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DAY BY DAY.

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taining the interest of members

in the Corpe, and the recent do-

Thoro was aeloan bill of cision to form representativa twalth in the Colony yesterday. teams of H.V.D.C. playore in all

FIGHTING IN NORTH, HOUSING DISPUTE. ANOTHER POSSESSION

REFUGEES POURING INTO

SHANGHAI,“

(Our Own Correspondent.).

CASE.

Possession casos still'occupy. the attention of Mr. Justice Dyor Ball in the Summary Court. Thle Shanghai, August 27.

morning's onse was one in which The Shun Pao, the leading Wong Ting-man, the landlord of vernacular

nowspapor, haa 83. Wu Taing Stroot, Yaumati, received a dispatch reporting the sought possession of the premises, branches of sport, should go`n The address of Les Elegances outbreak of warfare between the the Ching Cheong firm boing long way to mako Volunteering do Parlo was Inadvertently forces of Chi Shih-yuan and cited as dofondants.

The plaintiff, ropresonted by what it ought to be-a popular omitted from the advortiaomont Tupan Lu Yung-belang this activity in which ovory enrolled appearing on Page 9. It is No. morning. Traffic between Shang. Mr. E. S. Brooks, claimed that

haf and Nanking is interrupted.” defendants WOLD in (8, Quoon's Rand, Contral. man can take a proper pride.

Tall Tales.

Chinose brought before our magietratos always have an excuse rondy, their mentality being such that, to BAVO face," any story will do rather than none

#

The silk forwarded from hare by the "Empress of Russia" on the 31st July arrived in Now York on the 23rd August, having beon 23 days in transit.

wrong-

A somi-official despach reportsful possession and asked for that Chi Shih-yuan despatched a judgment and mesne profits. regiment of artillery and other Mr. D. MacCallum appeared forcos from Nanking to Quinwan for the defondants." yesterday.

Mr.Brooks-asked leave to Shanghai Chinese commercial amend the writ. The defendants and financial Interests are dis-wore only in occupation of a pertion of the ground floor of the turbod.

promises; not of the whole,

A Manila telogram to the Numerous refugees are pour

at all. This explains the case of Daily Bulletin states that a gun. Into Shanghai from Sung- the man who was yesterday on submarino 92 at Cavito back king and border cities. charged with the theft of a pair fired this morning, killing a chief

of slippors, a pair of trousers and potty officer and wounding a

a ainglot, and who wanted the soatian.

magistrate to believe that a praction! joker had come along whilst he was aloop and fitted

..

Prof. Danonberg is loaving for

SUDAN SITUATION.

Mr. MacCallum sald ho was entitled to costs up to the time of the amendment. He was entitled [lo judgmunt on the writ as it

stood.

The writ being amended, Mr. Brooks opened his case. He said that the house in question was hin out with this rigi Wo can Japan on a holiday to-morrow on ATTEMPT AT DISTURBANCE one of five let ne dwelling housos.

FAILS.

The tenant of the ground floor well appreciate Mr. Hamilton the Empress of Asin. Bofore his

was named Wong Yoo, and regarding this as rather, a toll return to Hongkong, his 7-year-

Khartum, August 26, amongst the terms of her letting story, for a slumber which would old son will give a piano rocita!

Partion of the mutinous Rail was a olauso provonting hor from pormit of thewo artiolon being in Shanghai,

way battalion who are boing sub-letting without permission of slipped on without the sloeper's

ovacuated, attempted to create a the landlord. She was also pro.. knowledge must indeed have boen

The following tologrami has disturbance among the nativos, vented from carrying on a new deep. This incident rocalls boon rocsived from the British but the latter did not respond. line of business. Sho had sub- another some years ago in which Consul-Conoral at Batavia:-- A Court composed entirely of let a portion of the promises to a Chinoso was charged with tho "Nothorlande Bast Indios Egyptians and Sudanose, trying the defendant firm, who wore theft of a jacket from a lighter. Authorities have declared Hong the Aibara disturbors, has carrying on business as car- He was wearing it. but that did kong infected with small-pox.” sentenced three of them to two puntore. His' oase was that not deter him from profossing his

yoars' imprisonment and ton Wong Yoo had no right to sub- completo innocenco. What hap [poned, ho told the Bench, was that

The socond portion of the first others to a year in gaol.― Reuter, lot the promises and therefore defendants were trospassers on it was a windy night and he was will be shown at the matinee Portuguayo movio play over mado

the landlord's property, vory rostloss, the consequencò being that the jacket must have performance in the Star Theatre HOPES TO CARRY ON. in support. Cross-examined by blown on to the deck and during this afternoon. In the evening M. PENTYCROSS-At the Peak his tossing and tuming in his Premyslav gives his socond Hospital on August 26th., Mabel sjeop he must have unconscious-

Now York, August 26, dearly beloved wife of F. Ily wriggled into it! We have

Mr. Wilson, head of the pack Pontyoroas. (Shanghai papore all heard, too, of the innocent Showing in the Coronet Theatreling firm of Trenton Wilson and please copy).

folk who, when charged with again. this evening is the Co., is conferring with his bankors chicken-stealing, come forward excellent double programme com- and counsel with a view to con with the pat explanation that the prising "An Old Fashioned Boy." testing the receivership proceed-ho bird was in the roadway and starring Charlos Ray,

and inge. Renter's American Serviçe, fearing that they might stop on "Burglar by Proxy," starring it, they had merely taken the Jack Pickford. chlokon up to convoy it to a place of safety. These storios

BIRTH. HAMER. At 111. Wong Nel Chong Road, Hongkong on the 26th of August, to Mr. and 5. Hamer, a son.

