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MARRIAGE

DAY BY DAY.

ONE-LEGGED BEGGAR.

GIVES TROUBLE TO POLICE.

PRESIDENT BOATS.

TWO LEAVE TOGETHER.

adon vimes that China leta)

here armies these, sach other in the pursuit of a victory which is never a real victory. THIEVES CANNOT BE TRUE TO A PLAGUE UPON IT WHEN The destructive process of civil ONE ANOTHER Shakespeare, y

A mondicant, who paraiated In

It was an uquedal sight on war with its successive surprises]

begging for a livelihood, notwith-1 In the way of intrigues, coups, force to-day.

The muzzling order came into standing. Anancial

Saturday afternoon, when exactly assistance at 5 o'clock, the two sister ships, downfalls, and new orientations

from the Poor Box, told the Kow President Cleveland (Captain looks just as liable to continue The Empress of Australia is to loon Magistrato, bofore whom he Yardley), of the Robert Dollar. with Wu-Pal-fu in the supemaoy leave here for Vancouver at noon was charged this morning, that it Line, and the President Jackson

jon Friday.

(Captain James Grift), of the American Oriental Line, left the No. 2 and No. 6 Kowloon wharves simultaneous for the North. Both swung around in the stream at the same time, and, in fact, leit the port nearly side by side,

The P.&O. 8.8. Mantus, from bo Hongkong, arrivod at London

on the 8th April, at 7 a.m. WAB

as they did when Feng Yu- halang was top-dog, and the new Chief Executive will just as helpless S Tuan Chi-jul so long as he and his Cabinet

was due to his failure in business that he had returned to his form or occupatione

The defondant was stated to The s.8. Perim, which loft Sin-have given the police considera- are dependent gapore on Saturday, is due hore ble trouble, oven although he had lost one of his legs. On a pre for their stay on military chiefs at 6 a.m. on the 17th, instant...

vious.ocension he was arrested who are entirely outside the

The dollar has again dropped for begging in the reets, and, power of properly constituted to-day, the T, T. rate of 25. 2.7/8d. on his appearance before the civil control The Times "vory being the lowest since May of Magistrate, he was portinently asks if the Western last year.

Powors are going to sit by for The P. and O. liner Delta, left ovor in the attitude of patient Shanghal at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is due hore to-morrow at about 2

waiting after the fashion of Oriontal fatalism, doing nothing. Barron negations" is the telling phrase used, and the Times, writer question whether Britain, in particular, can afford the luxury of merely subscribing to abstract principles. The question is one that is growingly insisting

p.m.

casional rain.

granted a

The Cleveland had a very on- thusiastic crowd of passengers on

small donation, with which hooard, including the Portuguese was told to get a hawker's licence Football team from Shanghal. and supply himself with the nec. About a hundred of their friends cessary goods. He had been de- were at the wharves to see them ported to Canton on being sub-off, and as the ship was leaving the sequently found begging, but he young sportsmen enlivened the de- had returned to the Colony and parture with songs and cheers. continued to beg.

a full complement of passengers on board, a good number boing US. naval men with their wives going home on leave or being tran sfrred to their stations in the impri-Yanguze from Cavite, Philippine

ANOTHER CASE.

The weather forecast up to noon to-morrow is -East or variable On being reminded of his winds, moderate; overcast, oc-grant, the defendant replied that he had lost money in his business and was forced to return to the The fourth annual ordinary streets. general meeting of Messrs. Lane, Sentence of seven days' Crawford, Ltd, will be held on sonment was passed. Saturday, April 24, at 11 am.

The begging bulsance in the Five hundred Chinese pen-central district having received the fact that the answer is ex-makers in Shanghai have struck the special attention of the police, work in order to prose their de-a case came up before Major C. ceedingly difficult to give and mand for an increase of wagos.

Willson at the Central Magistracy fraught with much danger of

this morning in which a Chinen0 being misunderstood. There has

was charged with this offence.

Garbed in civilian attire, Serge-

on an answer, although in saying so much one does not overlook

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The President Jackson also had

Islands.

A very representative party of the American community attended the ship's departure to bid fare well to Mr. E. LA Matteson, depart. ing Manager of the Robert Dollar and American Oriental Lines. Mr. Matteson has been in the Orient for seven years, without a holiday. The health return for the two

He was first stationed in the old The wedding will take place at been a growing dissatisfaction days ended yesterday, shows ono

Admiral Oriental Line offices at St. John's Cathedral at with British policy and it is phoid fover. Both were Chinese,/ant Hill was' walking along Ice Dairen,

case oach of small-por and ty-

was later promoted to p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, of

House Street on Saturday after-General Agent at Vladivostok, Mr. S. B. Tan, son of the lato urged that she should be for more Mr. and Mrs Tan Chong-activa, for the sake of China herce Cricket Club dinner on the defendant who asked him to

The catering at the Civil Ser-noon when he was approached by from which place he was later transferred to Singapore where he Bias of Singapore, to Mitself. Certain it is that the next Saturday night, reported elso assist with the cost of a ferry trip daughter of Mr. and Mrs. few weeks will witness interest where, was carried out by the across the harbour to rejoin his J. M. Wong, Hongkong.ing developments, and it may just| Friends are invited to bo bo that there will be scope for a present; also at the reception

Elizabeth

after the Chinese Merchants livelier British influenco. Club, China Building..

