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THURSDAY, AUGUST

11.

1927.

DAY BY DAY,

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FORGIVE OTHERS OFTEN, YOURSELF NEVER, Syrus.

THE CONSTITUTION OF WEIMAR.

OFFICIAL RECEPTION BY GERMAN CONSUL

The Very Idea!

from the accounts published, show- ing that the least excuse was suff- cient or a manufactured excuse in the absence of a genuine one-for. taking the law very much into their own hands. The main desire appears to have been to obtain a big "fine" or "bond. The reduction of the amount from $10,000 to $75 on the appearance of a British war- ship shows that the White Ensign weather forecast is: South winds, residence, 115 The Peak, this Fife and in the carriage were a

There was one Chinese case of small-pox reported yesterday.

The typhoon is now central over the Sea of Japan, says, to-day's Royal Observatory report. The moderate, fair to showery.

still carries its promise of justice. But the "incidents" continue, to occur in all parts of the country Yesterday afternoona Chinese from time to time. It can rightly detective arrested a Chinese who be said that they have become in-was leaving the s.s. Taiming with a small parcel of illicit opium in his possession.

cidental.

The Schneider Race.

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The 8.3. Empress of Russia is sailing for Manila at 5 p.m. to-day and is due back here at 7, a.m, on Monday, the 22nd instant. She is. due to sail for Victoria at noon on Wednesday, August 24th.

This morning's Harbour Office Reports gave II arrivals and 12 departures, with British provid- There will be a great deal of saing four and five respectively leav tisfaction felt throughout the Bri-ing 66 vessels in harbour, British tish Empire that Britain is, othicial- 28. ly, guing to set itself seriously about the task of winning back the Schneider Cup for seaplanes. We use the phrase "winning back" be- cause it seems to be forgotten that Britain has twice previously held the trophy, The Schneider Mari- | time Aviation Cup was presented as far back as 1912 to the Aero Club

Miss La Marr, living at No. 2 of France by M. Jacques Lyndhurst Terrace, has reported Schneider,

sports to the police, the theft of a valuable man and aviator, with a view to diamond ring which she valued at developing high speed seaplanes. $2,000, from her bedroom. The It is it magnificent trophy theft occurred between 4 and 7 of gold, silver and bronze and o'clock yesterday afternoon. is valued at about £1,000. So far, the cup has been won once by

A Chinese seaman, living at No. France, three times by Italy, twice 56 Wellington Street, returned by England and twice by the United home yesterday to discover that States and as the country winning his adopted daughter had the cup is required to schedule and away, taking with her jewellery hold the race for the succeeding and clothing to the value of $465. year, the event for 1927 is taking He has made a report to the police

French

Hongkong Telegraph. Place at Venice, Italy being last

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1927,

INCIDENTAL INCIDENTS.

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About 4,000 cars used the park ing grounds during the Malayan Exhibition, as compared with 3,200 last year. The much smoother working of the parking system this year was in part due to the wise provision of an eating stall

for drivers in the park.

The story of the blue-eyed little' girl who captivated everyone at the boarding-house until she open- ed her mouth and spoke, reminds REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY.me of an incident that happened during the war, writes a Homo

The Consul for Germany, Dr. W. correspondent. Wagner, held a reception at his

I was travelling in a train in

good-looking Australian morning, in celebration of the Con tall

She was stitution of Weimar, when there soldier and his bride. was a large and distinguished very pretty and was dressed in attendance including His Excel- the height of fashion. They did lency the Governor, Sir Cecil not exchange any remarks for Clementi, various Consuls and some time after my entry into the lending residents. Dr. Wagner carriage, but sat watching the countryside through which we were passing.

received the guests.

There were no formal speeches, but during the reception Dr. King, after which His Excellency Wagner proposed the toast of the proposed the toast of the President

of the Reich.

I kept my eye on the happy pair, finding them an interesting study. down as a gentleman ranker, and Mentally I put the bridegroom the bride as a well-to-do Scottish

lady.

Presently tho Australian re- marked, "Look, a poultry run." whit?"

