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Black Belloto.
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Proity
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While the Sahara Sleps,
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Tell Me You Love Me.
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Desert Song.
Kiff Song.
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When Lights are Low,
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[Crazy Quilt.
RECENT WILLS.
LATE MR. FERNIE OF SHANGHAI
•
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Mrs. L, M. Da Rocha, late of Mosque Street, Hongkong, who died at the Canton Sanitorium, Yee Sn Island on April 1st, this year left estato in Hongkong worth $10,000.
Probate of the will has been granted to Mr. J. M. Da Rocha, 2 Connaught Road Central, the
sala executor.
BRITISH IN RUSSIA.
MOSCOW AND LENINGRAD
MEMORIES.
FRIDAY,
JULY
15, 1927.
LEAGUE TENNIS.
HEAT WAVE.
MANY DEATHS, IN NEW YORK "AND PHILADELPHIA,
New York, July 14,
CHINESE EASILY BEAT. KOWLOON SCHOOL,
The full results were:
C. Pile and G. Puncheon lost to W. B. Ma and K. K. Ip 4-7; lost to lost to H. F. Un and M. K. Lau 4-7. C. W. Cheng and G. G. Chiu 4-7;
Hedley and Groonhalgh lost to Ma and Ip 2-9; beat Chong and Chlu 6-5; lost to Un and Lau 2-0,
The Chinose R. C. 40" tòam onsily What will happen to British sub-
defeated_the_Kowloon British School It was the hottest day of the Former Pupil's Association at King's jects in Russia? Very few British subjects are left to-day. Wher. I rear yesterday with the thermome-Park yesterday afternoon, winning last crossed from Europe to Man- ter reaching hundred in the by the broad margin of 73 games to churia there were, apart from shade here and other elties on the 20 chance travellers on the railway, Eastern seaboard. Seven people only three non-Communist British died of the heat in New York and folk in the whole of Siberin, out-eight in Philadelphia. Denths are. side Vladivostok, writes an Obser- also reported in Boston and else- ver correspondent, in mail week, where. She bequeaths to her nephow,One of these, a teacher of foreign In New York business houses Mr. F. X. Da Rocha a ita intorcat languages in China, was shortly closed down in the afternoon to in the shape of an annual allow-afterwards arrested as a spy, Imonable their employees to try to ance in Hongkong currency of prisoned and expelled; one was an get cool in the open spaces. Fire- $720, payable to him on his apply-engineer in Tomak, married to a mon rigged up showerbaths for Russian wife; and the third was the children in the congested ing for it on every subsequent anniversary of her death, and on awaiting trial in Central Siberia tenement districts. cendition that he gives $120 each on a charge of economic espionage. year to her brother Mr. J. A. Da Rocha, as long as he lives. .
A. re-sealing of Letters of Ad-
and retainers of noble families,
houses.
Hundreds of thousands of peo- I never learned his fate.
ple lacked to the neighbouring The largest British community beaches while some took cover- is found in Leningrad, where there Lings with the idea of spending ministration with the will annexed a number of old governesses the night on sands. in the estate of Mr. W. L. Fernie, who had lived so long in Russia ton
A terrific thunderstorm in Bos- late of Messrs. Butterfield and that they felt they could not leave caused much,
broke the. heat but Swire, Shanghai, has been granted it, even after the revolution had ning atriking several
damke, light- to Mr. D. II. Blake. of Meass.rought chaos Most of these are-Renter's American Service. Wilkinson and Grist, the attorneymiserably poor. I recall, the first of the widow, Mrs. A. D. Fernic, Sunday service held in the British 14 Freeland Road, Ealing, Lon-Constilate, in Petrograd, some two
Mr. Fernig passed away on March 6th this year at Shanghai and left estate in Shanghai worth £1,932. II. 10, and in Hongkong $1,700.
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J. C, Fuers and J. Murphy lost to Ma and Ip 1-10: lost to Chong and Chiu 2-9; lost to Un and Lau
1-10.
Total: Kowloon `School, 26: Chíneso R. C. 73.
..
PAOLINO'S PROGRESS.
HARRY WILLS KNOCKED OUT.
Later. Wills, (aged 85), weighed in at 15 st. 4 lbs, and Uzendan (25) nt 13) st..13 lbs.
