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THE WATER SUPPLY

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Restrictions On Saturday

RAIN BADLY NEEDED

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1933

UNMUZZLED DOG LENIENCY ASKED SEQUEL TO MONG-

Owner Fined At Kowloon Court

Before Mr. Butters at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday Mr. T. W. Tipple of No. 1. Cornwall Street, Kowloon Tong, was summoned for allowing his dog in the street with

ut a muzzle.

The authorities have wisely de

An Indian constable stated that cided to start early in the matter he saw a dog running into the gar of water restrictions. From to- den of Mr. Tipple's house. It had morrow, Saturday, both on the no muzzle, and witness took out a Island and on the Mainland a ten- | summons, after ascertaining the hour supply will be given as

name of the owner," follows:-

6 am to 11 a.m.

p.m. to 9 p.m. Originally it was intended to im- pose restrictions on the Island only, at least for the time being. but, owing to the unusually hot weather, or some other cause un- known there was an

Increased

FOR

Photographer's Clerk Charged

MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT

IMPOSED

A plea to deal with the defendant as leninently as possible was made by Mr. Peter Sin at the Central Magistracy yesterday when he inprosecuted Loung Kit Ming, 29. a clerk employed by Messrs. A. Sek the& Company for the fraudulent con- version to his own use of 8151.83 worth of photographie supplies re- ceived from the Eastman Kodak Company.

Mr. Tipple said he was not the Colony at the time, but accord ing to his amah and cook-hoy, deg had never been out in the street at the time stated by the constable, He had brought them to the Court to give evidence.

Indian

the

The awah said that an consumption 53.83 million gallons constable called her to the gate and in Kowloon for the week ending told her that the dog had been out 21st August: a record figure) and in the street without a mazzle. As in addition, Hong Kong drew from first she said that earlier in the mainland reservoirs 17.04 mill-morning, the dog rar. Jout of the lion

gallons during the same house witha pirev.of meat.

when questioned later, replied that the dog had never left the house.

week.

The consumption in Hong Kong during the week endir.g 21st August was also a record--8,577 million gallons.

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The cook-boy also stated that when he was called the dog was in the house..

This has been dry year and we are actually 22) The magistrate said he obviously inches behind average. The averauld not believe the evidence of age rainfall for August. for the the amah, who first admitted the past. 49. years, is 14.47 inches, and dog was out and then said it was

in the house all the time. the lowest August rainfall record- ed during those 49 years was 3.97 inches in 1906. The rainfall in August this year to date is only 1.74 inches.

Last year no inches were August.

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less than 20.88 recorded during

The Reservoirs.

At the beginning of the month the Island reservoirs were about sible 1,290 The Tytam Tuk Reser- 1.605 mg. compared with a pos- sible 129. The Tytam Tug Reser- voir was 33 feet below overflow level and half empty..

A fine of 88 was imposed, Mr. Tipple. I really didn't know anything at all about the matter.

I only heard what the amab and the cook-boy told me.

The magistrate-İ am not blaming you.

I can't believe the amah, that's all.

HATES OF A BISHOP

Dr. Hensley Henson Draws Up A List

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Over the Mainland Kowloon By- wash was 75 m.g. below capacity but the other reservoirs were full. Total consumption in the Colony Under the hearing Things Which was 615 mg for the month and My Soul Fateth," tie fottowing list of total storage of 2,210 on Augustates," written by the Bishop of 1st that would leave less than Durhu, appears in the "Bishoprick four months' supply-or till the for August end of November, at the present rate of consumption, if there is no appreciable fall of rain in the near future. This of course, is quite apart from the 2,000,000 gallons received daily from Shing

Mun.

1. Sham dowers under glass globes and arthenware monuments in chur- clayares.

IL Confetti in and about the en- trance to churches.

III. Posting names of preachers out- site the churches, sometimes in gigantic letters,

Not a great deal of rain can be expected this year, and as drought often continues well into May the Government have every need V. Il-ventilated churches in which to impose drastic restrictions, and preachers must netis halt and man- the public to make every endea-der, and the people can neither hear your to save water where possible. with intelligence or breathe with

IN SOVIET WATERS

Sequel To Mishaps To Foreign Ships

Mostow, Aug. 10, The Marine Court of Arbitration, attached to the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.S.R., has reached decisions iu actions involving two foreign ships, operating in Soviet waters.