The Telegraph.

MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1926..

THE PEKING COUP.

Ta-day's Election. ⠀ K

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wife and children at home Mongkok. He showed the offerr There was a very heavy rain-a big hole in his pocket through fail over the week ond. The which a fictitious 20 cent piece was Observatory returns show that supposed to have dropped. from 2 p.m. on Friday to 2 p.m. yesterday, the total fall was 453 inches.

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remained for two years, and has been nearly four years as General Agent for the Robert Dollar and Amerioan Oriental. Lines in Hong- kong. Mrs. Matteson and their little daughter accompanied Mr. Matteson on the voyage.

MADRID-MANILA FLIGHT.

ONE OF THE ́AIRMENS

MISSING.

·Baghdad, April 11, Two of the Spanish airmen who are flying from Madrid to Manila

unknown-Reuter.

The and tale told was listened to with due sympathy but what the It is seldom that Hongkong

beggur had hoped to get was not people have the opportunity of

forthcoming. Leaving his hearer, Tho passengers on the Pres-the man went on towards the Star exercising the vote, but one of ident Cleveland which left Hong-Ferry where he was stopped and thoso occasions occurs to-day kong on Saturday included Mrs.searched. Then it was found that when the electorate will be re- F, M. D. Courtney, the Rev. quired to choose a member of the Father Robert, and Mr. and Mrs.

he had 26 cents his pocket. Sanitary Board. There aretwo can-J. W. Loureiro,

this moment a European lady came didates for the post, and as bothi

up to any that for the past week ure doctors, either of them should

The hon. treasurer of the she had been continuously stopped be able to render useful service Kowloon Golf Club is Mr. W. and pestered by the defendant. The most sensational news over to the Colony when matters of Alltree, the Dairy Farm Com- A fine of $5, with the alterna-have arrived. The whereabouts the wook-ond has been that from public health or sanitation company, and the hon. secretary Mr. tive of seven days' hard labour, of the third man is at present

for consideration. up Peking reporting a volte face on test should prove an interesting Whampoa Dock Co.

The con- J.O. McLaggan, Hongkong and was inflicted by Major Willson. the part of the Kunminchun one, and we trust that there will officials in the Northern capital be a heavy poll, if only for the

The C. N. Co.'s str. Chekiang; by which they have definitely purpose of demonstrating that

the community is interested in was towed into, Shanghai last thrown overboard their erstwhile publié affairs. All persons liable week by the str. Tungchow, bo- military hero, General Feng Yu for jury service, as well as those longing to the same company, hsiang and issued a hearty invita-specially exempted therefrom, the former having lost her pro-

are entitled to vote, so that pellerin a northerly gale. tion to their ertswhile opponent, practically all sections of the Marshal Wu Pai-fu. Prior to the community will have the oppor During the present year it is receipt of this news, the fall of tunity of exercising the franchise, proposed to spend the sum of

A Scotsman on his first visit back, and said: "Waiter, there's Unhappily, it is only in Peking, so far as the Kuominchun gard to the Sanitary Board that base at Singapore.

re- $20,000 on the Royal Air Force to América, arrived at a small a button in this soup." forces was concerned. was regard the elective principle applics estimate for the work has not yet town, and said to the first man he "Very sorry, sir," replied the ed as being only a matter of hours locally." We would that this boon worked out, the £20,000 be-mel: "Do 1 have to see a doctor be- waiter. "Printer's error-should

fore I get a drink here? and the sudden turn-over in some of the seats on the Legisla-

were the case also in respect of ing "something to go on with,"

"No, after," was the answer. favour of the forces of Wu Poi-futive Council; for then some of our

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The Very Idea!

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be mutton."

They catch tunatics with face

that threatened their early down- Unofficials would be directly meeting of the Basma Club on with physicians despairing of their pretty smiles..

At an extraordinary general Born underweight and sickly, powder, beautiful dresses, and fall robs the Kuominchun's latest responsible to the community. Friday evening, Mr. R. J. Hunt Ives, Paul Zeiss, eleven years

which would judge thom by their was

action" of any merit beyond that

services and require a good Nets elated to the post of Acting old, and his brother Anton, twelve. Ivan Tretys, reputed to be the of urgent expediency. It would account of their stewardship to Reynolds, proceeding on leave of Bremervoerde, Hanover, have a oldest peasant in Russia, died, re- appear, however, that it is not be given before re-electing them, and in consequence of the with tained in combined weight of 275. cently at the age of 188.