Mrs.

DEATH.

The Telegraph,

HONGKONG, 27th Aug., 1924.

VOLUNTEERING.

concert.

lend a little colour and intorest Un the ground that the build- to Police Court proceedings. bating was in a dangerous condition, the Building Authority obtained apart from this they have no

Mr. R. an injunction from value whatovor, because they

E. Lindeol, t tho Contral ura helioved by no-one and oven The training season of the their retailors realise that from Magistracy this morning, for the eviction of the tonants of No. 1 Hongkong Voluntoor

(the very beginning. Defence

Tung Tak Lane. Corps commences at the hagin The Right Step.

AKALIS DEPART

Evidence was given by a foki

Mr. MacCallum, he said that whon his mastor bought tho house he bought it subject to the axlating tenanoios, Wong You was the only tenant recognised by the landlord.

Mr. MacCallum submitted that had no caso to answer. There was no priority of contract bu- woon tib landlord and tenant, and therefore the proper person to suo was the principal tonant. Ho asked that plaintiff be non- suited.

interfered with. To the strain His Lordship-Would it not of a slow obant, the party and have boon easy to say on tho

Mr. Brooks said that hu saw' CROWDS AT BLAKE PIER

no point in that at all. It was the THIS MORING.

sub-tenant's duty to find out if the principal tonant had the right Very interesting scones word to sublet. enacted at Blako Pior this mor-1 Further discussion ansitod, and ning, just before aleven o'clock, his Lordshipexpressed the opinion whon party of Akalis, who that if Mr, Brooks considered it a ning of next month, and already; It is satisfactory to note that Mousre. Whiteaway, Laidlaw have been DI D visit to the breach of contract by Wong Yoo, thore is "a certain tivoliness to the Unofficial members of the & Co., Ltd., are inaugurating Colony, on route from Canada to the action should have been taken

Logislative Council intond at novo! sale attraction from to India, were given a farowell by against hor. be observed in the Colony. Thursday's meeting to prous for morrow when special bargains the Indian community on thoir Mr. Brooks said that she was Principal uttention has been an extension of the jurisdiction will be offered at one dollar. An leaving for the south.

not carrying on the business. directed those past few days to of the Sanitary Dupartment and advertisement appoaring on Pågo

There WES а vory largo The sub-tonants had no right to the creation of # the Scottish Conipany, owing to and Department which shall have articlos obtainable for this modest of Blake Pior being somewhat wanted to get them out.

now Board 3 gives a surprising list of gathering, the normal activity be there at all, and the landlord the campaign for recruits which charge of the public houlth sum.

baing wagad at Taikou and of the Colony. Thors can be no Kowloon Docks. Last year this questioning the wisdom of this

For having in his possession friends, want in solemn proces receipt "These houses are to be proposal, for it has become pain- company fell away in numbers, fully apparent of late that there nearly 4,000 Capstan cigarettes on down the pior to the landing used only as dwelling houses

Mr. Brooks: Yes, but they but now bids fair to reems its is a sad lack of co-ordination in for which the duty had not been stope, the unusual sight attrael- plane as one of the strongest in matters affecting our health laws. paid, a Chinose was fined $150, or ing hundreds of Chinese. Gifts were not drawn up by a lawyer. of flowers and other takens were Mr. Brooks urged that by au the corps. Meanwhile, the other This Colony has altogether out three months' hard labour, bymade to the visitors before the copting the receipts (on which the

grown the days when the Sanitary Mr. E. W. Hamilton at sections have boon steadily gain Department was primarily con Kowloon Magistracy this mom-departure, the whole proceedings conditions attaching to the tenan The duty on the cigarettes having a religious atmosphere by were printed) without coni. ing new men daring the sumner, cerned with plague, and it is clearing.

and significance.

ment, Wong Yoo' accepted the and when the next Annual that things cannot go any longer was $15,90,

termis. as they now are. The creation inspection takes place it is con- of a Public Health Department Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at fidently believed that there will has bocomo imporative. We shall the Kowloon Magistracy this be a hundred more mon at least not be surprised if there is Official morning, a house coolie, in the than last time. This will only opposition to this proposal, be-employ of Mrs. Walker, of No. 88 cause reform is usually rosisted Nathan Road, was fined $5, or be the case if the recruits to the to the last ditch in this Colony, seven days' hard labour in corps, already enlisted and to be In view, however, of the oxisting default, for dumping a quantity, raped in during the next two division of authority over the of house rofuse at the junction off or three months, are really keen, control of our water supply, und Nathan and Granville Roads, and make every effort to qualify, From what wo can at present gather, there is a movement to mako Voluntooring haro as necessity for the improvement pleasant as possible, so that in and extension of our health

also of the astoundingly little that is done in the way of food analysis locally, it will require very cogent and telling argumenta to convinco us that there is no

rosolution contemplator.

