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THURSDAY, MAY 26,

DAY BY DAY.

1927.

LOVE CAN SÜN THE REALMS OF NIGHT-Schiller.

that have been brought to light within recent months, and doubtless every other world capital could tell a similar story wore its byways. combed out and its hidden, dena searched. It is no surprise that

To-day being the 60th. birthday the British decision should affect of Her Majesty Queen Mary, war the other Governments so profound ships in port dressed ship, and the ly; and they can all be expected customary salute was fired at henceforth to intensify their watch on Bolshevist agents who are seck- ing to undermine their authority In that, the London raid is destined to have wide repercussions.

Of particular interest at this juncture is the disclosure of direct

aro used the cleancut im-connexions between Moscow, the prossions are such that give

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Phona C1486 for write, or

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Tho s.a. Trebarthn from Europe entered 85 tons of government am- munition yesterday.

The health report for yesterday gives one case of small-pox and one of cerebro-apinal fever, both Chinese.

London Soviet representative, and The forecast up till noon to- the plotters against Britain fö morrow, issued by the Royal China Borodin, if he still had Observatory, ia: "North-east any champions among the unwinds, fresh; fine to cloudy. informed, public, is now definitely

Mr. Remedios, living at Fanling, shown up as the accredited agent has reported to the police the thoft of Soviet intrigue out hero. But from his garage of a spare wheel, an accumulator and a tool-box, the most observors of current events | total value being given as $237. were long ago convinced of his true mission, and the Premier's declara tion breaks very little new ground. To turn to the probable effects of can the breach with Russia, one predict little of immediate moment.

STOLE FROM HIS MOTHER.

"BLACK SHEEP" GOES TO

GAOL

The Very Idea!

The Hitle girl" was saying her prayers.

"And please, God," she begged;

of the capital Having finally, exhausted his "make Rome mother's patience after a series Turkey."

"Oh, darling," exclaimed hor of potty thefts, a young Chinese found himself in the dock at the mother, "why do you say that?" Kowloon Magistracy this morning, charged with breaking into his mother's Toom and stealing jewellery valued at $125.

"Because I put it like that in my. examination papers to-day," came the reply.

He pushed the mower all day

long,

NA To cut his grass, and thon His youngster said, "Why cut

it dad-

Twill only grow again."

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The young man was arrested in Shamshuipo gambling with money obtained by pawning the articles. He was described in court to lay as the black shoop of the family, who had never done an honest day's work in his life. and Mr. W. Schofield passed sen- After the never ending examples tence of six months' imprison of English as the is spoken, it is Įment with hard labour.

a pleasant change to turn the The facts of the case were out-tables, for sometimes even an lined by Sergeant Kennedy, who Englishman may make a remark-... said that the son lived with his able howler when using a foreign There was, for mother and sister in a house at language.

His father was | instance, the missionary who Kap Shek Mei.. a sailor at sen, and the young man found an African congregation had lacked real parental control. most unwilling to join in the. The prisoner had married some hymn, "Lord, dismiss us with Thy This morning'a Harbour Office three months ago, but his wife re blessing." He found afterwards reports gave 14 arrivals and 12 de-fused to live with him after a that he had translated it, "Lord, partures, of which, five and four while and returned to her people. kick us out softly." respectively were British, leaving Several patty thefts had occur. 59 vessels in harbour, British 18.

Willesden red in the house recently, and his

magistrate: Has mother had good reason to believe this man been here before? The The master of the Ganges Maruthat her son was responsible. On man's wife: Yes, sir, and you It will merely mean the renewed on-reports the death at Ben of one Tuesday morning she had occasion knocked him down for 40s. Mogis- tracisin of a Government that has Chinese deck passenger, between to go to Hongkong, and before trate (in shocked tone): Oh, did ever since its inauguration been an Tawar and Hongkong, from gastric leaving locked up her valuables 17 implacable enemy of the British ulcers. The funeral rites were per-and the door to her room.

returning, the mother found her Crown and its dominions and inter-

bedroom door had been forced open and her jewellery stolen, WATTS. On May 26th, 1927, at ests everywhere. Nevertheless, it

On this occasion she gave infor- 86, Bonham Road, Bessie has cleared the atmosphere. It

mation to the police, and the pri Walts, an old resident of Hongkong, in her 77th year. means that measures to counter the

soner was arrested. After a long and painful ill-espionage system of the Soviet, and

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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1927.

