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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1927.

TRADE BARRIERS.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9. 1927.

Economic

created by the World Conference is one not to be scorned. There is still time. Sir Arthur Salter, the director of the Econd- Imic and Financial Section of the League of Nations, under whose auspices the Conference was held, has recently been telling the, Stock holm Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce, what he thinks should be done towards got ting the resolutions carried out

DAY BY DAY. ^.

THE SWAGGER OF THE EAST.

AN OBEDIENT WIFE COMMANDS HER HUSBAND.--Tennyson..

[By Y. Curtis.]

The East has one great asset

The Very Idea!

Captain of Industry (dictating a

A small quantity of rockets will which it imparts to the white letter to a rival)-As my typist her to take down what I really want be fired for proof purposes at portion of its community--that of is a lady I cannot possibly expect forenoon of Thursday, August 11.wisely it benefits, abused, it dea- man I cannot bring myself to say Stonecutters Island during the self-opinion.

Self-opinion is like a drug, used to say to you. As I am a gentle-

The local weather forecast up troys. Any person who can give it. But as you yourself are net- us a better opinion of ourselves is ther, you will probably comprehend a Godsend, and it is the same what I'mean." to noon to-morrow, issued by the Royal

Observatory,

with places. winds, moderate; cloudy,, occa-

Kipling's soldier sings:

a policy with which the Internasional rain. tional Chamber is most vitally con- cerned. First and foremost he

British 30.

is:

IF

S.W.

"Put me somewhere east of

Suez, Where the best is like the

worst," so maybe it is in that sense, that the East influences its populace.

That feeling-as good as any, and better than most-is a great

stimulant,

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The crowds were collecting In the street, and an American visitor pressed forward to inquire what the occasion was.

"Say, is it Royalty that's expect-

ed?"

"No," replied an amiable in-

formant. "It's a pageant represen- Coventry on a white horse." ting Lady Godiva entering

"Guess I'll wait then," said the laconic American. "I ain't seen a

They had a family picnic right

Out in the open air.

No uncles could attend it, but

A lot of auts were there.

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An amazing duel, the outcome of

Among the passengers arriving hore by the Empress of Russia places the need that the different were Capt. W. Davison, Mr. and Governments which, aunt represen-Mrs. P. S. Cassidy and children, tatives to Geneva should "definite Mrs. A. G. Gordon, and Mr. H.

S. Vestey. ly adopt the recommendations of the Conference and declare their

The Harbour Office reports for Watch the embarkation of an intention to make their policies con- the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. this Eastern-bound liner's passengers: form to them." Nothing, he de-morning, gave 15 arrivals and 17They are chirpy, "Monarch-of-all-horse for years!"

three and they-survey" kind of thing, the departures, of which clared, would be so useful; for a four respectively were British, moment they stop on her deck. series of such formal decisions and leaving 65 vessels in harbour, [Watch these same folk at, say, the Cafe de Paris, In London, and declarations "would give a momen-

they are just part of the crowd. tum to the movement which would

The engagement is announced inconspicuous and ordinary. It is he irresistible. A geperal adpp-at Kuala Lumpur of Mr. A. Fonly when it is overdone, that this

a quarrel, was fought between tion by a large number of countries Richards, Under Secretary F.M.S., self-opinion is deplorable.

Captain Corja, of the Hungarian to Miss Benda Whitehead, daugh- The well-being that the East army, and M. Kittenberger, the. of the principles unanimously advis-ter of Mr. C. B, Whitehead, Aimparts, is demonstrated in many noted lion and big game hunter. ed by the most authoritative body of sistant Superintendent of Police, ways. Even the carrying of The duelists chose heavy cavalry Chinese oil-silked sunshade gives sabres, and in the third round Kit- world experts that has ever met Province Wellesley.

a sense of uplift to the self-tenberger received a cut on his "would in its value for British trade

The Hospital Comforts Comtalt opinion, or at all events, to the head, splitting the skull. Corja, dwarf all "Safeguardings" to tee begs to acknowledge with tyro..

thinking that his adversary was The gay colouring, and the disabled, dropped his guard, "and nothingness. Meanwhile the atti-thanks receipt of purcels of books

