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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1931.

fever, that Chiasoja ævarner, and that, if necessary, it will depose him by fores of wrus. Again, what is the Government of Manchuria ? | Until the present crisis s Marshal CHANG HAVER LIANG 'WAS

News and Views

the undisputed bend of the pro- Tais of the Day.

Without Comment..

Bouth Coast Enterprise. vinelal government. At the present |

But you are taking four-fifths of

"What a romantic and sonti- An encouinging example of the montent he is abject to severe my damages!!

mental crowd we are observes enterprise displayed by South Coast- striotures and hip position is in

Quite,

Bonverbrook's Ffurnished the skill, Lord

nowspaper. Resorts in attracting residents for question. CHANG ESTEE LIANG,and

the cloquenes and legal learning for Miss Salaman is young and pretty the winter season is provided, by CHIANG KA SHER, have, however,

Your .chse,'!

and brave. She embarks" on a the borough of Hastings and St. their immense personal armies, and

"But I-furnished--the case." bazardous flight. Is is true she has Leonards, to dislodge them would entail an-

"Bosh, any fool can get una brilliant pilot and navigator, but A Londoner who was planning a other Civil War. One of the

down,"

no one carės."

November holiday asked for a local Į Japanessa - cumplaints is that CHANG

guide or handbook. He received by Hacer LAANG'S government

return a well-illustrated brochure inefficient, and anti-Japanese. In

printed in three languages, nevinim- this opinion they appear to have

ing in French and German, as well a great deal of Chinese, and of a propeller without using wings,

as English, the merits of the South Kuomintang support. has just been constructed by a

Const for winter holidays, WIZARD specially

Both Canton and Tokyo want a group of Soviet aviation specialists.

The machine is "claimed to be new government in Manchuria, but

HUMBER

SNIPE

See them at th:

Russian Aaropians Without Wings.

An aeroplane which flies by means

there the points of agreement end the result of three yees' search

Naval Promotion in 1830.

Some curious facts about the Royal Navy of a hundred years ago have been brought to light.

When the state of the Navy List

was examined in 1500 by a Royal

Miss Sheila Kaye-Smith, author

decisively, for Tokyo has attack work. It possesses great stability/Commission, it was found that the Fanother Sussex romance, writes a

fed the Kuomintang as an antiad requires no aerodroine for land

Japan association and has no ing. wish to sun its effective rule extend Mouse's 4,000 Miles, nd to the three provinces.

In spite of all these difficulties, however, Dr. We's warning that DURO GARAGE Manchurig, if taken from China, will heente a Far Eastern Asher Lorraine, remains unanswered. The facts stand up hard nx & rock, and

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venues of promotion were blocked hy Tite Barauios" of the Nelson era, who had managed to evade re- tirement.

A, pet brown and white mouzd which spent nearly a month in a were moter-bus and travelled 4,000 miles, has just been returned to its home at the Rectory of Stoke Charity, new "Winchester,

it escaped.

One admiral and a post captain nonagenarians; Hoven flag officers were from 80 to 00 years old, and in the commanders' list the senior offers was 80 and the Junior 261 All the palsied veteraní were on ball-pay, but they still kept their places on the active list.

of Tamarisk Town" and many foreword on the attractive and un spoiled" country in the vicinity.

"Polly" Gats the Bird,

A grey parrot which travelled to Southampton from New York in the liner Aquitania but was not allowed wahore was sent back in the

samo ship.

The parrot, which is said to be over 100 years, is to be sent to England again when the restrictions imposed owing psittacosis (" parrot disease ") are removed,

At that date there was no recog-Passive Resistance. Efforts to catch it failed but the nised corps of engineers, although bak went to Southampton for, over the Flect already contained nearly haul and the mcuse was then trapa dozen steamers. The naval en-

gineers were mere dockyard mecha nics, who wore no uniform.

ped.

to

Austrian telephone girls have bean urged by the Union to offer passive resistance to the Govern ment as a protest against wagecuts, This announcement intrigues ong. How does a telephone girl offer passive resistance ?.