Constitutional reform in the senso drawal of the Secretary elect,

Ivan was married three times, mere insignificant section of the of upsetting the present balance Mr. Barry.

They laugh at suggestions that Kuominchun group which has of power between the Officials and

doing a "daily dozen" will make taking his third wife in his 100th. them thin. They were exercised year. He had, twenty-four chit. gone over" to Wu, but practically the Unofficials would appear to

dren, the eldest of whom, a be, as far off as evor it was, but Captain Cardew, of the Royal according to physicians prescrip daughter, is now 101. He never all the important personages.

we can see no valid reason why Garrison Artillery, has reported tions when infants to gain strongth left the soil; was never ill, and re- including Generals Lu Chung-tin certain seats should not be subject to the police that he ran into a Now they walk six miles a day tained his hair and teeth. Hà la. and Chang Chi-hiang, the latter to the same principles as those small Chinese girl while out on to school and back to get thir said to have fought in every war of whom is the nominal head governing the filling of the the Shaukiwan Road in his car, and do the work of grown men on in which Russia angaged for the

They have last 118 years.. vacancy which now occurs on the the child having run across the the father's farm of the party. President Tuan Sanitary Board. That would be road from behind a tramcar, three sisters who are normally de has been denounced and is a distinct step forward. We which obscured his view. Slight veloped. reported to have fled to the therefore appeal to all who are injuries were received by the

antitled to vote at to-day's election girl, whose father refused to have The latest definition of an Abar French Legation, and the details to exercise the privilege, so as to her removed to hospital and donlan is "a man of means and of the moup are typical of those establish the point that the civic accepted compensation of $5.

spirit is still alive, even though the opportunities of displaying it | aro so faw and far between.

SHIPPING NEWS.

»VESSELS WITHIN CALL

nicanness."

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The windshield of your motor

car is a good place for you to look out for yourself.

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Defendant, at Willesden-I live. in furnished compartments.-

ar. Dennis O'Hagen, surgeon of Louth County Infirmary, told a committeo

Chairman: Comrades, the resolu-

tuberculosis,

concerning Chinese surprises. The great question which remains

There is no Chineso law, it is They're using 'Chinese back understood, governing cruelty to scratchers for eating salud. in unanswered (at the time of writ

dumb animals, and accordingly London these days.

Tea drinking is ruining people ing is whether Marshal Wu Poi-

the following order, issued by the

and silk stockings are to blame for fu will accept the invitation

Commissioner of Shanghai and Man at Walthamstow-When a some present-day illnesses, Dr. o Tare, or whether he will proceed.

Woosung Police, is of the firist man calla you an adjectival importance: "I am informed by what is an effective way of reply called to discuss the treatment of to take Peking by force and

the Pig Donlors' Guild that'pigs ing without swearing?" Ignoro his late onomies, who now

brought to Shanghai are usually pose

as his friends,

Imported from Kompe and upon Ho has

What is required," he said, "Is At noon, the following vessels their arrival they are landed by tion is, "That we do all in our feed themselves properly. I advine a health campaign to get people to previously declared velomently

were expected to be a wireless crus! coolies. The pigs are in- against the politics of the Kuo-communication with Hongkong with huge sticks kicked, pushed, any citizen, whatever his opin back to the days of stirabout (nat humanly treated, they are beaten power to stop the deportation of people to drink less fan and to get minchun, party, and ho may to-day

Paul Lecat, Yuensang, President

and their hair is pulled out in ons. Any diskonter?

meal or cornmeal porridge) and persist in his dissociation. - Tíme

buttermilk, ⠀⠀ There would be less will soon provide the answer, zaki Maru, Tjipanas, President the slaughter houses. So I have

Pierce, President Jackson, Hake-handfully. The result is that Voice: Yes.

many of them die before reaching Chorus: "Chack im out!!! tuberculoals if people took thie Cleveland, Hanol, Hozan Maru. been asked to protect the pigs

advice," In pondering over the worth of Calulu, Mausang, Mirzapore, from such ill-treatment. Orders out of work was lucky enough to A compositor, finding himself Delta, Shantung, President McKin Wu's victory one cannot help loy, Saarland, Tileboet, Bonares. these harming pigs, or any other One of his first customers, whom

are therefore hereby given that secure a job as waiter, ochoing the sentiments of the Anhui,

dumb animals will be dealt with." he served with soup, called him has twing,

however.

Magistrate, at Willesden No ties of the situation when a mother mere man can realine the difficul