscuous, and complains of the Lady Clementi left for Singapore difficulty of finding the "normal." in February, 1930, and we are very (3)]. glad Lady Peel has consented to become our Patroness.

KOWLOON BRANCH FORMED.

Presiding at the annual meeting of the Hong Kong Women's Guild and Ministering Children's League, held yesterday at the Helens May Institute, Mrs. W. T. Southern commented on the adverse circum- stances experienced during the past year. The yearly bazaar and fete

could not be held last year, and in consequence, the funds had suffered" somewhat. Two performances by leading Chinese actors, bowever, had realized the splendid sum of $4,000, which helped in a large de gree in reaching the figure of 817,045 the grand total of tunda raised in 1099.

Mrs. W. E. L. Shenton goes on. leave in June, but has very kindly undertaken to run the Peak branch again on her return.

Mrs. Wynne-Jones is obliged to give up her work as hon. treasurer. Mrs. D. W. Tratman is taking over this work. Very many thanks are due to Mri. Wynne-Jones for her

most effecient work as hon. trea- aurer.

Members.

The register of the Guild and League for the year, 1929 shows 21% adults and 1,167 children.

Thanks.

The President and Committee wish to express thanks to all those who have given such generous sap- port to the League this year.", İn addition to those already mention- ed, they wish to thank the Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, the Hon. Dr.

¦

The waistline of a woman's dress, It seems, is difficult to guess; It is, indeed, I must confess,

In certain cases.

To women distance always lends

Enchantment, which as often ends On close inspection; much depends.

Upon their faces.

་་

The fact is, she can always buy

A dress that's pleasing to the eye, Waist low, if she is thin, and high

If she is tatter.

And normals grew informal, so Why on earth should we seek to

know

If her waist's too high or a foot

too low ?

It doesn't matter.

JOHN WILLWYN.

SOLDIER'S BUS ESCAPADE.

FINED FOR KICKING INSPECTOR.

MAGISTRATE'S STRICTURES ON BEHAVIOUR.

Privates, Weir, Kirk and McKean,

Evidence was also given by the 'bus driver and the conductor cor- roborating the inspector's evidence. The conductor said that one of the defendants annoyed the two school- girls and touched their hair and hands.

Girl's Complaint.

One of the two girls in question also gave evidence. She said that she was a school teacher and lived in Shum Shui Po. She and her

of the Argyll and Sutherland High-friend-the other girl, also a school- landers, were charged before Mr. teacher-boarded the 'bus at Jordan T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon Road. The four soldiers get on

lagistracy yesterday with assault ing a 'bus inspector of the China Motor Bus Company on May 30. The three defendants pleaded not guilty.

The Magistrate, found the charge proved against the third defendant, Private McKean, of kicking the inspector, and imposed a fine of 815 and ordered a compensation of

REVENGE IS SWEET BUT-85 to be paid to the complainant.

Sergeant Baker said that he re- COSTLY!

ceived a repart at the Shum Shui Po Police Station at 8.35 p.m. on May 30 by a China Bus Company driver to the effect that three soldiers

STRANGE PUNISHMENT FOR ALLEGED PICKPOCKET. Last week Mr. Grantham acquit

Mrs. Southorn announced that Lady Peel had kindly consented to become Patroness of the M.CL She also extended i welcome to the newly formed Kowloon Branch, and expressed the hope that the membership would mercase sub-R. H. and Mrs. Kotewall, the Hented a Chinese on a charge of pick-

stantially during the present year. The Guild and M.C.L. were 23 firmly established as H.M.S. Tamar and the Peak Tramways. A tribute was also paid to Mrs. Wynne-Jones

Dr. and Mrs. Tao, Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung, Messrs. L. Kadoo- rie, A. C. Hynes, Tang Shui Kin, Mok Kon Sang, T. N. Chau, V. Graybara, R. M. Dyer, B. D. F. Wong Kam Fuk, Li Yik Mui. Messrs. the Standard Oil Co. of New York, Messrs. Gibb Living- stone (per the Hon. Mr. C. Gordon

ing the pocket of a compatriot and stealing 80. His Worship re- garded the evidence sa insufficient and suspected the truth of it.

Apparently the complainant wa5

at the Po Hing Theatre. After the 'bus had gone a little way, the soldiers began to molest her friend, touching her hair and person. She remonstrated with them, and the soldiers turned to her touching ber hair,

The bus inspector got on the "bus and she complained to bim of their conduct. He told them to stop and e asked them to come to the Police of the defendants Station. One then kicked, the inspector off the 'bur.