The lady" then spoke. "A

The soldier repeated, "A poultry

Among those present were the Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C... the Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, the Hon. Mr. Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, the Hon.

H. T. Jackman, the Hon. Mr. W. T. Scuthorn, the Hon. Mr. D. Grun." M. Bernard, the Hon. Mr. W. E. "Aw, ayo," said the bride, "cocka L. Shenton, the Hon. Mr. E. R.an' hens?" Halifax, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kote.

A divorce petition which has wall, the Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. Messer, His Excellency Major General been heard at Prague is believed Tung, Col. C. Russell Brown, Com-28 years of age, who was blinded A soldier; C. C. Luard, Sir Robert IIo to be unprecedented. modore Pearson, Col. J. Comyn, at the war, is seeking a divorce Mr. D. W. Tratman, the Rev. H. decree against his blind wife, who Copley Moyle, Lieut. Commander is 48 years, on the ground that she G. F. Hole, Major Macready, and deceived him regarding her age Lieut. Johnson, A.D.C. to His Ex-and, appearance. He alleges that cellency the Governor, Mr. B. Roy she claimed she was young and Forster, private secretary to His beautiful, whereas he was now Excellency; Mr. A. C. Hynes, Mr. tuld she was very ugly. The wife L. W. Franklin, and Mr. H. Shanty said that her husband before mar- of the U. S. Consulate; Mr. Gringe felt her face and adjudged Bolsius, Vice-Consul for Belgium; her attractive. He was Mr. J. T. Bagram, Consul for fienced by the calumnies of her Siam; Mr. G. D. de la Prade, Con- enemies. The Court dismissed the sul for France; Mr. A. Methofer, petition on the ground that the Vice-Consul for the Netherlands; reason it gave was inadequate. Mr. A. Murakami, Consul General The husband is now appealing, for Japan; Mr. C. Albuquerque,

Man at Acton of a woman: She. Consul General for Portugal; Mr. J. M. Alves, Consul for Brazil,

and others.

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year's winners with the record

Nearly another inch of rain fell speed of 240 miles per hour. England..did not participate last yesterday, making the total to date year, the race being held in Ameri-no less than 78 inches, against an ca. where the British entries average up till this time of last had met with a disastrous mishap year of 57.13 inches. As is stated the year before, on the very eve of elsewhere, all the reservoirs, of the race. It will be remembered the Colony are full to overflowing. that the machines broke adrift and were wrecked during a storm. The vernacular press states that

Huckney woman of her lodger: There can be not the slightest doubt after the firing on various Wuchow

The 11th, of August is celebrated She is beyond description; she is but that this international rivalry boats, as previously reported, the in the speed of fiving boats has tre- pirates in the east and weat Malingas the Anniversary of the Constitu- a holy horror,

Midland solicitor: What is the mendously accelerated progress, for districts have sent several letteration of Weimar by which, after the we see, on turning up the records, to the owners of the vessels, de catastrophe of November, 1918, the cause of your trouble? Man: A that the speed of the winning manding tribute from each of German people, in the year 1919, wife with a tireless tongue.

Alfred Haines was fined 19s. 6d. through the National Assembly, de- machine in 1913 was 44.7 miles per them.

for Chertsey

using bad cided upon the new form of Governat hour: After the war (in 1919) it

ment. The National Assembly was language when he fell from a milk jumped to 124.9 miles per hour,

elected by universal suffrage of all churn into a ditch of mud and and a great sensation was caused

Germans (men and women) over water. in 1925 when a Curtiss Racer won

twenty on the 19th of January,

Aggrieved man at Shoreditch the race for the United States at

1919, and it was convened at Wei-County Court: My wife is rather 232.5 miles per hour. Last year's

mar which is certraily situated in stout, and when she goes out this speed representeil a big advance on

Germany. The new Constitution man says. "Ilere comes the crystal that, and now we are told that the

was adopted on July 31, 1927, and set." super-Marine Napier and Gloster-

A man remanded at Willesden promulgated on August 11.

on a charge of being drunk was The new Constitution is based on Napier machines that are to com- prise Britain's entry at Venice will aim at achieving