The mouse belonged to, Miss Pat are capable of sinking any treaty or Edwards, the Rector's daughter, agreement. It is no use saying that who is a pupil at a Winchester Kores gives no trouble and that school, and had taken the mouse" peanuts of Manchuria are not in with her to school every day untit Copled From the French. terested in China. Nitionalism is alive and growing force in China. To asmine that the fam burning London Off: 53, Fleet Street, strongly today will be dead to morrow is unjustified by any ex- perience of the past. In Man- churia moreover, the shadow of Passing of the Iron Duke." Our new warships were still built Russia looms over the border.

Her lust commission ended, the as copies of old French venaels Chinese statesmen would be more ron Duke is to be disarmed and which had been captured in as than human if they do not exploit converted to some non-combatant tion, and at ble as 1846 H.M.S. scribers more often but not being It is supposed by trrroubling sub- Savies interest in the event of a purpose the nature of which My Sans Pareil was designed from the sorrrry, about it. settlement that leaves China dis-Lurds have not pet revealed plans of a French prize taken in satisfied. The need is a creato Although she has been float only 1794, the only concession to pre- government in Manchuria that aineteen years, this battleship may gress being the atting of an auxi-

win the confidence of the truly be said to have made history tiary steam plant. Japanese settlers and not conflict since for the greater part of the with Chinese sovereignty. Dr. WT war'she was fingship of the mightiest does not regard the problem as Fleet in the world, insoluble and Baron SHIPERARA is obviously of the saras view or he would not restrain. his own mili tarists. Goodwill could settle the issue, but at the moment there is TRACE MEETING Will be with an interesting reeums of the danger of the military again stek (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY manner in which Munchuria wasing to foren a decision. VALLEY OD SATURDAY, ST DEC EMBER, 1931, Commencing at 2 p.m.

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THIRTEENTH EXTRA

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

DR. C. C. WU AND THE MANCHURIAN ISSUE.

Dr. C. We has earned the gratitude of Hong Kong people by giving before a

local audience, the Rotary Club, n. clear and states Imanlike summary of the responsible Chinese attitude towards the Man- charian problem. Dr. W began

denuded' of Manchus three centuries ago. in order to provide garrisons in Chinen strategic centres and to hold the Empire for the Taing that in modern times the influx of Dynasty, Dr. Witold his henrere No one without a Badge will be Chinese to Manchurin, had made

their Ladies must wear their. Badge

haire more are notified that prominently displayed.

admitted to the Members' Enclosure.

Badges admitting Non-Members to it as hard to find an original

the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms Manchu, as to pick out a Jew in nt $6.00 for Gentlemen and 1.00

for

Ladies (Both including Tar)

Palestine, before the Zionist move

that there is no separate ethnic

will

But this

is, if we take the long view, beyond the power of the mil Barists, for H3 NAPOLEON said, **You An dh anything with

One of our sister ships. the others being Marlborough, Benbow. and Emperor of India, ale has, like them, been prematurely sneri feed in the cause of disarmaments.

Fublic School Fees.

In 1831 tinned foods were, of course, unknown in the Navy, nud it was not unusual to supply ships with "salt beel or pork which bąd been in the harness cask "for a hundred years.

Dost of the League.

LONG FIRM" FRAUD.

SHARK FIN DEALERS LOSE

." $1,906.

A long Arm fraud involving a sum of nearly two thousand dollars was yesterday reported to the

The reports that parents of boys at public schools are attempting to induce the school authorities to re- bayonets, but sit on them." Neduce fees is borne out by the state. country can, in fact, flourish under ment of a terher who knows about

foreign rule that it hates and is there things, that 50 per cent. of Creasing cost of the. League of fus, worth $1,006, to be delivered to

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the boys at a certain famotts publie school are being educated out of capital.

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SHANGHAI TAILOR ASSAULT CASE.

