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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1927.

PROTECT YOUR CAR fact that the authority of the by installing & Longue has been so openly flouted.' "PYRENE" FireThere will most assuredly be an im~ Extinguisher. portant sequel, "PYRENE" will It has to be borne in mind that kill fro without although Rumanta's belated entry damago to the into the European war was inme- engine, woodwork diately disastrous and that the or upholstery country was over-run by enemies. Water spreads a

it reaped a gigantic material re- potrol fire; sand is

ward under the Peace Treaty, inefficient and will put the engine out Rumania's area and population were more than doubled, and the new NOPALPH "PYRENE". Ex-lunds brought under Rumania's tinguisher is small rule millions of inhabitants who in size, light in were Rumanian neither in race nor weight and easy to fin sympathies. The Hungarians handle.

in Transylvania have always been "PYRENE" does restless, and in the east Soviet not deteriorate and Russia has sullenly refused to re- is always ready cognise Rumania's treaty-gained for use.

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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

DAY BY DAY.

MARINE COURT CASES.

THE ROAD.

IF WE HAVE NOT QUIET IN OUR FAILURE TO OBSERVE RULE OF

· MINDS, OUTWARD "COMFORT WILL DO NO MORE FOR US THAN A GOLDEN SLIPPER ON; A „GOUTY FOOT--Jõhu Bunyan.

Bishop Valtorta has left for Waichow. He will be absent for about two weeks.

to

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The local weather forecast up noon to-morrow js: Dast winds, fresh to moderate; cloudy. The annual concert of the Navy League will be held in the Queen's Theutro it 9.30 p.m. on Friday, October 21, Nelson Day

At the Marino Court this morn- ing, before Lieut. Commdr. G. F. Hole, Tang Ping, master of the motor boat Kee Cheong, was charged with failing to observe the rule of the road

in the Cantral Fairway at 9.15 p.m. on Septem- [bar. 16. Defendant pleaded not

guilty!

The Very Idea!

Reporter: You certainly have had a most interesting life. Now, what do you remember as the hap piest moment?"

Centenarian: It ain't come yet!

tioned the wife of the missionary,

The wives of a'savage chief ques-

beat you???

"And you never let your husband

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"Certainly not," the Christian- lady replied "Why, he wouldn't dare, to try such a thing!"

The oldest wife nodded under- standingly.

"It is plain enough why the for- eign devil has only one wife.”

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No

WOMAN

ever

Mr. Rooth, Lambeth magistrate, to a women's hairdresser: You are one of the new rich,

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Sergeant Goldsmith, prosecuting, stated that he was on duty in No. 7 Launch and was crossing the Central Fairway from North to The motor-boat of defendant was South on the night in question. sighted, on the port bow, and al- though one blast was sounded, he A man who could not attend. failed to answer. It was neces- Willesden Police Court wrote to the sary for the Police launch to alter magistrate: Please act on my be course to port, to avoid a collision. half. rights. And this is typical of the hable disease reported to the in the person of the coxwain of magistrate:

There was only one case of noti-Corroborative evidence was called Mr. Hay Halkett, Marylebone story of the Balkans for years-authorities yesterday, this being the Police Launch, but he having answered a question-or seldom. the wrong and unnational delinea- one of cerebrospinal fever.

forgotten the date of the oc- Midland woman: I never use tion of frontiers. In many places

curence, was ordered to stand my feet to bite people with. down. the mountainous character of "the

The Chief Secretary to the Country renders the making of a Malayan Government has appoint- frontier a very difficult matter anded a Committee to advise the Government on all matters apper- when peoples have for centuries taining to the prevention of the been steeped in petty jealousies itsmuggling of rubber or

illicit is casy to make friction and hard dealings therewith. for others to determine the origina tors of it. The League has no easy

There was an unexpected flood task in keeping the peace among in Ipoh last Wednesday as a re-

His Worship: Are you a sea- the Balkan powers and it will never, sult of two hours rain last night. man? To any the tide was too All the streets near the river were strong is-er-I cannot express do so unless it firmly carries out submerged up to Belfield street my feelings! Obviously you are its decrees and decisions. Hun- and Whiteaway's stops. Theying,

A fine of $15, with the alterna- tive of two weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, was inflicted.

