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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 197,

FINES FOR VOLUN TEERS.

There has been considerable discussion of the eases, concluded yesterday, in which members of the local Volunteer Defence Corps

THURSDAY, JULY

DAY BY DAY.

1927,

BORKOW MAKES MEN SINCERE- Beecher.

The mail by the s.s, Kashgar, dated London June 9th via Suez, consisted of 548 bags.

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The King of Stam has conferred the Order of the Grand Cross of the White Elephant on Signor

"REPULSE BAY INCIDENT.

TWO CHINESE MOTORISTS CHARGED..

The Very Idea!

A certain medical man, who'was; superintendent of a village Sunday school, was giving the usual addrosa An incident at Repulse Bay on to the boys and girls. After he had June 27th when Inspector P. Grant exhausted the Scriptural lesson pre- attempted to arrest the Chinese scribed for the day, he asked, "Now driver of a private motor car, and children, what must wo do in order of alleged attempts to obstruct the to get to Honvon?? Inspector in carrying out his We must die," one boy answer- duties, resulted in two Chinese ed solemnly. being before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Central Police Court this morning, on various charges.

question of what constituten "em- clancy." It appears to be thought by some that "failing to become efficient implies a alur on a man's record of service. This is not so. The qualification for efficiency Applies entirely to the your under consideration, and comprises the minimum amount of training, re- quired. It does not consider past training. A minimum is neces-Mussolini, sary each year to ensure propor practice, and it can be said that If any man enrols in the Cori he should have sufficient keenness to do the minimum, unless pre- vented by unforeseen circum stances. With this view of the matter we know the majority of Volunteer's heartily agree, but it were well that the point be made This morning's Harbour Office elor to all. In conclusion, we Reports gave nine arrivals and think that criticism of the action 15 departures, of which four and five respectively were British, taken by the authorities in the re-feaving 66 vessels in harbour, Bried both men, and the OS.P., the

There was one Chinese case of small-rox reported yesterday, and also one Chinese ease of cerebro. Espinal fever.

The weather forecast issued by the Royal Observatory for the period ending noon to-morrow, Ja: 5. W. winds; moderato, squally

fair to showery,

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cent, prosecutions Is Il-founded-tish 28. there can be no efficiency, using the term in its widest sonse, with- out discipline.

The Hospital Comforts Commit- tee begs to acknowledge, with very many thanks, receipt of the sum of $400. from the Kowloon Cricket Club, being the proceeds of an open-air concert given by the Club on May 28.

The first defendant, Chang Hin- shun, 10, Fung Fat Terrace, was charged with passing a moving vehicle in a controlled area, fall- ing to produce his license for Grant in the execution of his duty, Inspection, rosiating. Inspector and reckless driving. Li Shiu-pui, 64, Robinson Road was charged defendants brought a cross-sum- with obstructing the Police. The mons for assault against Inspector Grant.

Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton defend

Hon. Mr E. D. C. Wolfe, was also present..

Giving evidenco, Inspecter Grant said that on June 27th. at about 6.15 p.m. he was driving his priv als motor car near Aberdeen in the direction of Repulse Bay, and was wearing uniform. He was moving through a controllect area and his speedometer showed 16 m.ph.

He was overtaken by a private

Wooing the Soviet.

Dr. C. C. Wu, the Foreign Minister of the Nationalist Gov The Dollar liner President Wil- ernment which has been establish- son may claim to have made a re- ed at Nanking, must surely be cord voyage from Manila to Singa-motor car driven by the first defend trying to ride two horses at the pore, says the Straits Times. She ant at a speed which he estimated Witness speeded up Psame time when he says

that left Manila at 2 p.m. on the 25th at 20 m.p.h. the Nationalist Government has and arrived at Singapore on the with the intention of stopping the defendant and continually sounded been forced to suppress the Com- 28th instant.

