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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1931.

BRITISH ECONOMIC CORRESPONDENCE. PRISON AND “CAT.”

MISSION.

ELABORATE. FUNCTIONS ARRANGED AT CANTON,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Feb. 08. The British Economic Mission arrived in Canton from Hong Kong this morning and is being lavishly entertained by various public organizations in the city.

[All letters intendeil for publien- tean must be accompanied by the name and addreu of the whiter, not for publication, unless to desir ed, but as evidence of good faith,— ED.]

POPSY. IN THE SOUP!

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,"]

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SCISSOR BLADES AS DAGGERS.

CHINESE CONT "ED BEFORE

TWO }

RATES:

Convicted on a charge of possea- sion of three offensive weapons, namoly, scissor blades so fashioned. as to be used as daggers, and six MY DEAR EDITOR,-Tubby's simply strips of cloth regarding which to furious with me, he says I'm al- could give no satisfactory expiana- ways giving gargled versions of histion, a Chinese was yesterday sen. Williams, sitting together at the Kowloon Magistracy to twenty months' hard labour and twonty- four strokes of the cat. The Bench ordered that if the defendant were not fit for punishment he wag to

LOCAL DOCTOR'S WEDDING.

PRETTY. CEREMONY AT CATHEDRAL.”

DR. J. W. ANDERSON AND MISS S. GILLESPIE,

One of the most outstanding social eventa so far this year was the wedding yesterday of Miss Sheila Gillespie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mr. Arthur Gillespie, of the

WATER RETURN FOR JANUARY.

CONSTANT SUPPLY THROUGHOUT KOWLOON.

The following water return hàs been issued by the Water Author- ity:

Level, and storage of water in reservoirs on January 1; City and Hill District water works:--

Tytam

1030. 3031.

Tytani Byewash ..... 20' 1 gy' q*

Tytam Tuk ........ 3** 31. 20' 0" James William Anderson, the well- Wong Nei Chung... 21215 which was solemnised at St. John'surfed in feet and inches below known local medical practitioner, Pokfulam ... 14′ 8′′ 8' 9" The figures are the depth of the Cathedral, the Vory Nov. Dean overflow level.

The British visitors, 21 in num ideas. But I'm not always wrong tenced by Mr. Buttors and MyLeasowes, Victoria, B.C., and Dr. Tytam Intermediate 19′ 11′′ bor, were given a vory warm wel- and I wasn't about those currants, come as they landed at the wharf for when I went to pay the Govern by a party representing the Pro-ment our Water Bill the lift wasn't vincial Government of Kwang-working and the boy said "no cure dung, the Canton Municipal Gov-rants no can do"-so you see they ernment and the Canton General are having trouble about them. Chamber of Commerce.

Angus caine in last night and

Swan officiating.

After an exdange of greetings, says he's found the key to the undergó a further four months' im-arrive at the, Cathedral which was

the foreign visitors, were escorted to the Victoria Hotel on Shameen, where 19 of them are staying, and the remainder in the British General Consulate..

At 19 o'clock the British Econoraic Delegation called at Government House on a visit to General Chen Ming Shu and General Chen Tsai, Tong, and at 10.30 they went to the City Hall to call on Mayor Lin Wan Koi.

to

the The party returned Victoria Hotel, and at one o'clock this afternoon they had luncheon with the British Consul-Governl nt the British Consulate.

Later the visitors wore conveyed in automobiles to the various places of interest in the city, including the Municipal Museum on Kuan Yin Hill, Yellow Flower Hill, where the remains of the 72 Nation- al Heroes repose, and Sai Tsuen.

Tonight at 7.30 they will be guests of honour at a banqunt given by General Cheri Ming Shu as Gov. ernment House.

To-morrow at noon the British Economic Mission will be the guests of honour at a luncheon given by the Canton General Chamber of Commerce, An King Street,' and in the afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock the British Consul-General will hold a reception in the British Consulate-General.

On Wednesday morning, the visi

Solution. He says he's dono a lot

of hard drinking during the weck end and that the way to solve the colory problem is to pay then in Roubles and he's got a lot of old ones he'd let the Government have cheap. He says Zodavisky put that iden into his hond.

Angus says that dog powdor idea of mine is fine and why not try it all round and that it's a case of wisdom out of the mouths of baby ducklings, and that's rather sweet of him isn't it, my dear. He says it's our duty to be suggestive be- cause poor Sir William couldn't | think of everything evon if his sub- cutaneous self wont on working when he's asleep.