Other Offences. Leung Fook, the master

gary's act of defunço-based water has now subsided. though it might well be on what Hungary considers an injustice- WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1927. must be sternly met, else Europe will be precipitated to the point of war ere it is fully realised.

THE BALKAN CAULDRON.

Better Bathing Sheds.

In celebration of Confucius' birthday, the Sincere Co., Ltd., will suspend business on the 22nd in- stant, except on their Roof Garden

In his defence, the accused stated he did not cross the bows of the Police Launch. He first saw only the starboard light, and It was not until he was 100 feet away that the port light became visible. Owing to the strong tide, accused was unable to put his en gines astern."

of a

where there will be special decora-night-solf junk, charged with tions for the occasion and Chin-navigating the harbour with- ese musical entertainment day and pleaded guilty and was fined $10, out lights 01 September 20, night.

with the usual alternative.

Kwok Kam Tsoi and Kwok Yee, Leung Kam, master of a bum-boat. mistresses of passenger boats, and were respectively charged with mooring their craft so as to form Entrance of the an obstruction of the Eastern typhoon shelter on September 20, Causeway Bay and pleading guilty, were severally fined $5, with the alternative of five days' imprisonment.

KWANGTUNG'S WAR.

PEASANT CORPS CAPTURE TOWNS.

The body of Misa Beatrice Nel- chester girl who was killed while son, the twenty-three-year-old Man- mountaineering in Switzerland was brought by air from Basle to Man- cheater yesterday.

The aeroplane was piloted by Mr. W. Armstrong, and was met at Woodford by the dead girl's father. and, as the machine standstill, a motor-hearse was Came to A

triven up and the celfin was placed. in it.

Scarcely a day, passos without a new noise being added to the air.- Professor A. M. Low.

Pious people who identify Sunday games with godlessness make mo tired-Rev. B. C. Bourchier.

Mutual trust, confidence, and is to be attained. The Duchess of goodwill are necessary if prosperity

Atholl.

other people as long as our own We don't mind what happens to

wrong with the world. Mr.J. A. R. hides are Cairns.

safe. That is what's

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structing her as to her behaviour It was Bessie's first visit to church, and her mother was in when there..

"Now, you'll be a good little girl; and, of course, you'll sing with the other people, won't you

"Yes, mummy."

"And what will you sing?" con- tinued her mother, expecting to hear the name of Bessie's favourite hymn.

"Show me the way to go home," was the reply.

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The case in which a young man Chinese and stealing a dollar note,

Canton, Sept. 20. For picking the pocket of another

named Sowter was fined £3 for sup General Chan Chai-tong, who plying a false reference to a wo- Chinese boy was ordered to re- has been appointed .Commander man servant had a sequel at North ceive twelve strokes of the birch, of the Eastern Expedition has London Police Court, when the ser- at the Central Magistracy. this assumed that position, and has vant, Mrs. Zamil, of Highbury, was morning. Major C. Willson direct established his temporary quarters summoned for pretending that she ed that the boy be returned to the at Ho Yuen, on. the East River, had been in the service of Sowter. ranged by the police. country as soon as this could be ar-where he will direct the campaign A woman who engaged Mrs. against the Communists and Zamil as cook-housekeeper after Peasant Corps. Although the she received a reference from Sow- East River districts. are full of ter said that Mrs. Zamil sat down "Reds" General Chen expects to and smoked cigarettes, "and that clear them up shortly.

was all she did." She discharged Mrs. Zamil after three days. Mrs. Zamil was fined £9.

now in Tientsin.

border against the forces of gen-McNaughton, "was sentenced, at Sig Bala, a cook on the Clan

According to latest reports, these hurd labour for cutting the ear off erals Yip Ting and Ho Lung. Glasgow, yesterday, to 60 day two generals were unable to enter Kwangtung territory on account of quareol about food. Bala threw There had been a the lack of food supplies for their the car into the. Clyde." troops. Taking advantage of their predicament, General Wong Shiu-

a Lascar.