Austen from Mr. F. K. Ewart, Mr. W. feeling of wonder why everyone is Kittenberger, summoning all his tude taken up by Sir

J. Kerr, Mrs. Dunlop, Hon. Mr.not staring, chirp up the flagging strength, made two desperate cuta Chamberlain at the Council of the J. Owen Hughes; also a parcel opinion of one's-self, from which at Corja, so injuring his arms that League, though disappointing, was of gramophone records from Mr. Eritishers, together with some both had to be amputated. Kitten-.

other races, suffer.

berger is not expected to recover. non-committal. It has not tied our Ewart.

Possibly, also, the carrying of a hands the wrong way. It remains

Solicitor at Willesdon: The de The vernacular press states that Scottish Kirk Elder's rusty, black entirely open to the British Govern- the China Merchants Steam umbrella-only more. Kirk Elder-yfendant was foolish not to be re- Magistrato: A matter ment to resume a sensible and erne-Navigation Company has decided than any that ever came out of presented.

to have one more steamer run-Scotland-gives to a Chinese this of opinion. tical initiative.

ning

Wood Green man: He hit me on between Hongkong and same opinionated spur, this sense Shanghai. It is learned that of individuality.

the nose. Magistrate; You have either the Sun Hong "or the Tai Change is good for both actor still some nose left. Shun will be chosen for the pur- and audience, and one of the

latter has been considerably en-a chimney fire: It was not on pur- pose.

lightened by watching this pose, sir; it was really misadven- phenomenon of the East-that of ture.

carrying A big

For some time and murdered.

craft's assistance, and towed her after there was no arrest, the per- petrators of the outrage having to a safe mooring in the Taikok made good their escape at the time. tsui typhoon shelter. And then there was a further sen-

With reference to the case of sation caused when two Italians,

MORE FOOTPADS AT WORK.

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Nottingham man, summoned for

Man at Wood Green: I heard him swear. Sir William Rice: So would you swear if you had the black eye he has.

Mr. Cairns, at Thames Police Court, to a man accused of disorder- ly conduct: What were you looking - for? Man: Trouble, I should think. Magistrate: Ten shillings-that - is more trouble.

A Brake on Justice.

It is interesting, to note how dif-

During the squall which broke Seven years ago a sensational ferently two parts of the world are robbery took place at Braintree, in at 5.15 last evening, a water-boat imparting self-opinion.

was seen to be in difficulties off acting almost at the same time. In Massachussets, a factory pay- the Naval oil tanks. The Har- Europe, the World Economie Con-master

parbour Department launches Nos. 2, ference has recently completed its roll and his guard being robbed and 8 went to the waterlogged session, and declared for the abolishing of trade barriers and

WOMAN ROBBED NEAR Tor lower customs duties, as well

KOWLOON CITY. as removal of irksome duplication

Ad in restaurant window: "If Yesterday afternoon about a of tariffs, while in China the self-named Sacco and Vanzetti, who had a Chinese foki of a junk full of

wife can't cook, don't been well-known political "agita- kerosene, which caught fire in the

'divorce: her eat here and keep appointed Government of the Na-tors," were arrested in connexion vicinity of the typhoon shelter in quarter to five, a Chinese woman your

was walking alone down a hill on the matter tionalist party is levying new with

the follow-Yaumati about two weeks ago, re- month. taxation and imposing new duties ing

Meanwhile Van-sulting in his being seriously her way back from worshipping her for a pet."

the vernacular press in the Che Wan Temple, in which zelti had been convicted of the burned, that are likely to lead to a strangu-attempted robbery of

shoe states that the victim passed there is the famous goddess Koon

Chinese women, in Kuwloon City. Iation of much of the already badly factory paymaster in Bridgewater away in the Kwong Wah Hospital Yam, the idol of almost all the When she was not very far from affected commerce of this region. and sentenced to the state prison yesterday." The resolutions of the Economic for 12 to 15 years.