"
31
37
OUR
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Horizontal.
1 Since.
3
Fourth note in scale.
5
Second note in scale,
7
To perform
110
Abbreviation for railroad. To return.
Wills was expected to win, but. Uzcudun, displaying unexpected pun-11 ching power, soon put an end to his 13 Exclamation of inquiry, veterin opponent's hopes. After the Spaniard suddenly felled Wills 16 Rigorous. three rounds of desultorymauling,. 14 Madman, with an axe-like right-hander. Ris-15 Prologue. ing to his feet staggering from
碰
or saree summers aro. A chaplain more diplomatic than consular, had come over from Rign for the land he naturally merged from the surpose. The Communist author, one service to the other. He is an ities graciously allowed the Bri-ideal man for his post, and he tish representative to borrow the knows the Russian people through prayer and hymu-books from The and through..
rount of nine, Wills was floored a 18 Vigour. With the exception of a legney, British Church, which they had The British Mission, when first second and last time with crushing 20 To force air violently through Mr. Fernie caves everything to seized. The audience was largely established, found itself faced by right-handers-Renter's American his wife absolutely.
the nose. made up of shabby, pale-faced, † many unusual, difficulties. Most
Service. Probate of the will of Chanelderly women. It brought a lump of the Soviet officials at that time
21 Edge. Mr. J. Havelock Wilson, prest- 23 were not, accustomed to ordinary dent of the National Sailors and 25 Chee-hing, alins Chan Chiu-ping, to one's throat to look at them. late of 6 Po Wa New Street, Can- In Moscow there are usually diplomatic usages. They disap- Firemen's Union, is due to retire, ten, who died on December 6th about a score of British subjects, proved of wearing ordinary diplo-under the union's age limit, in 26 Settee. last year has been granted to Chan one or two correspondents, a few matic dress, and regarded lun-August, when he will be 70. He 27 Possessing Javour. Cho-put and Chun Yee-cheung, people connected with concessions, cheons and dinners, which are the will probably remain in office for 23 The utmost extent. his sons, at present temporarily ani the staff of the British Mis-regular ami recognised methodsome months longer during the 20 Let it stand."
sion. Their number is, of course, of diplomatic intercourse, supplemented by occasional visi- efforts to corrupt them. All this hns, of course, since been changed, and the Soviet diplomatist of to- day seeks to outvie others in the earreétitude of his costume..
residing at the Tai Tung Hotel, Connaught Road Central.
Chan's Hongkong estate amounts to $14,000.
CANTON LABOUR.
TOBACCO FACTORY STRIKE
SETTLED.
tors.
summer of 1933, after Lord Cur-
suspicion of
noons.
48
On top of To attempt.
14
4 Slope.
5 A string of bends used to count.
prayers.
To build.
8. Written testimony to the truth-
of any fact,
9 Definite article.
11 To tear a garment at the seam.
12 Night before.a holiday.
117 To abstain.
18 Bondsman.
10 Gave way to dejection.
21 Braided thong.
22 The man appointed as killer in
a bull fight.
24 Cavity.
20" To drink slowly.
30 Power of the mind.
31 Ship.
34 To damage..
36 To employ.
38 Personal pronoun.
Spider's home. A large South American rodent. 30 Abbreviation for a holy mon.. To assist: Cry of a cat."
Boy.
Long-necked oval distilling Toward.
Vertical.
ment of his successor. Nomina-30 period required Tor the appoint- tions and afterwards a ballot in 32 Indignation Under Orders.
union with a membership scat-33 tered over the world will not be 34 Demonstrations against the British Mission in Moscow have
completed in less than six or seven been regularly organised as a part
The Suspected Mission. months. After his retiremunt
SG of political propaganda. One of
Non-official Russians who visit-Mr. Wilson intends to devole him-37 Behold. the most threatening was in theed the Mission game under the self to the work of the Industrial
the Commanist Peace Union, which has been es-- bottle. zon's ultimatum to the Soviet Gov. police. It was at first the custom tablished to promote in industry 10 ernment. The authorities did all hold open house on Sunday after- tice and sympathy, tu fuster 42 Rope used to tie cattle.
of Mr. Hodgson and his staff to a permanent peace based on jus-41 Fleers. that they could to work up popu lar excitement, and British sub not come, the little remnant of the lion Canton. July 14.