BREACH WITH THE

SOVIET.

formed at sen.

Singapore papers report that a farewell parade in honour of ILE.. the G.O.C., Sir Theodore Fraser, will be held on May 29 and there will also be a battalion practice

for the King's Birthday Parade,

A Chinese was removed from his home at No.. 18, Chinese Street, to the Government Civil Hospital yes- torday, in a serious condition. It was stated that he drank "Lysol" disinfectant, mistaking it for tea.

The construction of the Singa- pore Pontoon Dock at Messrs. Swan and Hunter's shipyard at Wallsend is proceeding rapidly. It is being built in seven sections. The first three sections will be launched in about two months.

On

A ring, a

possession, and the remainder of the jewellery was recovered from a pawnshop..

THE CRICKET CLUB PAVILION.

PROPOSALS FOR ADDITION

OF NEW STOREY.

Hackney man: Why should it be expected that my wife should be more truthful than the plain- tiff? She is only human.

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Motor-car driver at Shoreditch County Court: It is not true to say that because I drive a motor-car I cannot tell the truth,

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If I Nottinghamshire woman;. had known the policeman was listening at the door I would have trimmed my language to suit his lawful ears.

Solicitor at Shoreditch County. Court: Have you been bound over for assaulting his sister-in-law? Woman: No, it was his brother's

wife I assaulted.

check its opportunities for pro- paganda, can go ahead unhindered by diplomatic considerations.. If we have lost a certain amount of trade with Russia, we at least have found the means to close one chan nel of villanous operations against pence and good, order in our realms. And, once bitten twice shy. It will require very definite proofs of re- pentance to influence any future removal of the ban on the discredit- ed regime that perverted Commun-

Britain cannot afford to fly the iam has set up in Bolshevist Rus- It is expected that the Rajah place which at the present time signal of distress, and there is no sin--and many years of searching of Sarawak, who returns to Eng-merely suits its purpose will be need to fly it. Mr Churchill.

land from the Far East at the end converted into an attractively de- The biggest insult you can offer test. As matters have turned out, of May, will entertain his usual signed building embodying many a preacher is to say he gave a one may be excused for expressing a house party for the Derby race at of the facilities of an up-to-date clever

The Ranee of Sarawak

social club. doubt whether this generation, or Epsom,

will spend the summer at her even the next, will see the time charming house in the New Forest, when Soviet Government repre-and in the autumn will return to sentatives will be accepted within the portals of the world as welcome guest», unsuspected and unwatched,

New York.

The driver of motor-cax No. 1357 has reported to the police that he knocked down a boy in Wu Hu Street, who was attempting to cross the road. The boy was injured in the head, and was taken honie by his parents,, who were opposed to his removal to Hospital.

If the members of the Hongkong Cricket Club accept the proposals of the Committee regarding re- construction of the pavilion, a

Jones.

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sermon.Rev. Mörley

The scheme will present few 'Rivalry in dress is the cause of difficulties as the present pavilion a good deal of jealousy and bitter- was so constructed as to allow of neas.-The Rev. Charles Paterson. extension upwards without unduz

The slogan I would like to see structural alterations, and the stuck up in every corner of this Tuesday's meeting to sanction the Lord Jellicoe. members will bo naked at next Empire is "Buy British Goods." addition of a second storey.