his horn, but no notice was taken, munists on the ground that they

As he followed his speed increased are hindering the progress and A chow dog, owned by Mr. to 28 m.p.h.. and a short distance threatening the very existence of Morita, of 218, Queen's Road East, further on, towards the end of the the Nationalist revolution, but is has been sent to Kennedy Town controlled area the defendant speed still anxious to remain friendly for observation. The animal yes- ed up to 40 m.p.h. with the Soviet. Surely, Dr. Waterday bit a Chinese residing at must see in the Soviet the poli- 126, Wanchai Road, who has since tical home and birth-place of the been sent to the Government Civil very Communisin of which the Hospital. Nationalists are out to purge themselves, and that friendliness with the Soviet entails a friendly reception of its main political idea. The prospect of a 'Sino- Soviet atente inevitably carries with it, we think, the prospect of

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Witness followed the defendant's car which maintained a high speed as far as Repulse Bay where they stopped, when Inspector Grant ask ed the defendant for his license.

While landing from the Hung-The defendant replied, "What hom Ferry bout a Chinese woman right have you to ask for my

license." got her foot entangled with some ropes suspended from the side of the lunch and fell on to the pier. She has since been admitted to

the Government Civil Hospital suffering from lacerations on her right leg.

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News has been received in the Colony that Mr. R. C. Lee, the son of Mr. Lee Hyenn, has succeeded in passing, his final examination for the Bachelor of Arts degree, AL Pembroke College, Oxford, Mr. Lee is shortly returning to Hongkong and is expected here towards the end of August.

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Witness explained that he (the defendant) had broken at least three of the traffic regulations, and again naked for the license, but the defendant definitely refused to show it, saying that he (witness) had no authority.

"Quite right," said the doctory "but what must we do before we

dio?"

"Send for you," was the unex" pected reply..

A German scientist, after, long research, has decided that the time able to read our nowspapers in the is not far distant when we shall be morning, then soak them in ueids, to bring out the food value of the wood-pulp, and eat them for lunch,

Man at Highgate: I come from Inverness. Magistrate: What are home for a stroll. you doing down here? Man: I left

Willesden magistrate: You are evidently proud of your home. Woman: Yes, sir, I live in a council. house.

Bcw County Court witness: You could hardly call it a row; it only lasted ten minutes.

Boggar at Highgate: I only ask. ed for a pair of old socks. Magis. trata: You can go. Remember that if you do it again you will get socks.

East Ham man: It is not a crime to swear. It is only the way you do it,

Woman at Lambeth: My hus- band gave me a good hiding. Mr. Mead, magistrate: What do you call a "good hiding?" Woman: Ho paid me.

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Ordinary women are becoming rarer, Miss. A. Bennett.

The spirit of Imperialism in its true sense stands for all that la good.-Lord Allenby.

There is no body of men I respect more than the licensed victuallers of this great city.-The Rev. B. G. Bourchier.

"Sally in our alley" is a romantic figure, but in real life she is too often a member of the C3 popula- tion-3ir Kingsley Wood.

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Classics" in the current number of Excerpts from "Culled from the The Heriater

King Alfred invented writing. One of the Roman roads was call- anded Waddling Street.

The second defendant then sup- ported, the first defendant, when witness told him not to inter- fere or he would get into trouble, he replied "You can go to-"

Witness then asked the driver for his name and address but this request was also refused, and later he called witness a fool. The

Leicester.

Wolsey died, in the train to

One of the hardest clauses of tho Petition of Right was that no soldiers were to be billeted in public-houses.

Chalk is a sea animal-Gobibri- gene.

were charged, before a police political likeness directly in contrast to the present "ching magistrate, with not paying the tang" movement of the Nation fines due under the Volunteer Or-alist party. And Dr. Wu reveals dinance for their failure to be the same old impossible idea of things when he speaks about classed as efficient during the year "Russia and Ching being equally of training. The magistrate up-under the oppression of imperial held the Volunteer, Commandantism." It is a glib phrase, seem

ing to have lots of meaning and In his decision that these fines yet, when analysed in the light of were due. In certain cases they facts, it proves to be but the ex-

England found it difficult to second man also were paid, and in one instance the pression of annoyance of those

used abusive maintain a contest against the leaders of China and Russia who

language and court imposed the fine. We think have so signally failed to

called witness, united navvies of France and lend

The June issue of the "Red among other things, a "pig." Späin. The law on the matter is perfectly their countries aright that the Triangle" the organ of the local Inspector Grant, continuing, clour-any Volunteer who fails to which to find fault. This "oppres

find on comparison much with Y31.C.A. is a very interesting said he told the driver he would.