Through its action in rejecting last one at Repulse Buy set in recently in Singapore has The suggestion which followed

The wave of violent crime which the report of the Committee of the recently, was that the owners of been met by special precautions League of Nations which had been sheds, or prospective owners, would by the Police, such as intensive specially appointed to consider its better type of bathing hut, far Asiatic police officers of the have an opportunity of building a patrolling, The European and dispute with Rumania, Hungary superior to the unsightly, and ad-various divisions have been out has brought into the very forefront mittedly Insanitary, matsheds every night with these, patrols. of immediate European polities the which have hitherto been the rule.

The information we were able to ? [problem of the Balkans. This is give yesterday about a project for This morning's Harbour Office a problem which is for ever thren- wooden hutments of a fairly sub-reports gave 15 arrivals and 20 de- tering the peace of Erope and one stantial type, and pleasing in appartures, British vessels number- of the most difficult with which ject of much interest. If and when Tonnage was high, with the heavi pearance, will no doubt be the sub-ing eight and eight respectively. statesmen have had to deal Ita proper alignment of sheds on the est cargoes carried in British ships, would be impossible, within the beach, at Repulse Bay is taken in the entire Norwegian registry of hand, and the matsheda become ex-three vessels entering in ballast scope of one short article, to de- tinct, the area will be considerably only, tail the many causes of dispute improved, and the impression given which periodically throw the Bal-by the sheds will be no longer that kan countries into political tur- has been described. It will be re- of a tropical seaside village, as it

moi and agitation, but, to deal called that these questions of un- with the post-war problem, it has sightliness and insanitation came

up long ago in a discussion follow mainly concerned the matter of ing questions officially asked by one boundaries. "The war which was to of our prominent residents, when end war left the little Balkan coun- discussed. The trouble appears to bathing facilities and so forth ware tries all split up-some on the side have been to get owners to see the of the victorious and others in the force of the arguments brought aide of the vanquished-with the

forward. The matshed has its Local residents who remember result that there were clamorous stantial to serve all practical pur- the Chamier Cabaret Company, of good points. It is sufficiently sub-the enjoyable shows given here by calls for the revision of boundaries. peses, and the prohibition against which Miss Aileen Woods is a mem-Shiu-hang is personally directing At, the same time, General Wong Even yet the settlement of those prolonged residence therein, by the ber, will be pleased to learn that his troops on the Kiangsi-Fukien Government, has not tempted peo- the Company has had a wonderful.. boundaries is disputed. If we take ple to elaborate on the Chinese con- success in Shanghai, playing for the ease of Rumania, one of the tractors' design. It is a cool type two weeks to big houses at the countries that was on the side of of construction, and is compara-Carlton Theatre. The Company is tively cheap. It is very liable, how- the Allies, we find that in the north-ever, to damage by high winds, and cast she has bean given Bessarabin the risk of fire is great. This in face of consistent opposition latter drawback, instanced at Re-

The marriage took place at the pulse Bay, is considerably minimis- Presbyterian Church, Singapore, from Russia which country claimsed where there is ample space be that the tract of land in, question tween sheds, and the less crowded last Wednesday afternoon of My hong's forces are pursuing them.was giving his small son heart. is unquestionably Russian.

benches at Castle Peak and vicinity Robert George Macadam M.C., of show what can be done in the way Permus Estale, Johorne, son of Treaty giving that land to Rumania of sensible alignment and "elbow Mr. and Mrs. J. Macadam, of has been ratified by the Protocol room." Repulse Bay beach suffer "Cambuslang," Glasgow, to Miss ed from what may be described as

Marie Burns Ormiston Paterson, Powers but Rusein is for ever excessive popularly. it consequent daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. ing pinpricks and making troubic.ly became overcrowded with mat- Paterson, of Dundee. The Rev. On the south, Rumania is, for- sheds. This might have been pre-T. C. Gibson officiated. tunately, bounded by the Danube, vented by official regulation of con- and this makes a natural boundary was placed. A chance offers itself struction, but no check apparently between Rumanía and Bulgaria; now for something more worthy of but on the west and north-west should not be thrown away.