As foreshadowed, the British' Government has decided to break off its official relations with the Soviet, following the raid on the London offices of Arcos, Limited. The approval of Parliament is re- quired, but, with the big Minis- terial majority in the House of Commons, that is practically a fore- gone conclusion,

There is the threat of Labour opposition-seem-

It is planned that the Bar will ingly to be sustained in the face of

Canton's Apology.

be transferred to larger accom the disclosures made by Mr. Bald-

There will be much gratification

modation on the new floor, that an additional lounge similar to win of Russia's subversive pro-

that on the ground floor will be it paganda but that can be left out felt locally at the very satisfactory outcome of the incident which took

the disposal of the members, and Nina Petroff, 20, a Serbian that, a good-sized reading and of consideration until the next gen place at Dane Island on Monday in

The Master-"Willie, you were. eral election. For the present, the last week, when the river steamer dancer, who has been in the writing room will be made avail- main concern

is the effect this Lungshan was fired on without the Colony for some time, was broughtable. The whole of the rooms on seen smoking yesterday. Do you

slightest reason.

So soon as the before Major C. Willson at the the ground door will be put into know what happens to little boys

who smoke?" breich will have on the Empire and facts became known to the British Gentral Magistracy yesterday

service as dressing accommodation.

Bright Boy (interrupting)- the world in general. It may safe-authorities at Canton à formal pro-afternoon when her committal to

That part of the new storey Was of Detention: test was lodged with the Canton the House

which will face Jackson and "Please, sir, I know. Mother said ly be prophesied that all over the Government, and an apology and applied for by Detective Sub-hater Reads, will be faced with if I smoked I'd be poisoned by

Nicodemus." Imperial territories there will, ex-compensation asked for, together Inspector Elston. The Magistrate Shanghai plaster, similar to that, cept in the case of the inevitable ex-with the punishment of the guilty made the order asked for.

soldiers. It is very gratifying to learn that the Canton Government

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it is understood on the Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, while an ideal While u sling full of hemp sacks outlook on the cricket ground will has so readily recognised its duty was being lowered into the Kowloon be provided by a long array of in this matter and has fully satis Godown lighter No. 54 yesterday, folding windows. fied the demands of the British Con- from the s.8. President Cleveland,

The plans are now exhibited in sular officials at Canton, It is a

the Clubhouse.

very serious thing for a peaceful is bumped against the awning beam the rope. The sacka fell on a cargo Passenger river steamer to be fired of the lighter and broke away from at by Chinese soldiers for no reason whatever and, if the Canton river coolie-woman and injured her about She was re- is to be made a safe highway of the hend and arms. trade and transit, it must be kept moved to the Kwong Wah Hospital. free of indiscriminate indiscretions

Said by the police to

have

EXCHANGE RATES.

of this nature. It may be that a few goldiers were out of discipline deserted his post to join the Paris. and that there is nothing more to pickets at Canton during the Brussola the incident than would amount to 1925 strike, an ex-Macao Indian Amsterdam a prank, but it in extremely serious policeman, named Jhandu, ap Berlin misbehaviour and such as called for peared before Major C. Willson Copenhagen

The Canton Gov-this morning on a charge of Vionna

Helsingfors stern reproof:

was sent to the ernment has, at the British request, vagrancy. He

Athens administered that reproof and there House of Detention on the appli- Bucharest can only be satisfaction felt at the cation of Detective Sub-Inspector Buenos Aires amicable settlement of the whole Elaton. matter. We would like to congra-:

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London, May 25..

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newspaper, experienced Journal- ists who can write.

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A man asked at Willesden'

Court for Police

a summons.

against a young man living in the same, house who conducted his love affairs on the doorstep almost nightly from ten to twelve and kept him awake.

He declared that this had gone on for nine years, and he could lose his sleep no longer.

Magistrate But how does his" love-making keep you awake?

The man! As he talks to the ..124 girl, at the half-opened door, he 34.90 taps with his heel on the front .12.13% doorstep, and it is getting on my

.20.50 nerves, .18.20

Have you spoken to him about' 34.49 it?Yes; but when I do so he only

..889abuses me.