Court 300

At the Marine miles

two fundamental principles: Unity stated to have followed a police- per hour. This colossal speed, morning before Lieut. Commdr. of the Reich, which consists of 18 man about and held him up to G. F. Hole, the master of the separate Federal States; and de- ridicule by pointing a toy pistol at is attained, will, one imagines, be but a new mark steam launch Wah Hing was mocratic self-government of the his head. from which to aim at Some charged with towing three ligh people. The present German Pre- thing higher. And thus the con-ters abreast through the Yaumatisident, Von Hindenburg, was elect-

Nobody took any notice. So the quering spirit of man goes on from Typhoon Shelter and, pleading ed by direct voting of the people on point to point, ever doing some guilty, was fined $5 with the ul- the 12th May, 1925, for a period of business man played his shot. The Reichstag. The ball caught the pawnbroker. thing better.

The Britian effort ternative of five days' imprison- seven years.

which together with the Reichsrat full in the back, and he began to will, apparently, luck nothing inment.

or Federal Council, functions as prance about, and rave, finally preparation and support, and there will be widespread hopes that that The following ships were expect the instrument of Legislature and claiming five pounds compensa- effort will be rewarded with successed to be in wireless communication

is elected for four years by suf- tion for the pain caused and the with Hongkong to-day-Songbo, frage of all German citizens (men possible damage done. Van Overstraten, City of Bedford, and women) over twenty. This of 131 Social-Democrats, 110 Ger sang, Tinbow, Heminlin, Hiram, Helikon, Kaut Hamsun,

Warman Nationals, 68 members of the

"Ach, vell, make it four," replied Brahmin, Fingal, Pres. Pierce, Catholic Centre Party, 51 members Kitano Maru, Dell

of the German People's Party, 35 the money-spinner, with a seraphic Kamakura

Communists, 32 Democrats and smile. Maru, Roko

smaller Times Maru and Empress of 66 members of various

parties. The Ministers of the "What Oxford lacks in plumb- Russia,

German Cabinet are appointed by ing it makes up in atmosphere," the Reich President. They re- was the remark by Mr. H. C. Paul- In connexion with a recent require, however, the confidence of son, captain of Yale University,

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this

The incidents on the West river which we have reported during the past week or so, including almost indiscriminate firing by bandits on vessels going up to Wuchow, well as the more serious case of 21 vessel flying the British flag being refused of clearance unless a "fine" $10,000 were paid, would once upon a time have been cause for much more comment than they have oc- The reason is the plain one of such events having become so common that hardly anybody cares about them. The general publie says Oh, another of these incidents," and that is, apparently, an end of it. To the men whose duty is to watch the trend of affairs, the heads of administra- tions, the chiefs of departments, and the captains of industry, how- Lever,.events.of.thia apture mean far

They point to the gradual ANTIMONY ORE CASE. Talambu, Benares, Hosang, Suf Parliament is at present composed.

casioned.

more.

extinction of that respect for law and order which prevailed, even if it were only in spasmodic fashion, a few years ago. Time was when even Chinese owners of river boats could obtain redress and some kind of action when their vessels were subjected to outrages by freeboot ers. The Chinese administration

if it

HIS LORDSHIP TO CONSIDER.

The case in which Messrs. Silva Netto and Co. are sued by Measra. John Batt and Co., Ltd., of London, for $852, being damages under an alleged breach of contract for the sale of 75 tons of antimony ore was continued

Maru, Maru,

"Fore!"

"Five pounds," he cried, "and "But I said 'Fore," pleaded the I'll say no more about it."

business ruan.

ference to the proposed forming of the Reichstag, and may be com- which created merriment at a journalistic club by members of nelled to resign, should an adverse British Sportsmen's Club luncheon

ham Road.

EXCHANGE RATES.

London, August 10.

however, conditions have sadly al-alleged breach by the defendants, at Queen's Pier, the battalion

marched off about a quarter to Yokohama

tered.

an and produced

arbitration

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that the Americans had a great time at Oxford, and they looked forward to a visit to Cambridge.

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Lord Lampwick: "Now in my college days I belonged to the .124.05 Order of the Garter."