Tubby says there's something radically wrong with the Govern men cistern. I do think thoy ught to have it cleaned out, especially with the hot weather coming on, so un-eugenic, my dear.

prisonment.

A Chinese constable, who arrested

Long before the hour appointed for the wedding, guests began to

fall by the time the bride entered the dofondant, stated that he stop-she looked very charming in her on the aim of Mr. T. E. Pearce. ped and searched him in Bedford dross of white crêpe satin, trim Road on February 4 and discoveredned with old famnly laco which was the scissor blades tied round his

also used for her veil. The bride

legs while the stripe of cloth were who-carried a bouquet of arum tied round his waist.

The statement made by the de- fondant at the Yaunati Polico Station was then produced. It read as follows: "I was on my way to seo a friend of mine at Shamshuipo when I picked up these things on the roadside. I then met the police. I did not know thens things were illegal. I ask his Wor ship to excuse me?':

In court, the defendant explained that he picked up the blades on, the road and finding that they were of no. use to him throw them away again. A constable then came up and arrested him and later re- trioved the blades, from the road.

NEW DOLLAR RECORD,

NOW BELOW ELEVENPÈNCE.

Yesterday I paid Amah and gave her eighty cents for each dollar and explained and said thero' needn't be any controversy. She seemed a it septic and now sho's gone Canton more for and I must fly because I've got to wash Tubby's The Hong Kong dollar touched a shirts and things. Arent those new low record yesterday when it Amalis too lamentably benightied.was quoted at 10-7/8d. Your overworked,

POPSY. Hong Kong, February 9.

NO LUXURY PLEASE!

"

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."]

The quotation at the opening of business was 11d., the same as on the previous day but at 10.40 p.m. it. fell below elevenpence for the first time in the history of the Colony.

proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor

Storage of Millions and Décimals of Galions.

Tytam Tytam Byewash

1920. 1031. 283.90 203.27

: .49

070.01

8.47 3468 26.0-1

193.08 809,00 8.90

tam Tuk Tytam Intermediate 101,13

Pokluinan Wong Nai Chung...

*Total

A

1,101.07 1,210.10 Consumption of water in the City' - lilies was attended by the Misses and Hill District in millions and Jenr. Mackie and Joan Beavis who decimals of gallons during the were dressed in delphinium blue month of January :-- georgette with small contees of the same material. They wore allver ahova and corouets of silver" leaves and carried bouquets of pale pink gladioli tied with silver ribbon.

Mr. M. M. 'Watson was the "best man" while Messra O. E. C Marton and W. T. Stanton were the ushara, Mra. T. E. Pearce, who was the matron of honour, wore a beautiful mastic coloured gown of crêpe romaine raised with flowered liberty velvet. qual

The Reception. After the ceremony, a reception was held at the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden when many friends gathered to offer their good wishes to the happy couple.

tion

Consumption Estimated popula Consumption per

head per day.....

1030. 1031. 211.70 245.15

430,440 113,760

13.8 17.7

KOWLOON WATER WORKS.

1030. 1031.

Kowloon Reservoir 278′ 8′′: Sheklaipui Reservoir, 10 0 5' 0" Reception Reservoir 9" 4' 10"

Feet and inches below overflow. '

Storage of Millions and Decimals of Gallons.

Kowloon Reservoir ́·

320.05 and: Byewash Sheklaipui Reservoir 79.00 Reception Reservoir 23.98

1930.

1031,

278.20 96.00 21.03

· Total ·.......... 431.03 305.01 Consumption of water in Kowloon in-millions and decimals of galines during the month of January:-

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1930. 1001.

Consumption.... 110.03 134.32 Estimated popula.

tion

173,650 178,720

20.4 24,2

per Consumption

head per day. Constant supply in all districts

tors will be taken for another ride measures are being passed which Iberian Peninsula, was ruled from Pleased at the way in which their during January 1930 and 1931,

SIR,At a time when emergency involve the breaking of Govern- to places of interest ori the nient contracts I am amazed to outskirts of the city, and at noon find the public so eager to support the Mayor of Canton will entorn unnecessary Luxury Entertain

ment such as St. Patricks 'Ball!

friends had responded to make the gathering a success. He contiued that, on behalf of his wife and him- golf, he would like to thank them very much for attending in such large numbers.