The magistrate granted a sum- 47.18/10 mons for abusive language.

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11.1/32 A lady who had approached the box-office of a West-end theatre.

.25,26 was making a great fuss about the

tremist elements, be a feeling of relief that definite steps have been taken to break off relations that had become a farce. The Soviet was on trial After a long peried of na- traciam, and in response to appeals by that section of the public which desired to place the Moscow Govern- ment in a position to "make good," as well as protestations of innocent goodwill on the part of the Russian regime, several nations decided to give the Soviet a chance. Britain, partly with the idea of building up some of the former trade with Rus- Ela, of which our industries were in need, agreed to have a Russian mis sion in London, and appointed re- presentatives at Moscow. Recogni- tulate the present Canton adminis A Chinese who was arrested at New York tlon, however, has never been ab- tration on its show of co-operation 144, Second Street, for the posses- Genova

Stockholm solute. The partial acceptance of and would like to feel that it presion of 225 spurious ten cent Milan

sages the return of a better under-pieces was this morning sentenced the Soviet into the fold was a means standing between the two ports.

Mr. R. E. Lindsell, Defendant of paving the way to the Trade There has been far too much ill-to four months' hard labour by Agreement, whereby delegates were feeling in the past and if, 18 said that the money was left with Lisbon

likely, Canton has been purged of admitted to Britain on the express its irresponsible "Rad" element and him by a friend, who had since | Rio

made his way to Canton. He Bombay understanding that they should not means to settle down to achieve a called a witness to substantiate Hongliang onter into any propaganda detri- better relationship based on mutual his statement but, unfortunately Silver (spot).

understanding and friendly co- mental to the constituted authority operation then we can promise for for him, the man whom he called Silver (forward) of their hosts. How that hospitalit the heartiest good will of this

the Bhanurangst, was due to Icava ity has been abused is now Colony. At all events, the Lung-

Eight Chinese were charged Copenhagen for Bangkok about shan incident has given rise to made plain, though it has for long much favourable comment because the police on arrival here on the been an open secret that the Soviet it reflects a keen realisation of the 4.9. Kumsang on which steamer before Major C. Willson this the middle of this month. Capt. from the outset committed breaches essentials of amicable neighbourlihe stowed away when the ship morning with gambling in a house. E. F. Frandson, who went home each left Singapore. Examined, hela Hiller Street which was raided to supervise her construction, will. ness-mutual respect of of the undertaking. Matters could other's rights and privileges.

aald that he was employed an aby police officers yesterday. For be in command on the way out, as his first and watchman at the Sikh Temple at the defence, Mr. Hin Shing Lo and will have not be permitted to go on as they were doing indefinitely, and the op-

for ing and Capt, O. A. Gunderson, Passengers departing yesterday Singapore, and, while seeing a pointed to the small amount of second officers, Capt. H. F. Hall- The first defendant, both master mariners in the Slam portunity to unmask the arch plot- for Australia and Manila by ss friend off, he had a drop too much money seized and asked

and fell asleep, not waking up leniency. Mishima Maru, included Miss ters of Moscow has no doubt been Langley, Major W. Russell, Mr until the Kumsang had been some who was proved to be the principal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. The and Mira. Spier and Mr. and Mrs.houre at sex. He was sent to tonant of the floor, was fined $60, latter two captains have been on prison for one month by Major another $25, and the remaindar, home leave, and are taking this

$3, each.

opportunity of returning to Siam, J. Ormiston.

D. Willson this morning.

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a welcome one. London's case is merely an item In the long serles

told a different story.

An Indian was handed over to

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"Are you quite, quite positive;" 1687% she asked, for the third time, "that 27.6815 this seat is near enough to the

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6.27/82 Madam," said the angry box- .1/5.68/64 office clerk, "if it was much nearer 2/08 you'd have to act in the play."

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