While Communists would spirit of fellowship and co-opera- The strike of Chinese tobaccojects were warned by their Rus old aristocracy recued their old workpeople and to combat the per-
between employers companies employees, which was sian friends that they had better garments that had not been "ex-nicious doctrine of the claas war. started some two months ago, has not be seen in the street. The just been settled. Under instruc- English whom I knew did not take propriated" by the Communists, It is exnetly 40 years since Mr. tions from the Canton Political this warning seriously, and "went and flocked in for tea and music. Wilson started the national union. Council, the Commissioners of La- abroad as usual.
It was the one bright spot oneh week in many of their lives. there was n unusual
Gradually It was found that number of casualities among these visitors. Many were taken by the police, not sion, but taken all the same. Many ostensibly for going to the Aria- disappeared. The little remnant became nervous and stayed away.
bour and Industries called anar- A tremendous display was or- bitrative conference of representa-ganised on the atreets. Every tives from the tobacco companies Union, from actors to street and their employees, yesterday, sweepers," wis commanded い After a lengthy debate the two par-parade its members in full. Big ties agreed on the terms of the Boats were put on wheels with Labour, Union and an agreement dummy figures, showing Curzon as was signed to end the strike. a grotesque assassin carrying
The match factory workers wha blood-stained knife. recently declared a strike, refas ing to join the Mechanics' Union are requested by their employees to immediately resume work other. wise the companies will not be rea- ponsible for payment of wages during the strike.
One of the most exciting inci- Thousands of people, it was ar- ranged, were to attempt unoficial dents in the history of the Mission lv to approach the British head happened in 1923, when two junior members of the star were return- quarters. Troops, mounted and foot, wire to rush to the spot tong one evening from the Tele- keep them back, and there was to graph Office. A robber, pursued be blazing show of indignation.tish official car, covered the driver by the police, jumped on the Bri- The merchants plead that since Unfortunately the day of the with one automatie and the two the present strike is due to a dis-procession turned out to be sunny young men with the other and or- pute among the labourers them-the first taste of coming sunanerered full speed ahead. Mrs. J. CRAWFORD. selves, the merchants should not and ever. the Communist Russian chauffeur obeyed. Another car
bear the cost.
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MISSION TO SEEK RECOGNI- TION OF SOVIET.
The
cannot resist the delight of May-full of militia, prarsued them, fir time sunshine. A message had ing heavily. The robber fell
arrive from Krassin, who was on
his way to England, that made the The chauffeur dropped on across the ear, shot through the authorities hesitate whether they the other side, and the two young should make their demonstration incials vainly signalled through too drastic or not. So when the the window. The militia, foaring mobs pressed up as near the Brian ambush, continued their fosil tish Mission as the police and ade for some time. Then they troops would allow, they were rushed the car and nearly shot laughing, not crushing." They the two Englishmen on the spot. hanged the effigies of Curzon on One was already wounded in the the gibbets according to the pro-arm and head. When the police gramme, but they did it with a found who they were, they were gain on their faces.
very apologetic.
The British Mission in Moscow
New York, July 31, A delegation of American labour leaders, accompanied by other ex- perts, are going to Russia shortly to prepare a report on the reasons why the Soviet should be recogni-
The office of the British Charge sed by the United States. It is was established in 1921, when weldAlaires in Moscow was not un- declared that Senator Borah has renewed relations after the Trade naturally regarded as one of the promised to consider their report. Agreement. has been from the most Interesting of diplomatic Mr. William Green, President of first in the charge of Mr. (now posis. Whatever things the stall the Federation of Labour, announc-Sir) Robert" Hodgson-one of they have to complain about, dull- ing the personnel of the mission, men who have risen on the Consu-ness was not one of them. And states that it does not represent lar service to diplomacy. Mr. make bold to say that not one of the Federation. The mission isHodgson was our Consul in Vladi-them will leave Moscow without appealing to outside labour circles vostck during the critic years of real regret. For to know the Rus- for subscriptions to defray the ex- the War and of the White regime.sian people isto love them, penses.--Heuter's American Ser- His position there became, of whether Imperialists or Com- vices.
necessity, after the revolution, I muhists rule.'
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