Sorority Sophie: "How very in- Which. chapter--

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in the Summary the local Chinese press, it is learn-resolution he passed against them to the Harvard and Yale Univer of the day would usually enquire Court yesterday afternoon whened that Mr. Wong Tin-shek, a well To each of the States of the Gersities' athletic team in London.

Mr. C. G. Alabaster, for the de-nown Chinese novelist and editor man Reich, liberty is given to Mr. Paulson quoted the remark. into the matter, and if it were fendants, exhibited in Court seve of the The Great Light, a local frame its own constitution, prong coming from one of his col- strong enough at the moment, orral specimens of antimony oxide Chinese paper, has been appointed vided that it is republican in form. leagues in the team, but he said the chairman. There are some 33 if the bandits were not required ore.

He said that when Mesurs. Hal-founders of the new club, most of for enlistment against some rival, let and Sons bought from Messrs. them prominently connected with the local vernacular newspapers. then punitive measures were ins-Batt they wanted something for a The club will be formally opened tituted, and the incident did not special purpose. The correspon- occur again for some time. So far ence showed that they wanted sul-in the near future, at No. 220, Bon- phide ore to grade up some oxide

Paris as a vessel under the British, orore they had on hand. Therefore,

A very effective route march was Geneva any other foreign, flag, was con- if they bought ore containing cerned, there was less likelihood of some oxide it would be unsuitable. carried out by the Scots Guarda Stockholm

With regard to the contracts, through the western district of the Vienna Madrid Forming up an outrage being ignored. Now, Mr. Alabaster said the plaintiff city this morning.

Bucharest Bombay aine, with band playing, and New York The Talming incident reflects the award. This, however, was an going along Des Voeux Road, a Amsterdam

award on an entirely different contracted a big crowd all along the Copenhagen small margin of difference that extract. The defendant's contract

After route.

few minutes Prague ists between law and lawlessness in had never been submitted to ar the pipe band also struck up, and Lisbon China to-day, as well as the loss of bitration. The plaintiff's assum- to these martial strains the Guards Rio respect for the flag of a foreigned that if the sub-contract was swung along with precision, alto- Shanghai

Brussels similar to the original one, and gether forming a most Impressive Milan nation. On the same stretch of the first purchaser had had to pay march-past for the knots of onlook-

the sub-contractor.ers at every street corner. river, ships are seemingly liable to damages to

Helsingfors then the first purchaser could be attacked by piratical bands onc

claim an indemnity from the origi- Thirteen Chinese who were ar Buenos Aires day, and mulet of illegal fines bynal supplier. "That was not so; rested in a police raid at No. 119 Hongkong new authority the next, Incident- not even if the clauses in the two Queen's Road West, last night, Silver (spot)

contracts were identical. ally, the case in point has close con-

were charged with gambling be Silver (forward) He submitted that the whole fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell this mor- nexion with the levying of the new proceedings were misconceived, ning. The tenant of the floor, who duties by order of the Nanking that the defendants supplied 50/55 was also charged with keeping a Government. By taking over the per cent antimony sulphide ore of gaming establishment, pleaded

An old woman of about 57, who carrying an opened nmbrella on salt administration, and appointing merchantable quality, and that he that the Seven Sisters festivities recently returned here from Singa- the pavement in Woosung Street, brought, them together for a meal pore, on arriving in the Colony thus causing annoyance to other fresh officials of its own choosing,

The ease was adjourned for and a little game amongst them proceeded to a Chinese boarding pedestrians, was charged before the Nationalist regime has made His Lordship to consider Mr. selves to follow. He was fined house at 63, Connaught Road Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon

Alabaster's submission. these incidents likely to recur.

If the $40, another man $10, while the Central, but suddenly collapsed Magistracy, this morning, with proceedings are continued local remainder were fined $5 each.. A outside the doors, and died using obscene language towards How enthusiastic the new officials experts will be called by the de- sum of $10.95 seized on the gam-in a few minutes, states the verna-the constable. The defendant was were for their job can be gleaned fence.

bling table was confiscated.

cular press.

had no case to answer.

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A Chinese, who was reprimand- ed by an Indian constable for

fined $3.