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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NOTES & COMMENTS.

No Consideration.

MONDAY, SEFTEMBER 5, 1921,

DAY BY DAY.

PUBLIC OPINION 13 ALWAYS

HEADY TO PROSTITUTE ITSELF TO ITS OWN INTERESTS-Napoleon.

There was a clean bill of health in the Colony on Saturday.

The relaying of alectric cables along the streets of the City is, of course, a necessity, Under ordi- bary airemmstances no one, sxospt) the perpetual "grouser," could possibly grumble at seeing roads and pavements up for this pur The Night Swimming Fete at pose; people would much sooner the Victoria Recreation Club will have the convenience of the light be held on Wednesday the 7th and power brought them by the just, weather permitting. cable than complain of the tam-

1389 towards the

A.S. WATSON & CO., LTD. north side of the street was a

Hongkong Dispensary.

Phone No. 16.

Cable Address: Hongkong. Telegraph.

Tetepname: No. 1. A.B.C., 5th edition. Western Union. Office, address: 11. Ice House Street

Birth.

Che Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, MÓNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1021.

PREPARATIONS FOR WASHINGTON,

obstruction.

A Serious Incident.

Ssatos,

8000

WOPING MURDER CASE. FOR TRICKS THAT ARE

VAIN.

Trial Commenced. The Supreme Court was packad The Story of the Wonderful

Jars. with Chinese this morning, when

When a smooth tongued for Young Ko was brought before Mr. Justics Gompertz at a special | tune-teller asks his client to Criminal Sessions to answer to a bury some silver coins in a pos abarge of murdering an actor and watch them multiply, this Is named Li Siu-fan at the Woping known among Chiness as "plant Theatre on August 16th. Mr. J. the silver tree."

Kemp, Attomsy General con ducted the case for the Crown and prisoner was defended by Mr. F. C. Jenkin.

his hand, but as soon as he

extracted the money and jawilony. pocketed them, and hastaned to take the first train to Sheklung to which place he had already taken the precution of buying a ticket in advancÝ.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

Between Ourselves

By Robt. MacWhirter.

But a constable overtook bilan. before he could arnes the harbour. The simple woman on discovering Such a case was disclosed at that she had been tricked, sought the Police Court this morning the services of the constable and when a fortune-teller was charged together they caught him on the by Sub-Inspector Grant with Praya. When aerobed practic- Mr. Jonkin draw attention to obtaining a sum of $113 and jewel-ally all the money and jewellery porary inconvenience of "road A female labourer WAS

the fact that prisoner had been lery of the value of $195 from a was discovered. [up. But there is a time for all odentally drowned by falling marched from the gaol to the credulous Chinese woman. On things and there should always from the gangway whilst convey Court in the pouring rain and was Saturday evening, it was stated, be displayed a little reasonable-ing coal aboard a junk from the wes through. A change of the woman visited the house pedestrian Tung Cheung Yard on Saturday. clothes had been sent for and where the fortune-tellar lived. public by those who hack our

Counsel asked His Lordship if) and asked him to foretell her A new microscopic wonder bas roads and parements to pieces. Among those who arrived in he would allow prisonst, when fortune. Saturday morning was indecently the Colony by the Empress of arrived, to change.

He told her to bring just been snapanood. Mr, J. E. two ginger jars of identical Barnard, who is in charge of the wat and those who were forced to Japan wers Miss Pitts, Dr The Attorney General outlined | appearance and size. When National Institute for Medical be abroad in the City felt thankful Marriott, Mr. C. D. Melbourne, the story for the prosecution, these were brought, he buried Research, had been able to photo- for the protection of verandas. Mr. E. F. Aucott, and the Rev. explaining what had occurred by her money and jewellery in one graph for the first time a living but in Queen's Road, from Pedder and Mrs. E. W. L. Martin.

means of plans. Deceased was vessel, while the other was filled bacillus, and to reveal its struc- Street to Ice House Street, the

shot whilst acting on the stage of to the brim with old iron. His ture. Hitherto it has only been protection of the verandah on the