Mr. T. E. Peares proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom, and in doing so said it was a disadvantage at such fanations in a place like Hong Kong that one did not usually have one's relations and intimate friends present, and the in 1519 and died in 1556. Portugal, couple wore, very gratified and an independent nation on the 1405 to 1521 by King Manuel I, and from 1581 to 1557 by King John, III, Upon the latter's demise the infant King D. Sebastian was proclaimed and during his minority Queen D. At the request of the merchants Catharina, his grand-mother, took and business men of the city our

over the regency, some little time tion and from inoreasing the vory Cardinal, D. Henrique, a brother Governor has refrained from taxa afterwards bestowed on the old small Harbour Dues-on the ples As has been expressed time and that such charges would cripple and of King John III. The young again in the Press, the primary ob-ush the business life of Hong King D, Sebastion on attaining his 14th year of age (1568) took over ject of the present visit of the Yet these vory merchants and killed ten years later in the battle the reigns of government and was British Economic Mission to China | business men are flocking round the

of Alenesar-Kibir on the North of is to study the trade conditions Ball-room banner of St. Patrick Africa, where the Portugueso had with donations of anything from here with a view to increasing the $20 to 2200. The amount subscribery important colonies at the volume of British trade in this part feil hus reached the sum of 82,200 and besides this, several hundred of the world on 2001 66

people have already promised to buy tickets at $10 each.

tain them at luncheon. Thoy ex- pect to leave Canton for Hong Kong, on Wednesday afternoon by

train.

NEW CHINESE,

RESTAURANT.

MANY ROOMS AND LAVISH DECORATION.

We were invited yesterday to inspect the fine new Chinese Rs. etaurant which is being opened to- morrosi at No. 26, Des Voeux Road Central. On the first floor there are five large rooms very well furnished and beautifully decorat- ed with silk hangings and Chinese pictures mostly the work of Measta,

Keng

time:

The Cardinal D. Henrique then succeeded him (1578) and on the latter's death in 1580, as there werp To break the contracts of Civil Sero descendants, the crown fell to vants, and to anti-date reductions Phillip II. of Spain, son of Charles in their salaries without warning V. and grandson of King Manuel 1. is unfair. To ask one section of of Portugal by his mother, a community to hear a burden, alme which should be shared by all is unjust. But it is adding insult to injury that money, thus gained, should bo immediately squandered by the General Public on a big luxury ball-Yours, etc.

"JUSTICE BEFORE

TWO POINTS OF PORTU-

·GUESE-HISTORY::--

Wo Sai Kid, Fui Pui Shan and (TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG

Tao Kung Chiu. Many of those decorations wire-exhibited at Wom

DAILY PRESS."

-Portugal was under the Spanish yoke" for 60 yʊarn, "2.6., from 1550 to December 1, 1640.

ports shew that the quality of the The Government Analyst's re

water is satisfactory.

The total rainfall to January 31: 1930, 2.28 inches; 1933, .33 ins,

He continued that it was his

He wont on to say that he, him. self, had not had the privilege of privilege to propose a toast to the meeting the bride's parents, but bridesmaids, who had been extra-

friends in Victoria, B.C., where to him how much she owed to the explained that they had mutual ordinarily good in looking after the bride. His wife had expressed only the best and fairest were pro: bridesmaids, coming as she did only duced. He was sure that the people 24 hours ago to a strange place. over there would be thinking of It had been a very great confort them in Hong Kong that afternoon, to have two such cheery soula to His wife and himself had the help her., privilege of knowing the charming Replying on behalf of the brides lady who was the mother of the maids, Mr. M. M. Watson said they bridegroom, and it must be a very had asked him to thank Dr. An proud day in her life to know that derson for the kind way in, which her only son was married to such a he had proposed their health, and charming girl. (Applause.). to say that they would have done As to "Andy," he was very well- more if they could have done so, known to them, and was one of the and joined in wishing Dr. and

bridegroom would rise very high in coming men of Hong Kong. Mr. Mrs. Anderson a long life and great Pearce said he was sure that the happiness, *. his profession and they would all wish him every success in his future

Mr. Pearce naked those pressat to rise and drink to the health, pros perity, Happifice and long life of Dr. and Mrs. Anderson. The toast was drunk and was followed by three chocre for the couple. Bridegroom's Reply.

Charles V. did not rule the whole From the above we will see that

Those Present. of the Iberian Peninsula and did not even nominally rule the whole

The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes, Mr. Amongst those present were: of South America as Brazil, diad

and Mrs. T. E. Pearce, Mr. and cavored by. Portuguese Navigators arter PLEASURE.”

in the year 1500, was at the time

Mra, P. S. Cassidy, Dr. and Mrs. Hong Kong, February 7.

a Portuguese Colony and gained its

Black, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lind- independence" touch later, in 1822.

coll, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Homil. I trust this brief and burried

ton, Mr. W. H. Boll, Mr. H, B. L. explanation will help your renders

Dowbiggin, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hum- to verify the accuracy of facts:::

phreys, the Very Rev. Dean Swann, Your issue of the 2nd instant"

·Mr. and Mrs -L.-C. -F- Belleapy, also contains a somewhat misload.