came from Italy many years ago. The Dutch vessel Van Overstra- the temple she was suddenly at- Conference came in for a great deal They admitted that they were ten, arriving from Macassar and tacked by two ruffians. One of of comment at the time, mostly radicals. A Sacco-Vanzetti de Singapore with 1,215 deck passen- the ruffians seized her by the throat, while the other took the birth of one commendatory, and the position of fence committee spent several hun-gers, reports

both away a pair of bracelets she was dred thousand gold dullars in pay female

en route,

snatching the bracelets, worth $20, the two robbers took to their heels and made good their escape. The two, both aged about 30 were dressed in white. The case was immediately reported to the

Both men

child

HARD LABOUR FOR

STOWAWAY,

about war

There is a fatal fascination for people without actual experience of what it means-Sir John Simon.

Freemasons and Friendly So-

ga-

cities are the chief bulwark of social stability against the thering onset of anarchic prin- ciples-The Bishop of Durham.

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Violet Stevens, aged twenty- six, who was sentenced at Stra imprisonment for refractory con- ford Police Court to seven days" duct in the West Ham Guardians" Home, and assaulting Nurse Til den, was stated to have refused to take a bath when ordered to do so, and to have attacked Nurse Tilden. She was reported to be normal.

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Britain in this connexion hasing counsel and other expenses.mother, and infant progressing wearing. Having succeeded in aroused, much questioning in the There followed lengthy trials, favourably. Dhe death occurred

and Tame papers. The political crouris

and re-trials,

made pos-during the voyage, the cause not sible under the

American being stated. The body was buri. in Britain are sharply divided on judicial system for those who have fed, at sea. the matter of tariff reform, and in enough friends and money to pay

for the process. On the grounds The following vessels were ex-police at Kowloon City. the storm of discussion one can

of insufficient evidence there have pected to be in wireless com- trace the urge of either free traders been at least several trials, and municatia with Hongkong_to-day:

· President It is a remark-} Sacco and Vanzetti have always Changte, or protectionists.

Jackson, been found "guilly," Now; Talamba, Kitano Maru, Lyons able fact that the present Conserva-apparently the authorities are Maru, Katori Maru, Taiyo Maru, tive Governmont has turned so determined to carry out the death Hosang, Kotsu Maru, Tinhow, largely towards tariff barriers, but sontones in accordance with the Hainong, Kutsang, Tanda, Tjisou- there is the excuse that other coun- jury's verdict, and the imminent dari, Franken, Fingal, Beniawers,

AN EXEMPLARY SENTENCE. killing of these two Italians who West Faralon, Dolius and Songbo, tries, particularly the United States have been held for years has given of America, have forced our hands. rise to very intense indignation. It is understood that the s.s. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magis

Appearing before Mr. W. s. Yet, were international action to among those of the "Red" of mind, Sai On will berth at A3 buoy tracy, this morning, on behalf of because they claim to see in this after discharge of her passengers Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, to follow the Conference discussions, decision not ao much the execu- there may be chances taken which tion of two murderers as the hatred to-morrow afternoon, for the ad-prosecute a Chinese on a charge of

justment of compasses. The stowing away on board the 8.8. gavel for order. The handle would not suggest themselves other of the authorities for Communists. steering equipment of the vessel Philoctetes, Mr. L. D. Turner ask- of the instrument of hard wood There have been all manner of re- has been found to be considered his Worship to impose an snapped, and the head hurtled wise. Universal free trade is cor-volutionary outrages in America,hly affected by the thunder-bolt exemplary sentence in view of the away to land with a resounding tainly desirable, but perhans in the and the wave of feeling has spread which narrowly missed the ship numerous cases of atowing away. thwack on the head of the most present condition of world econo There is something wrong with a to Europe and to London.

on her way down from/ Canton The defendant, said Mr. Turner, troublesome interrupter. The mies it forms an ideal that is hard legal process that can be dragged during the latter part of last was the third in four months to victim, dazed, sank back in his

week.

arrive in the Colony on the Com-chair, and the speaker, taking to realise. Yet Britnin might takeover such a lengthy period, and we cannot help but share the opinion

pany's vessels without a ticket.

resumed his dreariness.

over

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The principal speaker of the meeting was decidedly verbose and uninteresting. "Just one more word, my friends," he droned

became restive, and one slightly out for about the twentieth time with the result that the audience inebriated man who sat in front waxed audibly sarcastic.