"The meat was still appetising," police.. says a contemporary report-which | It appears that on November 30 may havs crred on the side of op- the Tong Lee Shark Fin Dealers timism.

wire approached by a 'man named Shai Wing Fong, who stated that he was the manager of the Chung Hong Firm, of 128 Winglok Street. urdered 750 cutties of shark

Nations, which, be mid, is growing the premises of his firm, agreeing like a snowball,

to pay for them the following day The case in which a Shanghai One can understand his attitude.address given by a folf of the Tong hard Inhour and 12 strokes of the When a call was made at the tailor was sentenced to 14 days'

The Prime Minister of New Zea. land has protested against the ine

RE-OPENED AT KOWLOON AND DISMISSED,

It is to be hoped that the boys but one does not think he can quite Lee firm, with a view to payment are obtainable through the SECRE ment. Dr. We contended, in fact,

themselves do not realise this, be realise how expensive it must be being made as arranged, it was hirch for assalting Mrs. P. Hawes TARY upon Introduction by a Member,

cause the realisation that every sending all these notes all over the found that the man, Shui Wing of Prince Edward Road was 're- wach Member to be responsible for

WILLIAM TELL, his bow and arrow, or cultural entity known as Man-his son and the apple shot from is eating into their ultimate in- keeps several carbon copies of each, few sticks of farniture were left in-

hour of the Odyssey, for example, world. And the League probably Fong, had absconded, and only a opened by Mr. J. A. Fraser, on his Payment of All Chits, etc.

Badges will not be on sale at the

te admitting

Mombers churia." In his opinion Manchuria his head, the tyrant Gessler, for heritance would do nothing to in-

was part of China proper in the whom WILLIAM had a spare-arrow crease their enjoyment of

so the expenditare on stationery the rooms he had "occupied. Bace

Courso

in case his aim proved untrue, all Classics. Members can obtain, upon Application minds of its own inhabitants, and

must be colnesal. the frills and furbelows of one of

The police are making enquiries. history's most fascinating yarns, are definitely tagged us pure fiction by Mr. RAFAEL SABATINI,

to the SECRETARY, Badges (limited ONE) for the Free Admission to the Mambory Enclosure of Wives, Lady

to

of all Chinese people,

Dr. W i referring to the action Helativos and Friends. Names must be of the League of Nations, cited the stated when applying.

On No Fretext will Obildron be incident of 1923, when Greek troops permitted in either Enclosure during invaded Bulgaria and were ordered the Mecting.

Tins are obtainable at the Olubby the League Council to evacunts House provided they are ordered from that country, forthwith, M. Bars the No. 1 Boy by 6 pm, on the 4TH stating that the plea of self DECEMBER. Tolophons 21920.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

To be sure, previous authorities handled the WILLIAM TELL incident somewhat gingerly, but none of them seemed courageous enough to gather it up, bow, arrows, apple and all, and throw it into the rubbish heng, This Mr. SanSTINI has done. I definitely says that TELL never existed. It was a good

the

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The Hong Kong dollar registered

story while it lasted, and it lasted at Is. 4-5/18, on demand.

about six centuries, despite rather timidly made statements from time

י,

A "Bupper" Meeting of the Hong

The

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Club Christmas

the Kowldon.

at own initiativa, Magistracy yesterday afternoon.

It will be remembered that in the Finitial hearing Mrs. Hawes stated that there had been some dispute over a piece of work which she had entrusted to the man, and following" an exchange of words the defendant pushed her. The latter, however, denied this, and said that the coin- plainant agreed to pay him 82.59

Hall on December 28.

payment came she gave him only

al.

As from yesterday, all members

Leave to appeal against the de

defence," by which the Athens WIlinam ofine, WILL, alias WILLIE a slight advance yesterday, opening Kong Referers' Association will Dance will be held in the Cite for the work but when the time for The Price of Admission to the Fublio Government justified its action was Enclosure is $2,00, including Tar, for very dangerous,** In that in all Persons, including Ladies, and is stance the League was obeyed. payable at the Gate.

Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are Manchuria "the withdrawal of admitted Half Price,

troops had not been so expeditious, Bookmakers, Tie Tac Moo, atc.. will not be permitted to operate with though, in Dr. Wr's opinion, the

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Hong Kong, 30th Nov., 1991,

Secretary,

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to time that the WILLIAM TELL in-

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ferees.

A report has been made to the

Barrister Briefed.

When the case was re-opeend yes-

Lake place to-morrow at 7.30 p.m. at St. Francis Hotel. Mr. R. K. Yesterday being the Autonomy Duncan will speak on the subject cident was as speculative an affair Day of Portugal, the Portuguese of "Why are referees unpopular?" of the Hong Kong Poller Force hava cision had been granted to Mr. stantiate it as the existence of evidence to sub-flag was flown from the fore-mast and Mr. J. W, Baldwin has conuent donned their winter uniforms. For Horace Lo by His Worship on in the Precincts of Tux Hong Kong | viruumstances were similar.