Hongkong's famous resort, and there is the great fertile stretch of country known as Transylvania, which formerly belonged to Hun- By the Treaty of Trianon, gary. which was signed in June, 1920, Transylvania went, in general terms, to Rumania and the deter- Paris mining of the exact houndary was Brussels

Amsterdam to be left to a Mixed Commission. Berlin It is still this question of exact Copenhagen border line which has given rise to

Vienna: Helsingfore friction between Hungary and Lisbon Rumania, and, following a very Bucharest

Buenos Aires tonso situation some months ago Shanghai when Rumania all but put armed Yokohama New York forces across the border, the League Genova of Nations appointed a Commission | Milan to deal with the points in dispute. Oslo

Stockholm

It is the Council's decision which Prague Madrid Athons

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"Freddie," said the father, who

According to a reliable report, to heart talk, "don't you wan't to the Communists and Peasant Corps krow up a good man?" still control the town of Hol Fang, "Well, dad," said Freddie, “[ About a thousand armed peasants don't mind being a good man after rushed into the town where a small I'm grown up, but I should like y detachment of soldiers were taken have some fun while I'm growing by surprise and eventually driven up"

out. The peasants munists then 'looted

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and Com- the town Personal: If the thug at the which is now reduced to a state of prow of the big blue saloon car An extraordinary general meet-anarchy. The same fate befel the that passed down Edgware-road at ing of members of the Singapore town of Luk Fung, which twice fell a good 35 knots at 10 am. on Tuce- Flying Club. will be held at the into the hands of the Peasant day and spattered mud and water Europe "Hotel at 6.30 p.m.

Corps, General Woo Him is on a party of well-dressed people Wednesday, September 28, 10sponsible for the garrison of going towards Marble Arch will transact business made necessary

these two towns, but his troops communicate with the undersign by the rapid progress of the club turned out to be too few in face ed he will hear of something to

of overwhelming odds. during the past. feew weekt An

his disadvantage.-Middle-Weight, order has been placed with the Do Bandits and Communists also

National Sporting. Club.. Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd., for captured the Yan Ping district two "Moth" seaplanes complete, last week. The town was pro:E one spare engine and necessary tected by only thirty soldiers, ed man sentenced at: Thames spare parts.

Friday was the name of a colour-

while the enemy consisted of Delice Court to a term of imprison about 2,000 men. The principalment for an assault upon an official of the town, the Chief of officer on a ship.

.18.17 The Singapore Coroner, Col. Police, and members of his staff 34.52 Hope Falkner, last Wednesday held were taken prisoners and subse- There was once a Scotsman who 1934 an inquest on an unknown. Chinesequently executed. Yan Fing is but was given a free ticket for a film ..2.7/10 who was found dead floating in a poor district but it is the gateway in ona of these theatres where the- ....786

tho Singapore River near Jiak Kim to Toy Shan and Kongmoon, performance is continuous. He- 47.15/16 Street on September 8. Between two, rich towns, which the bandits was carried out in a dead faint.

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capture. Our Own from lack of foodi twenty and thirty stab wounds desire to 1/11.21/32)

were found on the body, which Correspondent. 4.88 19/32

.25.23was in such an advanced 'state' of .89.80 decomposition that an internal .18.08 post mortem examination

The following ships were expect-- A Perth West Australia) cor-ed to be in wireless communica 18.44 impossible. The Coroner made an respondent reports that Constables tion with Hongkong to-day :-- 104% external examination and came to Regan and St. Jack, who were Hosang, Nyanza, Kanchow, Glen-" .27.80%the conclusion that death was charged with the

306dae to shock and haemorrhage Kimberley of an aboriginal, a Krishna, Hirundo,

murder at garry, Rhexenor, Maud, War 5.27/88 resulting from the stab wounds. year ago, were released by the Shinyo. Maru, Tango

Haihong. /6,31/32

Maru, A verdict of culpable homicide Police Magistrate on the ground Hakata Maru, Katori Maru, San been the loss of valuable territory Silver (spot and forward)

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25% amounting to murder against some that the evidence against them in Maru, Soochow Nuernberg, one cannot help but deplore the

person or persons unknown was was insufficient for the case, to go Keemun, Supning, Sinkiang, King.. British Wireless.

to trial

yuen and President Lincoln.

has now been rejected and, however

much one might be inclined to sym-Rio

pathise with Hungary in what has Bombay

Hongkong

return.

was