Mr. LA S. Greenhill, Dr. and Mrs, ing statement with regard to tho, *In replying, Dr. Anderson" said McEldnoy, Dr. and Mrs. Mag departure of the Do-X, the world's that his feelings were much too Gowan, Dr. JE. H. Cogan and biggest dying boat, from Listen to strong for expression. More words Mrs. Cogan, Mr. and Mm A. T SIR.It is really regrettable that America. The sub-title of the nows could not express what he felt as Shields, Mr. and Mrs. E., M. Hize- facts concerning Portuguese history Board herons, the talegram itself abown to his bride and himself. H. King, Mr. and Mrs. Bouse- „rends !! Italy's Chief of Staff-on to the kindness which had been land, Mr. Dowley, Mr. and Mrs. should be so frequently distorted in mentions the name of the Chief of First of all, he said, he would thank field, Mr. and Mrs, J. W Franks, the foreign Press. This givee my Staff Vice-Admiral Gago Coutinho Mr. and Mrs. Pearce, He could Mr. and Mrs. I Gordon, Capt. some concern and their rectification matician and pioneer nirman, who, as tho had done more than anyone Oliver, Mrs, and Miss Hoyt, Mrs. to inaccuracies at times causing the well-known Portuguese maths not tell all they had done for him, and Mrs. Oliver. Mrs I E II makes itself felt, so that the read: with the Into Commander Sacadura could realise. For over seven years Schuyler, Mrs Grayburn. Mrs. ing public. may not be diverted Cabral was the first to fly across i had had the very great privilege Beavis Mrs Morse, Mr. Hegarty, from the essential precision with the South Atlantis from the. Por of Mr and Mrs Pearce's open frs Shenton, Mr. and Mrs. G. 8. Mis MH. Turner and Misa Fair, On the other floors there are in which historical facts should o tuguese archipelago of Cape-Ver door, and he had experienced the all 36 rooms enòl of which is named related...

The two cases quoted below do to Fernando Noronha Islands warm companionship, of their home Hugh Jones, Mr. J. D. Humphreys, after one of the historic places of

although not bearing such im. 1999

on the Brazilian coast, in April at least once, if not more overs Mrs Lack anil the Misses Ldek, Mr. China: The food will bo-served' or portant significance represent, how-

woek since he had been in Hong and Mrs. H. Owen Hughes, 'Mr. Vice-Admiral Coutinho is the Kong. He added that he could not and Mrs. Newbiggin, Mra B. L. Kiangsi porcelain ware, in place over, misstatements which I request invente of d new sextant primi-toll. what that meant to him and Lewis, Mr. Tinson, Mr. and Mrs. of silver. The porcelain has been you to kindly rectify with the tively used by him in his cross what it meant to other young men Walsh, Mr. and Mra Armstrong, Tapocially designed by Mr. Wo Sui publication of the following lines.

Ki, who, by the way, has accepted The editorial of your issue dated Atlantic flight and since then used in the Colony who had shared it. Miss Winnifrith, Mr. Allan Cume. with entire sucess in sottie 'im- not of general supervisor of the 5th instant under the caption portant longrango nights by Por

Dr. Anderson thanked them very on, and Mr. L. V. H. Booth.

After the reception the counte the sortaugna TLFILMER Toren Hemmat teden 12 general manager. Both of these when referring to Charles says gentlemen have had wide operi that He ruled the whole of tho Lo in restaurant management, Iberian Peninsula and, nominally, and this enterprise will no doubt both North and South America!? Bcoure the success which similar have enjoyed under their management.....

bley. The accommodation on this floor consists of no less than 60 tables. There are also ceremonial holly on the first and third floors, admirably suited for foaste and formal occasions.

ones

Charles Vasconded the throng of Spain in the year 1510 and was (Continued on next Column.}

nationalities

With my anticipated thanks for the publication of the above, I beg toronin, Bir-Yourd, faithfully.

H. M. T. MACHADO. Macao, February 6.

Hind Folponudu to the loner anG" SATU

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he hoped that, in years to come,moon is being spent. The bride's they would be able to look back to going away dress was a brown their wedding day, as the beginning crepe, marocain costume. of one of the happiest companion. ships

(Continued on next Column.)

The groom's present to the bridos- maids was a beautiful “platinum wrist watch..

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