In order to meet the wishes of the Woping Theatre on the nightides, he said was to transform the possible to photograph with any the players the Billiards of Aug. 16th. There were airon into gold and silver of an detail objects that had been mag- hazanlous thing to seek Coolies Championship Team League will number of actors on the stage and amount and value corresponding to uified 1,000 diameters, or a million wielding big sledge hammers, be on the League system in the wings at the time and the the contents of the other jar. The times their size or area. Bayond buge holes in the pathway every-Sacretary of Teams are requested shot was fired by a man who fortune-teller, possessed another this while it was possible stil! where (sometimes only a narrow ledge left on which to walk), mud forward the names of players stood in the front row of the gift, which, however he did not, further to enlarge objects by the

to Mr. Oxberry 13

as stalls. It all happened very disclose to the woman. He was miseroscope the greater size did and water in a too liberal plenty

possible.

quickly and the murderer, having good at palming and it did not not give say more detail. The and the coolie path-breakers in-

frad the shot, made his way entail much difficulty on his part miscroscope began to break up different of pedestrians, either

His Excellency the Governor along the 'stalle, up some steps, tojuggle with the jars so that the the light itself, so that it was faw or many. This path has

oyt through one been opened up for days, but in will open the new Class-rooms of and

of respective position of each far useless for revealing the textare changed, And the jar of objects. Now, by using viclet fairly dry weather one has not St. Joseph's Collage to-day at 6 the exits. A Chinese detective was

to be in the which the Woman

thought and ultra-violet rays, which have minded walking in the road for Pm. Lady Stubbs has kindly ex-bappened

pressed her desire to be present. theatre at the time and heard to contain her valuables a shorter wavelength than white the length of the opening. Why Past and present pupils, their re the shot fired, and when the was in reality the other

ane light, Mr. Barnard has been able was it necessary on Saturday atives, friends of the College are so left the building he showed which contained the quantity of to perform the amazing wonder of morning. a morning on which

great promptitude and dashed useless iron. As soon as he could photographing the living germs of pathways had to be used, for cordially invited.

out after him. The murderer think of an excuse, the fortune-anthrax, magnifying them 3,300 these workmen to continue their

The results of the shorthand ran into a lane, followed by the teller left the house ostensibly diameters or over twelve million oparations? The public de- served a little more considera-examination held recently at the detective. He climbed over

for the purpose of working further times their size, and showing Just Italian Convent were as follows: gate and the detectire caught magic with the jar he held in their structure. McCANN-On 3rd September, at 19 Chatham Road, Kowloon, tion than it received. to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith McCann, a daughter.

because the verandah made the Elementary: First Best, Miss him up and actually touched the pathway the only possible place, Agnes Gill: Second Best, Kath-nian but was unable to hold him. the workmen thought they had erine Hunt: Thirt Best, Muriel Prisoner was caught in Gilman a right to stay in the dry and do Tanaka; followed by Dolores Tal Street, and he struggled so Mary Medina. Laura violently that it took three their work. A thought for age. the pedestrians? Never. Soma Figueiredo, Alica Marsh, Frances constables to secure his arrest. P.W.D. official should have made Dunn, Mercedes Castilho, May As the murderer was running it his business to clear all these Dillon and Laura Daan. Theory: away, he threw down long coat

Bertha which he had been wearing in Aye, I suppose it canna' be helped, but I wish that folks when workmen out, telling them to Elisabeth Ward and come back when the ordinary Santos. Full Certificates: Vids the theatre at the time when he they send me letters would send me something deceat that could be pedestrian could have used the Williams, Edwina Rozers. Lins fired theshor, and as the coat fell printed now and again. Joe, he was just remarking the same thing roadway. The Hongkong Elec- Roza, Agues Fung. Mollie Rah-there was a sound of something the other day. As I've said before, some folks have an idea in their tric Company's workmen were D. Acnie Cordeiro and Laura beary falling with it. When the head that ony ex-parte statements can be published in the pews- coat was picked up the heavy papers. The kind o letters are intriguing right enough and committing & very annoying