A Brave Man!

"

The bus conductor, who pulled

had been annoying two schoolgirls the inspector out of the nullah, also on the 'bus and assaulted the bus gave evidence. He said that he was told by a person who stopped ness heard police whistles outside in his 'bus that the inspector was at inspector. Later, at 8.50 p.m., wit

the three defendants being chased stopped and, with the aid of the street, and, going out, he saw the bottom of the aulich, so he by a crowd of Chinese. He stopped ladder, he got the inspector out and the crowd and took the three took him to the Shum Shui Po

for the excellent manner in which Beith, U Sz Wing, Ho Kom Tonz not satisfied with the verdict, for soldiers to the Police Station. The Police Station. On the way he saw

she had performed her duties: during the past year.

Allotment of Funds.

yesterday he was charged in Court with attacking the defendant in Des Vaux Road. It was atated that the

victim was being attacked by four

complainant the 'bus inspector- the four men, who stopped the 'bas. came into the station and accused Witness said that he stopped, the the three soldiers of assaulting him.'bus and chased the four soldiers, He was in an exhausted condition who ran away!

Allocation of funds for 1920 wes Mackie), Messrs, the Pioneer Silk or five men who knocked him down and. the whole of his left side was

as follows:

LOCAL CHARITIES. Nethersole Hospital M.C.L.

Cot

$1,000 C.M.S. Victoria Home and

Orphanage...

1,000 CMS. Village School Fund. 1,000 C.M.S. Vernacular Day

Schools .... Hong Kong Benevolent So-

ciety.

Protestant

Alms Houses, Kowloon City C.M.S: Victoria Home and Orphanage Building Fund The Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Childreu The Salvation Army Home,

Kowloon

St. Joseph's Home (Aged

Poor)

The Blind Home, Pokfulam Mrs. Mow Fung's School for

Rescue. Work

The Kowloon Boys' Indus-

trial Home

Total

1,000

Store, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Mrs. J. H. Taggart, Messrs. the Asiatic Petroleum Company, the Hong Kong Football Association. the Kowloon Football Club, the Very Rev. the Dean of St. John's

Cathedral, the Executors of the late Mr. Let Hysan, Mr. Richard Lee, A. S. Watson, Messrs. Messre. Mackintosh & Co., Messrs. Gerdons, Ltd., Messrs. Kayamally & Co. for their very generous donations.

Smith for Messrs. V. Labrum "and their kind help at the Peninsula 500 Hotel function.

1,000 Goo

300

300

The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, M. Peter Pau. Mesdames Ho Leung and Ho Ki, Mias Hallifax and Mr. 300 C Christian for their very valuable 300 help.

200

200

**

The Hoo. Secretary Young.

Women's Christian Assoc. (for relief of special casex) The Italian. Convent

100

100

Fares

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Cabin Class ...H.K. $145.00

Middle Class H.K. $75.00

The Boys Industrial Home

(Silesian Institute)

$375.00

$225.00

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Royal Soldiers' Daughters'

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and kicked and pummelled him while he was down.

Mr. F. D. Quark, who witnessed the assault, intervened and seized the ringleader, who was yesterday fined $50 or, in default, to undergo a month's hard labour..

ALLEGED BRIBERY AT WOOSUNG.

WATER POLICE OFFICER

CHARGED.

An interesting story concerning the alleged acceptance of a bribe by an officer of the Kiangsu Provin. Mr. B. Wylie for his utmost kind-cial. Water Police and his subse. ness and help throughout the year. quent arrest by his superior ap-

The thanks of the Committee are

-

Magistrate: You alone chased covered with blood. He was sent four soldiers ? "-" Yes.". to hospital.

#

Sergeant Baker, in charge, ex- plained that the soldiers were ac- tually running from the Company QM... who also followed in the

chase.