Chalk is a low type of sea urchin, qualify as efficient during the ansion" against which there is such ane, full of bright matter, includ arrest him, but, he refused to ges ing illustrated articles. Al-out of the car, and witness caught

"The shape of the inner bluo Eun- nual training season renders him- voluble complaint has its being together it is a very attractive hold of him and tried to drag him sen cone is like a Cold Dog upside

in the imaginations of those who self able to the penalty provided suffer so obviously from the number, and a credit to its pro-out but he clung on to the steer down.

Example of แก acid-lemon for by the Ordinance, and anyone Jerior complex" and who see in ducers, who have evidently set ing wheel and would not budge.

While this tug-of-war was going duce. who enrols in the Corps does so on the well-controlled and orderly

on the second defendant ried, to doings of others a set against the the implied understanding that he chaos of their

The following ships were ex-drag witness away, and he was' Captain A.-F. B. Carpenter, V.C, own making. accepts the rules and regulations Neither Russin nor China is being pected to be in wireless communi- again warned that if he continued one of the heroes of Zeebrugge, was to interfere he would get into married at the Chelsea Register cation with Hongkong at noon to controlling all members thereof."oppressed," but it is perfectlydayKhiva, Nyanza, Tjimanoek, trouble. While he was following Office to Mrs, Hilda Margaret All- The question of liability to a fine true that the other nations of the Kashgar, Harol, Panama Mara, the defendant's car, witness added, son Johnson, only daughter of Dr.

world have taken measures to Taikwa Maru, Menado

Maru, he could see people in the back Chearnley Smith, of Worcester has not, we think, ver been direct-prevent the political causes of the Cheribon Maru, Taiping, Cremer, turning round and laughing at ly queried; though these have been disruption which is to be found in Haihong, Seistan, Talma, Novara, him. the first prosecutions, they are not aults of it from working harm to Honghwa

those two countries and the re-Paul Lecat, Laisang, Glenogle and by any means the first cases of themselves at home or to their Volunteers being fined, or in other nationals abroad. Russia espoU308 ways being disciplined under the Ordinance. Fines for inefficiency have been imposed year after year, and have, presumably, been paid

a revolutionary political creed

themselves a high standard.

Thieves broke into a

shoo-

In reply to Mr. Brutton, witness denied that when the defendant stopped his car, he was annoyed and walked up to it and said "You think you are very smart passing me." He denied that the first defendant said his license was

Park, Surrey

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Captain Carpenter's marriago, coincides with the anniversary of the battle of Jutland.

They were talking of diet pro inblems, and the business man asked

the literary man, who had not, so far, contributed to the discussion, whether he had ever tried writing

"My dear fellow," was the reply,"

artist."

at home.

Mr. Brutton' put it to witness on an empty stomach. offence had been committed then, and that he struck both the de-

with sufficient promptitude to pre- those countries whose nationals cases and also took with them an that he did not explain what "I am an author, not a tattoo,

Born of tryanny that is rightly makers' shop in Wellington Street rejected by nations whose subjects yesterday between 4 and 6 o'clock have been favoured with freedom, in the morning by lifting the door and Ching is so lacking, in well from its hinges. The thieves stole ordered, control of herself that number of shoes from the show- electric fan. The total value of their booty is reported by the owner in the police as being $65. At the Marine Court this morn ing before Lieut. Commdr. G. Hole, the mistress. of a lighter was fined $10 for anchor ing in the Cable Reserva; the master of A trading

yulition light; the master of a fishing Junk, $10 for a similar offence, the accused in all cases ploading guilty.

vent an appeal to the processes of are in. China rightly insist on, a continuance of immunity for the courts of law. There are, those nationals. If both these however, certain points which per precautionary acts can be dubbed haps are not quite clear to all,been given a new and innocuous oppression" then the word, has And these may be examined more meaning. fully.