The chairman rapped with his

can

re-

pene-

still

a bold step in the right direction, that there is. much that is cruel in The vernacular "papers state

The Philoctetes left Singapore advantage of the resultant quiet, with advantage, One of the Lon-keeping two men so long unpunished that six Chinese suspects have last Wednesday and the defendant At this the injured, man don journals has some telling com- or unreleased. The process of teen arrested in a boarding house, was discovered among the poop vived slightly. With eyes still

law should be much more speedy believed to be in connexion with deck passengers. on Friday. On closed he murmured in a ment on the matter. It asks: and humane, and we are rightly the piracy and kidnapping of the people being checked the de- trating whisper. "For Gawd's What is the Government going to proud of the despatch with which seven Chinese on board the s.8.fendant was found to be "the odd sake, it me again. I

'ear him." do about the unanimous resolutions British courts of justice work. To Solviken. When the Solviken ar-

dally with the administration rived in harbour two days ago; Sentence of six weeks' hard of the World Economic Conference, of justice in to rob it of much of its some members of the steamer labour was imposed. and particularly those for abolish-value, and, in such a case as that were called up to the Police Sta- ing trade barriers and lowering concerning Sacco and Vanzetti, tion to see if they could identify

makes the application of a penalty the suspects. falsely appear as a new wrong,

Or

The Chinese newspapers atate that during the strike in 1925 most of the Chinese waiters work-

man out."

EXCHANGE RATES.

CASTLE PEAK CASE.

London, August 8.

Paris

Brussels

tariffs? Is it going, however tar dily, to follow the examples of Bel-

Amsterdam gium, Germany, and Czecho-Slova-

MURDER TRIAL CONTINUED.

Berlin kia, in publicly giving its full ad-

Copenhagen hesion to the resolutions?

The Cantle Peak murder case A slight defect in the marking ing in the teahouses struck, and

Vienna was continued before the acting

Helsingfors will it continue, by its wavering of the notes, by Mr. F. Bedford, went back to Canton, and it was

then that the innovation of em- Chief Justice, Mr. J. R. Wood, at Lisbon attitude, to discourage the numer-manager of the N.A.A.F. Institute, playing waitresses in the various the Criminal Sessions this morn Bucharest

at the Leather Factory, led to the teahouses first came into pracing, when the mui tsai girl gave Buenos Aires ouis Powera which would like them acquittal of the bar boy who was tice.. The Wages of these evidence as to the strained rela- Shanghai pressed forward?

charged before Mr. W. Schofield waitresses varies from $60 to $30 tione between the prisoner and Yokohama No nation stands to gain so much at the Kowloon Magistracy yester and, in some cases, more. Their his wife after the former had New York

It working hours are generally from taken a concubine.

Geneva from the policies adopted by the day, with larceny of a $1 note.

was stated in evidence that a num-7 to 9 in the morning, 11 to 8 She also spoke of events leading Milan World Economic Conference as ber of notes were marked with a in the afternoon, and 7 to 9 or

up to the discovery of the body, Stockholm

Oslo Great Britain. This is for no gel-cross and, at the conclusion of a 10 in the evening. The employ as detailed yesterday. fish or sinister renson, but because notes was found on the defendant mediate effect upon the employ by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, is for And day's work recently one of the ing of these waitresses had an im Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, Instructed Prague Athons the keynote of the policies is to re-when searched. Mr. Bedford i ment of the waiters who work- the Crown and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, Rio open doors to international trading, the witness box could not swear toed in the various restaurants. be-instructed by Mr. Gordon Leask

Bombay Hongkong and Great Britain depends more on the note produced being one of fore the trouble in 1925 began. is defending.

those he had marked and the de-It is known that at the present

There was a large attendance of Silver (spot) International trading than any fendant was discharged. Mr. H. more than three hundred Chinese the Chinese public.

Silver (forward) other country. The opportunity S. Loseby defended.

waiters are out of employment, The case is proceeding.

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