Historians who have searched of all British and foreign warships ed to reply on behalf of the re-the past two weeks only those on November 20. JOCKEY CLUB during the Race Meeting,

Dr. Wu went on to outline his through the six centuries for some in port,

night duty had changed from their Tiri will be obtainable in the Review of the

isolated fact with which partially taurant in the Public Enclosure,

proper solution of to verify the story have found

summer garb. A distinct change the Manchurian problem. He was nothing, not even the apple, ae-

Stating that he had been sent by police, by Mr. H. J. Pearce of the has been made this year in the uni emphatic that Chinese sovereignty cording to Mr. SABATINI. They do the accountant, a foki in a grocer's Public Works Department, of the forms of the European sergeante, terday it was revealed that Mr. Lo must be maintained over the pro- BALDWIN

not even know whether it was nehop at Saiwanho obtained the sum

or 1 MCINTOSH RED. vince. Anything less would be in- From time to time claborations on

of 2450 from his master and sub- og of a Fiat motor car which was who are now provided with stripes had briefed Mr. D'Almada in the parked in Chater Road on Monday similar to those of the, London, and both Mr. Lo and MA tolerable to Chinese nationhood. the original story have added sequently disappeared.

the other hand, Japanese but even the wealth of detail with Chi

night. It was left in the stand at Metropolitan Police in place of the D'Almada appeared before His weight to its seeming authenticity, economic interests in Manchuria which dramatists and composers

9.30 p.m. but when Mr. Pearce re-broader ones which have been worn Worship, and argued the defence on The Hong Kong Automobile As-turned at 11.30 he found it miss. in the Colony from time imme

a point of law, CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME must be recognized and allowed to have dr seed the thrilling story sociation is holding its annual ing.

Mr. J. A. Fraser, in his unming develop, under the protection of the cannot be accepted as attesting its dinner dance on Friday, December

actually.

up, said that it had been pointed An assault with intent to rob was out that there was an inaccuracy committee on an aged married in the proceedings, in that during woman of Shan Mi village, in the the couras of the first bearing there' Shatin District, on Monday after was an adjournment to a room not. noon by a Chinese who was sub- sequently arrested.. The woman, in the Court and in the absence of Hui Wam Kiu, aged 64, was walk the defendant, who therefore had no near the No. 4 Railway Tunnel she

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Perhaps future excavations may 18, at the Peninsula Hotel. Tables A Portuguese married woman, It is over the last phrase that produce a bow or arrow

apon may be booked each person being Mrs. Carsala, living in a hut in which WILLIAM TELL's initials have the Japanese have raised the con-

Chatle Road; was admitted to the boen enrved. Until one of these or troversy. Tokyo has no doubt sath the apple shows up, one must con-

Government Civil Hospital at five mitted to the League of Nationa|tinue to enll in the traditional We much regret the error made o'clock yesterday morning and died the query; "what is the Chinesegrain of salt" in giving don-in our columna on Monday when at nine-thirty. She had apparent

cideration to the historien" value Government?" The League of of this story. Even so, this myth, we stated that the donations by Sirly committed suicide through jumping along the Bhitin Road and when opportunity of cross-examining Detached and Semi-detanhed Villas Nations, and the Powers, recognise because accepted by the multitudes, Robert. Ho Tung to the Hong Kong ing from a thirty-foot wall into was attacked by a man who, how I am entitled to merely review the Nanking regime over which has had more effect than many a University amounted to a total of Castle Road. It is understood that ever, was not armed in any way: my decision," said His Worship,

so-called fact and will continue to CHIANG KAI- Surk presides, The WILLIAM TELL my never $20,000. In point of fact the figure source of anxiety to her relatives without taking anything. He was her mental condition had been the shouted, and the man ran away.

"and say it was wrong. The case Canton Government declares, how-have existed, but he lives.

should have been given as $200,000. I for some time past.

later arrested by the police.

is therefore dismissed.".

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