To begin with, we have heard

SOME INTERESTING RECORDS.

fendants on the jaw, and attempt-

A sensational poison triak ed to strike the second defendant.

Witness denied that he sat on handsome young woman, and her a second time. This was denied. lasted for ten days at Berthoud, near Berne, when Bertha Meyer, a the steering wheel with his legs on lover named Steer were found each side of the driver so that he guilty of attempting to poison the could not move. He admitted that woman's wealthy husband with ar- he kept hold of the driver all the senic in order to obtain his insur- time, and said he had one footance money. on the footboard, and, the other

Bortha-Meyer was sentenced to, on a cushion inside the car,

nine. years hard, labour, and her Replying to further questions, lover to eleven years, with costs." witness said some people in bath- Both accused took the sentence ing costumes, including three calmly, but the woman's husband, Chinese doctors, came on the who recently left hospital after a scene, and two of the latter offer month's treatment, burst into cd to go aurety for the defendant, tears and asked the judge to par- but witness refused. Witness Edọn his wife. continued that he explained to one]! .124 of the doctors what offences had ..7493; been, committed, but he denied.] 12.124 that that was the first time he had

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it asked whether imposition of a MR. EXTRAS' CENTURY. Sunk, $15 for not exhibiting the re- fine under the circumstances is, a fair procedure. The only.ansiver: to that is, it is necessary to impose some form of disciplinary action.

Some of the most interesting. Though the Defence Corps is com cricket records are not to be posed of men who are giving their found in the recognised works of |- services voluntarily while en-

reference. The Varsity match. titled to pay when on actual servides an excellent Illustration.

Just concluded at Lord's, PTO. PRZIS

Brussels vice under certain conditions of

The number of centuries acored Amsterdam, emergency, such as the 1925 boy-in the great annual contest, the.

Berlin cott-it is essential for efficiency highest and lowest scores of the Copenhagen.

Vionna two rival Universities, the fact. Helsingfora. that there should. ៦៨

some that H. J. Enthoven, last year's Lisbon means of ensuring proper train captain of Cambridge scored a Bucharist ing. Tho schedule for the contury in each of his two first Buenos Aires

matches, and contributed 61 and Shanghai annual training season of the 23 in last year's low-scoring Yokohama Corps is not a soverè one, and match, that the Light Blues have New York

Genova there is ample time for a man to won seven more matches than

Oxford-all these points can be Man put in the requisite number of easily discovered,

Stockholm Oslo drills. Whenever illness, or other

But there are less accessible, Pragun unavoidable circumstances, pre-records of a 'Varsity match in Madrid vent due attendance at parades or which 143 extras were scored, Ria

down 46 wides, being out of tom-Hongkong. and another in which Oxford sent Bombay

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The case was adjourned,

SHOT BY POLICE.

PIRATES AT SHAUKIWAN

CREW GAGGED AND BOUND.

The master of a fish drying.hulk, anchored at Shaukiwan, underwent

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DOG HUNTERS ACCIDENT. a trying experience yesterday. 4.80 10/32,

At about three o'clock in the Two Chinese women have been 26.28 sql, to the Government Civil Hos- afternoon four men, one armed .80.25pital suffering from ahot wounds, with a revolver and the other three

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It appears that Lance Sergeant with daggers, went on board his .18.78

Pennell, whilst on a dog shooting junk and terrorised the inmates.. 103%

mission in Chung Sha Wan, ac- After binding and gagglps the 28.514

the wounds.whole crew they made a thorough 363 eldently inflicted 5.26/82) Details are not available.

search of the boat and left with a Inspections, there is allowance

1/6.13/16 Neither woman is in a serious haul of money and jewellery valu

1/11% condition although one was shoted at $126. made, provided due notification be per at their failure to ut ur tone forget and forward) 25% on the left side of her neck and The matter has been reported to given. Another point is on the Cambridge wickets.

the police.

-British Wiralose. the other in her right foot.