So

Inspector's Evidence. The 'bus inspector, in evidence, said that he boarded one of the Company's 'buses outside the old

Magistrate (to, witness): premises of the Kowloon 'Bus Com-

you can't claim all the credit." pany in Nathan Road. The con-

"Mistaken Liberty, ductor informed him of the be- haviour of four soldiers on the bus The Magistrate, in" summing-up, the third defendant, who were annoying two schoolgirls.convicted. Witness asked them for their tickets Private McKean, of assaulting the His Worship re- and they replied in vulgar swear ticket inspector. words. Witness said that he saw marked that the lady's evidence conflicted with that of the inspector one of the four soldiers the first de-

as regarded the kicking incident fendant-touch one of the girls' hair. The girla complained to him of their but otherwise was quite satisfactory- conduct and asked him to tell them As to what occurred after the kick-

to stop. Witness spoke in English ing incident, the Magistrate added due to Mr. Fleming, of Messrs.peared in the Chicesc Press, says to the four soldiers and said, Don't that he was not wholly satisfied

be rough."

with the evidence and, therefore, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, for his the North China Daily News... valuable assistance. in auditing the According to the report an officer Witness was about to get off and would discharge the other two de- accounts.

of the Xiangsu Provincial Water was standing on the footboard when fendants. The League, aut Guild are also Police attached to the Woosung the third defendant kicked him 100 indebted to the Press, who gave Bureau was ordered several weeks

the Peninsula Hotel so much sub-ago by his superior to escort several out. He fell on his back. The 'bus 88,400 licity by advertising and printing junks from north Kiangau to stopped and the four soldiers got notices, to Messra, the British Shanghai. As he came south, he off and chased him. He was caught, American Tobacco Co. for a very sighted a mysterious lighter outside generous donation of cigarettes, to Woosung cu board which were aand one of the soldiers struck him Messrs Nestles for a gift of sweets wumber of persons unloading bags on the head with his fist, knocking £100 and to all those friends who have on to a smaller boat which was him senseless. He came to "at 100 give so much help throughout the lying alongside. The officer order the bottom of a deep nullah near

ed his men to approach this lighter and make a search, but, when the the new premises of the Kowloon Begrets,

lighter men saw the water police Motor Bus Company, where the 'bus The Committee very much regret boat, "they moved off and a shot was to record the departure of (a) Mrs. fired into the air to stop them, had stopped at the time he was T. A. F. Robinson (military branch) This had an instant effect and those kicked out... who has worked for four years for on the lighter immediately brought He M.C.L. Her place will be very their vessel to a stop. A search hard to fill. (b) Mrs. Byron (naval was then made and opium valued He was pulled out by a driver branch) is also leaving us for home. at several lakhs of dollars was dis of another China 'bus and was During her year as nave! repre- covered. sentative the branch has done ex

year.

$0

80

NESS 8.8

Shaftesbury Home (Arethusa

Training Ship) ...... Officers Families? Fund. Evelina Hospital for Children The Waifs and Strays...

50

50

25

Total

2615

Trio's Arrest.

Addressing the third defendant, the Magistrate said that he, the defendant, did not seem to have been drunk although he acted in a It rather very strange manner. appeared that he was under the delusion that he was entitled to a little liberty when he came to n foreign land. "You don't think that you could act that way on a Glasgow tram, do you?", added his Worship. The inspector was trying............ to do his duty, and you seem to

ment."

have dealt out pretty rough treat-

An Exceptional Case.

Those on the lighter, seeing that taken to Shum Shui Po. On the

His Worship added that he travel- traordinarily good work. (e) Mrs. there was no means for escape, pro-way, the 'bus came up to the four B. D. F. Beith (Peaf children's duced $3,000 in notes and offered soldiers who were standing at the led often on the China motor buses Extracts from the annual report Penk children worked very well questing him to release them and

branch) has gone on leave. The these to the officer as a bribe; re-stopping place. On seeing the 'bus, and had met soldiers of the same are appended

Finance. The total amount of funds raised was $17,045; of this sum $3,400 was allocated to local charities and £615

ander Mrs. Beith's care.

Grand Totals of Funds Raised. 1920, $10.481; 1921, 816,123; 1922, $21,000 ;*.*. 1923, $21,073; 813,809;

1925, $16,481;

to home charities. The funds would814.539; 1927,817,550; have compared very unfavourably 19,460; 1929, 817,045. with previous years owing to a com-

their drug. This money is said to they ran up to it. Witness thought regiment. He had never seen any have been accepted and the matter that they were going to attack him trouble; on the contrary, he thought ago when Inspector Chu of the was kept secret until several days again, so he stopped the 'bus to that they had behaved in a very 1924, Woczung Water Police Bureau was get off. The driver, however, got correct and orderly manner. 1926, informed of the affair by some un-off and chased the four soldiers therefore, considered this as a very 1928, known persons. An investigation while witness set up a hue and cry, exceptional case.

bination of adverse circumstances ANNUAL STATEMENT-MARCH 1, 1899,

群

To JUNE 5, 1830.. Receipts.