The defendant pleaded guilty.. Outlining the facts of the сазе, Mr. Sia said that the defendant was a clerk employed by the com- plainants, A. Sck & Co. pf a, Des Voeux Road Central. He was trusted anal reliable man, and in fact 80 inuch Wak he trusted that his salary was increased from $40 to $70 a month at the begin- ning of the year.

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KOK RIOT

Prison Sentences For 2 Men & Woman.....

STRUGGLE WITH HOSTILE

MOB. RECALLED

The defendants were L Tong. Kwok Sze and Lo Yung.

MALACCA “YAT KEE" CEREMONY

Driving Away Evil Spirits

MARCH THROUGH THE

STREETS

Three Chinese, two men and one

Malacca, August 15. woman, were sent to prison by

Chai Liana 'marcned in 'proces Mr. Butiers at Kowloon Magistracy sion from Chai Lian Kuan and yesterday on charges of hawking

passed througn various streets without a licence. resisting the

coming back to the Chat Lian police and larcency from the per- Kuan at 8.30 p.m. The procession was made up of two lanteras a red son.

cnyekee," an incense-carrier, two drummers, two gong-beaters, four Chal Lian Taus (Wangkang-Cap- tains) one of whom carried the "Chai - Elan Kee," a silk banner, two Leong Bak" boys, supposed to sit in front of the Wangkang eyes. 36 Chal Liane, crew of the Wangkang, two "Hong Busy boys supposed to sit at the stern 01 the Wangkang, two sampan darsmen and eight Chal Lian superintendents, all of whom made their way barefooted, and, most of the officials of the Wangkang fes- tival.

Det.-Sergt. Goodwin who" prose cuted said that on Aug 20 an Indian Constable, No. 754 arrested first defendant in Laichikok Road for hawking without a licence. Hls wife, the second defendant, interfered with the police and a large crowd took sides striking the police and throwing stones at them. It was during this riot that a revolver. was supposed to have been stoten from one of the con- stables.

Hostile Crowd.

Behind these came two Chinese

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White and Red.

P. C. Larata Singh, No. 754, said The complainants had an necsunt that he was on duty in Lalchikok musical parties from the Hoon Lim with the Eastman Kodak Company Road on the 20th and he arrested Kok and Sim Lun Kok Associa and whenever they required any

the first deferidant for-hawking photographic supplies they usually without a licence. sent the defendant to go and order them. During the early part of July, the complainants received certain invoices from the Eastman Kodak Co. of certain goods that were supposed to have been ordered by them, but which, in fact, the managing partner had no know ledge of whatsoever. Enquirice were made as a result of which the defendant was charged.

must

In fairness to the defendant," Mr. Sin continued, "it

be said that when be was arrested he admitted unreservedly that he had obtained and received the goods. He gave the Police every facility in tracing part of the goods. He was absolutely frank about it so much so that he handed what remained of the goods to the complainants.

"My instructions are," said Mr. Sin, although the offence is a very serious one, not to press the charge against the defendant my clients think that be committed it owing to the sudden yielding to temptation. During the past few months he had been suffering ill- health and the proceeds of the

The man went with him quietly at first but his wife interfered grasping the witness by the belt He blew his whistle and another officer turned up.

A large crowd, which had gathered, thereupon attacked them and prevented them from taking their prisoners away. A soldier who was there tried to assist the police but the crowd was too large and became very hostile and jostled the officers. At this point the second constable called out to witness that his re- volver had been stolen. They both chased the third defendant who had it, and caught him but only after he had thrown the weapon away. The crowd was still imped- ing the police, stones and bottles being thrown, and the soldier was hurt in the arm by one of these missiles. At this rather serious moment assistance came in the shape of a motorbus, in which a Chinese plain-clothes man was a passenger. The third defendant was put in the vehicle with di- culty and taken to the Station.