object was found to be a Mauser would make right bright reading at times, if I could only publish Eleven raids were made by pistol. One cartridge had been the names o' the writers. But no, that kind of social reformer aye Revenue officers for illicit opium discharged and the pistol contain- prefers, to keep his sixty candle power o' spleen and malice afore- The news from Chias during during the week-end, the places ed also a number of live cartridges. thought under the modern substitute for & bushel. Sometimes these

visited Since the announcement that China had been invited

being mostly opium It might seem strange, said Coun-kind o letters are no signed which brings them, if possible, even active measures sel, that be should throw this more under the contempt they deserve. As I've said before, I'm to the Washington Conference considerable activity has the past week has not been very

inspiring. Things are moving divans. The

the officers have pistol down when it might have no'on for literary thuggee but wi'some folks, it seems the only way been displayed by officials, merchants, ar1 students. These slowly indeed towards the much-taken by

and assisted him to escape, but the to bammer a thing into their heads is by a purely physical process. of course, are the classes from which such activity as is to-be-desired settlement of the compelled the smugglers

Still it takes a lot o' different folks to make a world and the He would be a issues between north and south, dealers into using very ingenious one shot that was fired jammed forthcoming would naturally emanate.

Another pistol was found up the sum total of the week's correspondence. Some bare nice bold prophet who would forecast the day when China will On Saturday there was grave means for concealment, one of the mechanism and it was use-same, wi' equal truth, might be said of the letters that go to make

news reported in Canton from three being a tin oil lamp the st less. have developed what can seriously be named Public Opin the Yangisze valley. Wu Pui-foo back of which swings on a hinge near another exit. but Counsel things to say, talk of my drink but never tak heed o my drouth ion. Such a force, the prime necessity for a progressive bas certainly lost & great deal and reveals a secret recess fitted thought that somebody was carry. A nice letter that's publishable and the right size to fit this corner This recess ing that weapon and threw it would suit me better than a lot o' clishmaciavers about nothing at state of society, is an impossibility at present, with 90 per of popularity, and if the stories into the oil basin. cent., perhaps a lot more, of the people uneducated. In to hand of bis cutting the river contained five taels of opium away because they thought they all in general, which translated as often as no', means the writers Then there's the bird that sends me news red-hot from Kowloon default of general interest among the Chinese in the fate embankment in order to drive out when the lamp was taken by the might be connected with the mar themselves in particular,

Honamese troops is true. together officers, and produced as evidence der; Counsel was of the opinion of the forthcoming Conference, it is good to see that at with the consequent heavy loss of before the Magistrate this morn that this second pistol had nothing and is in such a borry wi' it that he clean forgets to put a stamp at all to do with the case on the envelope. Joe, ha W23 A bit annoyed and opined least the more advanced sections of the huge republic are life and property to the peaceful 10.

Counsel said he could give no he must have been a Scotsman but as I said afterwards, he bestirring themselves, albeit their efforts might be better farming folk, then sympathy with

motive for the crime but that did might have been merely absent-minded and no in the least trying not affect the case. If they (the to live up to a reputation foisted on him by ignorant folk. Still it directed than some of their proposals give indications of Hunam will possibly grow so big It is not easy to gauge with precision the strength of the in the south that the threatened AGGRIEVED SERGEANT. Jury) were satisfied that prisoner wana' nice (the absense of the stamp, I mean). He that pays was the man who fired the sho: quickly pays once but in the case of trying to cheat, the post office movement. Meetings have been held and resolutions passed take place sooner than was ex-

they must find him guilty. The it's the receiver that has to pay twice. If Peking thinks it can under the auspices of societies with high-sounding titles pected.