WORLD THEATRE.

"ITCHING PALM."

enrolling, a man really joins a Borvico which the Unofficial big slab, with the opportunity of putting in healthful ux- orcise which qualifies him to do his bit as a citizen of the Empire in time of emergency,

Much of the present onthusiasm has beosi duo to the efforts of a few who bayo novor Blackoned

What would you do if you found a twenty-dollar bill in your morning cup of coffou, another one your vest pocket as you paid

crisp and now, sandwiched

NEW SHIP IN PORT.

the

LIBEL CIHARGES.

RESULT OF COMMENTS

Wong Yee was put into the box by Mr, MacCallum and she told the Court that she was un- able to road to read the charao- ters. She said, that she had previously sub-let the portion of ON DUNNE CASE,

tho pramines. occupied by dofdants to cigarette sellers, Arising out of the case of Sub Mr. MacCallum said that the Inspector Thomas Dunue, who carpenter took possession on the appeared at the British Court 6th of the 2nd moon. That was at Shanghai bot WD8 dis-the material period. Mr. Brooks missed of the obarge of had said that by tacitly accepting causing the death of a Chinese the receipt containing the clause coolie, summonses for criminia! that there was to be no change of Hibol have boon issued by the business, she accepted the re Mixed Court against the editors straint. The receipts for the 1st, and publishors of throo Chinese 2nd and 3rd moons contained no newspapar in connection with roforence to that at all, and There is 违 vory interesting editorial articles, published in the thorofore, by the same logic as ship now in port, which is on papers, and alleged to be libellous. was 13804 by Mr. Brooks, its maiden voyaga to the East. The papers and Chinese con- there was no breach of contract. It is the Swodlah motor vossol corned aro; Shanghai Journal of The olauso did not become. Nanking, of 9,650 tons carrying Commerce, Zung Pao-lai, Editor, foporative until after the material capacity and 5,931 tons gross, and Dee Tsung-woo, Managing poriod.

Shanghai Tribune! which arrived at two o'clock Director,

Mr. Brooks said that receipts afternoon with a Jahin Isu (Hi Chien-ning), containing the elnusa were given yesterday

The ship loft former Managing Diroster, and from the 9th incon of last year general cargo. Gotonburg on June 18th, lotter-Bun Toong-woo, Editar and and Mr. MacCallum had produced

MAIDEN VOYAGE OF MOTOR VESSEL.

in their attainpt to infect others your faro to town, a third den on July 11th, and has come the Eastern Times, Olion Lang ono or two at the beginning of

with their keeness. A glance at betwoon papers on your desk, and via Port Said, Singaporo, Iloilo byoch, Editor and Dih Teel this year, whiab did not contain recont Corps Orders is revealing. yot another, fluttering in on the Manila. Besides cargo, a tshing, Managing Director,

The summonses required ovening brooze through the open few passengers are carried. She Thoro has boon a gratifying window of your bedchamber, as sailed from Manila at noon lost dofondants to appear at addition to the Light Infantry you retired? It is just such a

Sunday.

Mixed Court last Monday, section, which at ono time acom- strango recurrence of vagrant Tho Nanking was...built at od throatoned with extinction. money that sets a whole village Gothenburg, being completed as last June, and hunting for hidden treasure in recently The altsching of a transport "Itching Palms," a photoplay of embodies the latest in motor-ship She Is of open-

AR

CAPITAL OF WALES.

the clause. The reason for that tho was that the landlord had run the out of the othors and, he saw no reason whsch, they should be demnified on account of that,

His Lordaliip pointed out that. it did not take three months to Asked which City should bo print now receipt forms. section to the Mounted Infantry mystory and adventure, which is construction.

Judgment was reserved. has also had a great effoot in now showing at the World Thoatro, sholtor typo, twin-sorow, with samed the Capital of Wales, The play created a sopeation at four Diesel engines of 4,300 hores Welsh Local Authorities voted as

BAT-BREAKING ORICKET, attracting recruits. We do not its carly Eastern, showings and power, and makes thirteen knots. follows:-Cardiff 75, Carnarvon Dospite his 74 your Lord know whether the realleation of is expected to repeat ite success There is a grand saloon, smok-40, Aberystwyth 14, Swansea 8. Harrie has not forgotten bow to civic duty is better this yost, but locally. It in enacted by Tom ing room, and four first class On the basis of population, Cardiff play orloket Capisining the so Tom cabins nicely decorated with received 1,323,198 votos, about Lords and Commons against the evidently thero is greator all-Gallory, Virginia Fox, round onthielarm, for there Claire and was directed by Wagents are the Swedish Trading Swansea came second with which included two During"

Wilson, Victor Potel and Gortruito mahogany panelling The local half the total of Wales; and M. O last month he hit up 25,

271,038 "Is nötling" to "show "that" onist- Horav.

his innings he broke his bat ek

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