Soldiers Complimented. Corroborating"

evidence. was

soldier

photographic applies were practi- given by P.C. 754, the Chinese cally all used for medical purposes. plain-clothes man and by Private He will be dismissed from my Bottomley of the Lancashire Re- clients' service, and under these giment. . the TV Brass desks in pulpits, espe

who had cially whes, small, insecure, and flood-circumstances I will ask your Wurrendered assistance to the police. ship to deal with him as leniently Sergeant Walsh told the court lighted.

that the revolver was brought into possible." His Worship, (Mr. Wynne-Jones) the Station by the second defen- however, remarked that the defendant who said she had picked it plant was not young and should up. realise the responsibilities. How- VI. The allocation of Sundays to

ever much he might like to take a "special", objects with the topical ser- mmons and disturbances of devotionalenient view of the case, he had to inflict punishment so as to prove a use and wont incidental thereto.

deterrent to those people who might find themselves in a similar position to defendant.

confort.

VIL-Addresses at funerals design ed to compliment the deceased and

tify the mourners.

kind help.

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First defendant admitted having hawked without a licence and was fined $5 or one week for that. A the defendants denled the charges

of obstructing the police.

His Worship, however." convicted them and sentenced them as fol- lows:-the first defendant six

Addressing the defendant, he said: What are you going to do weeks imprisonment; the second

about this?

VII-Selecting Paalias which few can find in time to join in singing them, and which are not often pre furable to those appointed in the

The defendant: I committed the Prayer Book.

IS-Descants and anthems; except, offence because I had been ill some of course, "in quires and places where time, ägo and had obtained some they sing.

money from Canton. As I have no Thanking the choir for their money to repay it, I took the One of the cases involved a slip of

goods. I am thinking of refunding British registry, the Pennyworth, XL-Notices given out during the complainants and ask your which ran aground in the Black divine service, especially when inter-Worship to deal with me leniently. Sea while steaming at full speedfarled with hortatory sermonectes.

How do you propose to do it!- XII-Compliments to individuals in By loans. From friends. in a locality where a moderate speed is customarily observed Two parish magazines.

two dredge and ice-breakers,

If you can raise money to repay

have för five days wherries

this, you should not worker to refloat the vessel, and the depart-

mitted the crime. I am afraid you ment of the Soviet Mercantile Fleet

will have to go to gaol for one filed a claim for £0,000 for this ser

month-and that's lenient. vice. The court, however, has found the claim excessive and reduced it to. £3,016.

The second case-concerned the

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KIIL-The sucking of clergymen in the streets,"

XIY-Dirty paper, amatory lettera torn into small pieces, and orange peel in the Bishop's park.

XV.Anonymous letters,

Italian ship, San Pietro, which enllided U.S. ARMY GETS JEALOUS

The

with and sank.the Soviet sailing ship, Voyevodo, in the Black Sun. court has found that the Italian vessel was not responsible for the accident and dismissed the claim of the owners of the Sovint vessel.- Tam.

WON 105,000 FRANCS

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NAVY COPS MORE THAN

ITS SHARE.

Says an American Correspondent- The ancient feud between the Army and Navy blossomed bitterly again when the soldiers heard that the sailors had capped 8238,000,000 public works bond issue for construction of naval shipa.

THE FRENCH

· ARMY.

com-

Problem Of New Recruits

and

The Chai Lians were dressed In white suits with red waist bands and wore cork hats to which were tied small red bands bearing the words "Thye Tan Soon Slew," which is a title of the deity. Choo Ong Yah of Kandang, empower- ing him to exercise his powers whenever a Wangkang. festival is held.

Od arrival at the Tee Ong Yah Temple, the banner was unfurled and waved and the latter part of the Chai Lian song was sung end- ing with the paddling of oars.

After a stop at the temple and the Wangkang yard, the proces- sion made its return.

At the junction of the streets, the temples at Bukit Tiong Bunga Raya, Pengkalan Rama, Kim Seng Bridge and at the residences of one of the members of the Ad- visory Board, one of the members of the counell of executive chiefs and three members of the addi tional council of executive chiefs of the Wangkang festival, the banner, was unfurled and waved with the singing of the latter part of the Chal Lian song, and the paddling of cars.

It is believed that "Yat Kee." the unfurling and waving of the banner, drives away evil spirits and blesses Malacca.-"Singapore Free Press."

'MARCONI EXPERIMENTS

PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS, IN RADIO ECLIPSED -

Ronie, Aug. 8. The first ultra-short-wave telephone defendant two months.

service of the world, between Santa the third three months.

Margherita Ligura and Roco dij

On Mr. Butters warmly commender Papa, was initiated to-day. Private Bottomley, remarking, this becasion, Signor Marconi dis- would like to congratulate Private closed some facts about his newest Bottomley on his public-spirited invention which, he "claims, will, behaviour."