Cheeky Chinese Fined. motive did not affect the case at I got a nice chit the other day, though, from the Editor of the when only half a dozen people have attended, but as reports subdue the south by military

Swastika. It contained the glad news that the sale of its first For the being cheeky to an Dr. W.B.A. Moort. Medical number had exceeded expectations, that there was a profit already of resolutions come along every other day the assumption action of that sort it is mis is that in the aggregate an appreciable number of Chinese take as is clearly pointed out by Indian Sergeant, a Chinese this Officer in charge of the Govern- in the bank, that the second number was to be made bigger (leaves,

the tone of the Canton papers. morning was fined $5. With an ment

Civil Hospital, said no size, I take it) and would 1, as a guarantor, tell him if I was are interesting themselves in their country's welfare.

All that Peking can hope to do is

aggrieved look the Sergeant Chiness was brought to the willing to keep up my guarantee. And I could see the balance stave off Another factor should not be lost sight of. Remem-to

L well-planned went into the witness Hospital by Inspector Field at sheat at his office if I so minded. Fine and dandy. It's no a great

bax and bering Burke's dietum. it might be classed as the most attack by the south, but it will

KAYƏ evidence to a quarter to ten on the night of strain being a guarantor andar conditions like that, a profit on the The Fourth Estate of China cannot be only encourage that attack by the effect that he was talking Aug. 16th. He was unconscious first number and a free copy fortye. No, go right ahead. Here's important of all.

to A constable near the and sufering. from a wound hoping that some fine day there'll be a Christmas bonus paid to compared with the Press of European country nor with indulgence in tactics that arouse

the sympathies of all. One thou Hunghom Police Station when in the front of the the Press of Japan: but, ou both the English-language and sand people have been drowned the defendant in passing him, He died fifteen minutes later. can be made out without making the balance at the bank look neck. guarantors when the proat becomes so that a respectable cheque the vernacular sides. it is emerging into greater prominence and 2.000 were subsequently insulted him with these words: A post mortem exsmination merely. Up. Swastika. I'm glad now I didus' try and write ony- and has shown symptoms of ambition in discussing the killed, it is reported. A serious "Hello, Indian devil, what are wab made. Witness, described thing for it mysel' or it would have meant a voluntary winding-up

you talking about?" As if this deceased's injuries and said death | petition by this time. Conference. Two new daily papers and a monthly magazine incident. have made their appearance with a view to championing State Intervention.

was not enough, the witness was due to injury to the spinal I got another letter on Saturday to publish which gives me the China's cause in

continued, the defendant made cord caused by the bullet wound.greatest o' pleasure. I hope you'll read it carefully for it's unique in with the international Connection

The launching in Hongkong fun of his words by imitating Evidence regarding the ac-it's way. This is the first time I've ever known Mao to make assembly. The function of the Press is to supply one of last week of another steamer for them in a ridiculous manner. curacy of the plans was given by a fat statement about anything. The nearest to that I ever

This premises the the China Navigation Company Questioned by the Magistrate, Mr. F. C. Neville, and another get out o him was one day China's greatest needs-an educator. ability to read; but even the circulation of news and opinion and the recent launching in the defendant tried to make out witness gave evidence on the was raining cats and dogs, the worst rain I can remember among the limited reading public helps towards its gradual Shanghai of the the China that it was all a misunderstand: pistol, saying that a portion of the Wet day. Mac mays L. "Aye" says he, looking sober and Merchants feet shows that shiping. He was talking to a friend barrel had been filed down and thinking it over aye" says be "outside." That's Mac for ye: dissemination. The capital has got as far as to form a building in the Far East 19 in the Tung Koon dialect, and it the interior enlarged, with the But of course he was annoyed at what happened atween us the body called the l'eking People's Association, which has a still holding its own in competi- was possible that the Indian, who result that when the shot was other morning. Without even troubling to read the letter I could- singularly democratic sound for the centre of a country tion with other parts of the world. naturally was not acquainted fired the cartridge expanded and see that quite plainly from the full and correct way he begins steeped in conservatism. How far it will justify its label From the financial point of view, with that dialect, might have the barrel split.

What Mac knows about music, I declare to goodness, could sit also, the Docks at Hongkong and thought that he remains to be seen. Apparently this association promoted Shanghai would seem to be work-macked.