10.31

which prevented the holding of a bazaar or lete, had it not been for the efforts of Messrs. Ho Leung, Họ Khong and Rung Kong Và Balance in current account Only $12,509 bad been realized

from 1928.

$ 375.04 when these gentlemen secured the.

Balance in hand from 1928 interest of three leading Chinese Subscriptions nor actors, Messrs. Ma The Tseng, Chin Donations..... Lee Kui and Pun Yat On Two Entertainments performances were held in aid: pf | Sales of work.......... the M.C.L. and realized the splen- Variety entertainment did sum of $1,000, which, with $250 Interest on current account raised by Mr. Fung Kong Un,

aaniated by Messrs. Woo Hey Tonz

Kwok Siu Liu, Chan Pak Chuen. and Wong: Ping Sun and other

Expenditure.

donations, brought the fonds up to Printing and stationery ...

Our warmest thanks Are Audit fee 817,045. due to all those who gave our funds this most valuable assistance.

(Donated per contra) Donations to local charities Donations to home charities

On March 28 the Vice-President organized a variety-entertainment

at the Peninsula Hotel which prov ed very successful owing to the репеток пасете отро Kong and Shanghai Hotel. Ltd.. Managing Director, Mr. J. H. Tag. wart, Mr. Copley, Manager of the Peninsula Hotel, and the hotel Staff Asum (including "donations) of over $2,000 was raised after de- ducting expeanEA,

Bank balance Cash in hand

463.74

was then made and the officer con-

cerned was immediately arrested. Sergeant Baker came up at the time He is now being detained at.. Wco- and arrested the three defendants; sung, pending further investiga- the fourth escaped. tions,

The Committes. 1,119.24 The following is the Committee 8.331.79 for 1930:-

Kicking Denied.

Private McKean, the third de fendant, told the Magistrate that he saw the two girls on the bus apeaking to the conductor. He 4,502.90 Patroness, Lady Peel; Fresident, 2,331.83 Mrs. H. L. Creasy; Vice-President thought that they didn't have any 17.44 Mrs. J. Paterson, Hon. Tres money, so he offered to pay their surer, Mrs. D. W. Tratman Hon. fare. He denied kicking the 'bus $10,917.89 Gen. Secretary, Mrs. J. W. Lloyd..

inspector.

Branch representatives: Naval Mrs. L. Bridge; Military, Mrs. T 62.p5 King; Peak, fra. Owen Hughes T. J. Robinson: Police, Mrs. T. II.

A Bottle of Beer.

The first defendant said that they

and Miss Garden Mackie during bad a bottle of beer between the 50.00 absence of Mrs. W. E. L. Shenton

11:71

TRAIN AND 'BUS IN COLLISION.

He,

NINE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN SHANGHAI.

Nine persons were seriously in- jured when a bus belonging to the Chapel Motor Bus Co., Ltd, was run down by a train at Kooh Kya Te on the Shanghai-Woosung line. last week.

The bus, says the - Daily News, which was operating between

tried to race the train to the cross- 8,400.00 Peak Children's Club, Mrs. T. H. four of them and that when the Chapel and Kinagwan, apparently 8,034.82 A. Shaw: Prisons, Mrs. Franks: bus inspector fell off the 'busing with the usual result...

358.41 Victoria, Mrs. H. A. Taylor: Kownone of them chased him. Defend The injured were rushed to 8t

loon, Mrs. W. A. Cole Quarry

As ant denied that they ran away be: Luke's Hospital... B16,917.80 College. Miss E. Wise: St. Pauli Lause they at the buy inspector chatra30-

Girls' School, Miss E. Kotewall; When they went up to board the of the South Middle School named Bellies Girls' School, Miss Skin bus, they saw the Company Fan Sung Bab, son of the well-

Quartermaster Sergeant, and as known. banker. they were not properly dressed, they The bus was a total wreck. Its ran away so that he could not report remains were seon lying in the them

creek beside the rallway line;

The report and balance sheet were carried, on the proposal of Mrs. Halifax, seconded by Mrs. King

(Continued at foot of next column),

Der

At the close of the meeting. Mrs W. T. Southorn was presented with a bouquet.