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NEW LOCOMOTIVE-

Engine Designed For Train Of 2,500 Tone

Moscow, Aug. 15, Two young engineers have designed a new super-powerful steam locomo tive for hauling freight trains. The model is unique in its simplicity and is intended to haul a train of 2,600 tons dead weight at a speed of 24 kilometres per hour.

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A number of locomotives of this de- sign are to be built at the locomotive plant at Lugansk-Tass:

and even in 1919 deaths exceeded births by 232,335, Excepting of Ricers and regular army enlistments, therefore, France in the next four years will have available for conscript ing means of maintaining the strength service, approximately only 181,000

Paris, Aug. 17.-The Supreme War Council and the military commissions of the Chamber and Senate are seek

known before.

Should the new ultra-short-wave telephone service prove as success- ful as expected, Signor Marconi maintains that, within a compara- tively short time there will be no dispensed with first of all in towns! and cities and then they will grad- ually disappear over, distancea up to 100 miles. The telephone in the vest pocket is, therefore, in sight,; In actual fact, according Signor Marconi, the necessary apparatus al- in the laboratory ready exista stage, Conversations have already been held over, distances over 100 miles and, by strengthening the apparatus, distances up to 200 miles. would be attainable. These instru- ments, it is stated, would not be costly and would have the special ad- vantage that no disturbances could arise such as are heard in radio transmission. The only difficulty lies in the necessity for directing the radiation to the exact point at which the message in to be picked The Army had fits, but was quick of the French army in 1934-37, a brow men instead of the 353,000 normally up since it cannot be heard to the on the uptake. It binatily sem furrowing labor involving both mathe-anticipated.

right or the left of this line. This bled a swell 8135,000,000 program formatics and politics.

To avert a sharp diminution in difficulty, however according to The task is complicated because the army ranks; Parliament approved an Signor Marconi, will also shortly At the Summer Casino here an constructing of arracks, officers' English visit on his first try and quarters and military road improve-available conscripts for the 4-year increase of one month in one year term, be overcome so that the wireless

ments, Assistant Secretary of War period beginning next October are far effective last April The Chamber telephone is now within reach. with the urost elementary ideas as to Harry Woodring rushed over to the below normal, due to the sharp drop military commission has been studying staking has led the most amazing public works board in the Interior in France's birthrate during the war another stop gap project envisaging Department and applied for the years 1914-18. It is made further another increase of three-months affect He threw a thousand-frane plaque money

difficult because the Left government ing conscripts, available in October: ITALY'S SURPLUS WOMEN on No. 7, at one of the roulette tables, The honor of the Army, considering does not look approvingly upon any In addition; it is studying a proposal No. 7 tarned op, he picked up his what the Navy got, was obviously at increase in the term of military service, permitting enlistments of 3,4 & 5 years

tary or which it is believed would attract me w censia has quite definitely stake. But the public works, board, how one year winnings 35,000 frames and walked which scrutinizes every application The present force of the French some thousands of men who object to away. A moment or two later he was with a cold and fishy eye, tarned the ardy, second largest in the world, is the regular semy 7-year term. established the fact that Italy now informed that he had won again application over to a sub-committee: approximately 541,000 men, of which The problem is made faill more has more women than men. [ip to and, though he lad den how this for careful study.

31,000 are officers. Since the vexatious for big army advocates by now it has been the fehlen todoks could have happened, he went, back. First they asked Woodring, whether. Armistice, roughly one half the the succession of Geneva disarmament About the predomth neck, wou on a and collected another 35,000 francs, it had been taken into consideration nation's standing army was recruited proposal, among which is the British the British Ele bile that Gill not be only to be brought back a second that some of the posts for which, con- from the conscripts subject to servico draft which would reduce comeripta fann hanforth time to get the sum once more,struction money was asked were like at the ageraf 21 Only 106,000 men to a negligible quantity. Finally, the Eventually it was explained to him to be abandoned, which they are represent regular army enlistments for Government in recent toonthis has been

confronted with a wave of pasa that he had left his take on the under the administration's Hardboiled the 7-years tormie der

economy program.

objectorsmong" number, which had turned up three - Woodring admitted thist

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