WAS being A woma who was sitting in nicely on the thighbone o' a bee, but howsomever ye can see what

the stalls on the night of the he's got to say for yourself. the new monthly, the first number of which was issued the ing ou a profitable basis. In Mr. R. E. Lindsell disbelieved crime was next called and at the other day. We have not seen the publication--from a Australia, however, where the the defendant's story and fined conclusion of this evidence pri- Robt. MacWhirter Esq., description of it we judge that the magazine is not a very State has intervened in the ship him as stated. happy example of literary propaganda, being distinguished building industry, the national Jards are proving a colossal more by zeal than by judgment; but the point we are failure. The facts are worth considering at the moment is what degree of concern the noting. In a statement which intended to lay down any more Chinese are exhibiting.

the Commonwealth Minister, who vessels in the State yards for the One plan stated to have been adopted at Peking is is in control of alpbuilding. Commonwealth Line. There is admitable in principle. Whether I stop and useful or ends in a burlesque may afford ́e criterion of the we get the actual cost per ton of face of the publication of these V. F. V. Ribeiro, R. 5. Judah when the slipper I threw slipped I'll tell ye this and had dune building ships for the Government figures, and what has happened. J. Gutierrez, E. M. Xavier, and blackened the best man's wit, I discovered then that ge Chinese appreciation of practical politics. A prize is to under State, auspices. Of the at the Cocatoo Island yard, where D. J. Cuthill. be offered for the best essay on how China's case should be vessela

іп commission gross incompetence and mis- presented to the Conference. We trust that the essays particulars are given of seven management are alleged to hara which cost from £29 7 prevailed, that the State is out! will not be characterised by the nugatory formalism of the 24 per ton to £30 45 3d per of its depth in attempting to literati tradition, out-rivalling the empty dialectics of ton. The tonnage of the various establish a shipbuilding industry. The telegram quoted below was deein' his best. Even if, like a men were abiot s curtain playin' Europe's mediaeval scholiasts. The Conference promises vessels ranged from 5,604 tons to 1 is far too costly a business, received by the American Con-man I once kent named Patey bag pipe and a Jew's hup, the to provide China with an exceptional opportunity to lay 6.170 tons. The estimated cost and although Australian opinion sulate General, Hongkong, from Hyper, he spent s' his time tunio del a bit o ye could tell which Manila Observatory on his pipes and only got them right was which except yo saw the kit her position before the world. With trouble in Central of the vessels now being fitted is said not to be unfavou able to the

ten minutes after everybody o'the yin or the nose of the titkør. China added to the old North and South feud, there is out is 229 per ton, and of those attempts being made to establish Saturday-

now on the stocks £30. It is not the industry, present circum- Typhoon in about 111 deg. else had gane hame, he was, 'That'll settle you, my mandle,

willin*. I never greater need than ever for patriotism and statesmanship sarprising to learn under these stances are altogether against Long. E. deg. Lat. N. moving I'll sweat,

N.W.

saw a piper wha waine, 10 on the part of all factions.

circumstances that it is not access being achieved.

concerted attack on the north will

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all.

ye

the Ferry when it

long as he had a breath in him. soner was taken away and allow-Dear Sir,

And what do you ken about ed to change his clothes.

What ails

at that music any way, Robert laddie? I An actor gave his version of the piper body? I wasaa at the mind you comin' up to see us yours tragedy, being lengthily cross-weddin, mind ye. I'm gettin' eye and up to eleven o'clock examined by Mr. Jenkin, and the too aald to do the is-di-da and ye were as blate shoot gisin us a Court then adjourned for tima. forbye I wasna asked. My aim's sang as a fassio at her first dance, The Jury were Messrs. Rao' what it used to be and since But when ye did get up, the

TYPHOON WARNING.

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ringle so I've saved a lot in were as timmer, as a ketile. Le silver sugar bowls wi' tongs com- come the high and mighty wi” a plate. But even if I wasna there, pot in yer baun, but ye ken that I'll bats ye that pair piper was little sboot rale music thaf if two

Yours truly,

A. MacPherson.