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"What is the charge, сол- stable?" "Resisting arrest.

"What were you arresting him for?"

"For realating."

There had been a terrifie struggle in front of goal, and it appeared that the ball had crass ed the line. The nervous little referee gave a faint toot with his whistle and murmured "Goal,"

Instantly he was surrounded by a group of protesting defenders.

"Did you say 'Geal?" bellowed a huge back, as he flourished

ham-like fist.

"Certainly not," stammered the referee. "I said 'Cual. Someone has just struck me with a bit."

you are not married to her.

A labourer addressed Mr. R. Collyer, a Stratford magistrate, as "My lord." Mr. Collyer: I am to obliged to you for raising me the peerage, but you are not the King.

TURKEY TAKES A CENSUS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

RIGOROUS CONDITIONS

ENFORCED.

"STAY AT HOME" ORDER.

Constantinople, Oct. 28. The first regular census ever taken in Turkey has been carried out under most rigorous condi tions, ensure a correct tally..

The citizens were forbidden to leave their houses throughout the day, in consequence of which all the shops were shut and the pave ments were deserted, while there was no traffic in the streets.

and the Golden Horn were clear of all small craft.

not leave their houses.-Reuter.

A NEW COINAGE FOR POLAND.

SATURDAY,

HANKOW MUDDLE. GREYHOUND RACING

AN "IMPOSSIBLE” · CONDITION...

CONSUL'S GRAVE WARNING,

Fankow, Oct. 20.

When Mr. T. Y. Chang, Director of S.A.D. No. 3, left Hankow to interview the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Nanking, he left an order to the effect that the Council as a whole should function as a committee during his absence, The Council consequently elected two acting joint chairmen, one British and one Chinese, to act in

BETS.

THE WHITE CITY SYSTEM PILLORIED.

A LONDON JUDGMENT.

London, Oct. 28. An important judgment affect- ing greyhound racing has been given in the West London police court, in a case brought by the Anti-Gambling League against the Greyhound Racing Association, and another, with the object of testing the legality of betting at greyhound race meetings,

OCTOBER 29

1927.

THE SHANGHAI CRIME WAVE.

COUNCIL TAKES DRASTIC MEASURER

VOLUNTEERS AID POLICE

Shanghai, Oct. 28.

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The Russian Volunteer Company was mobilised this morning and

is picketing the bridges, over Sod- chew Creek and every exit from

examine suspicious motor cars the Settlement, with orders to

shoot at sight and individuals, and if necesary to

Special Police were also called out this evening for the purpose of suppressing the crime wave,

Chinese Support.

Shanghai, Oct. 20, The Russian Volunteers have been called out to prevent hold- ups and kidnapping.

The bridges and entrances to the Settlement are guarded. Auto- mobiles are being searched by the police, and special constables aré assisting them.

The Magistrate, Mr. Marshall, The waters of the Bosphorus place of the Director. They also gave judgment for the League, especially kidnappings.Reuter. appointed the sole survivor of the fining the Greyhound Racing AS- British Municipal Council's Bri-sociation £50 and 100 gulnea's A total of 6,500 officials in Con-tish staff and a Chinese employee costs, while a nominal fins of 20 was imposed on the A woman who complained at the

Municipal Council.

other defendant. Thames Court of the behaviour of stantinople alone, assisted by the to act as joint secretary to the shillings

The de facto Chinese authori- The case was really with the paration order." Magistrate: But soldiers saw that the citizens diu ties, however, appointed Dr. L. Nobject of testing the legality of another woman asked for a "se-police, drew up the lists, and

Chang as Director, shortly after the system. under which betting the departure of Mr. T. Y. Chang, was carried out at the White City and dismissed the latter gentle-greyhound racing meeting. The man, untried, for embezzlement. point at esue was whether the The British Councillers, who White City was conducted primari- are nominees of the British Goly, in the words of a witness, as vernment for the current year, re- "one great gambling resort," fused to accept Dr. L. N. Chang, where the Association wilfully as he was appointed by a regime permitted the operations of about with which the British have no 1,000 bookmakers, to whom they agreement..

allotted special seats, and who Dr. L. N. Chang then applied practically controlled and organis- Buckinghamshire, have nomination has been added to to Nunking and secured his aped the whole of the betting done.

pointment from the Government

A witness for the prosecution “BULLDOG DRUMMOND" which had moved thence from Wuhan, and obtained the dis-drew, a distinction with horse rac ing, where betting was conducted missal of Mr. T. Y. Chang.

Dr. L. N. Chang presented no without the exhibition of such credentials to the British Consul notices or regulations General, nor did he inform him displayed at the While City?

The question of legality of bet- that officially that he had been ap

anpointed, and, up to the present, heting was not involved, it being

has failed to do this.

Bury St. Edmunds prisoner: I want a shave, sir. I don't look respectable to come before you.

The

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Jackaman brothers, of

Slough, two hobbies, aviation and swim- ming. The other morning they felt they would like to combine the two. They took from the hanger their litle Moth acroplane and few to Littlehampton, Sussex, over fifty miles away. They land- ed on the shore, had their swim,

and few back to Slough in time for

breakfast.

The brothers made the trip in The con- half an kour each way. ning costs of their plane, they say, are considerably lower than those of the average high-powered mo- tor ear. They get twenty-three miles to the gallon.

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no more

There is

democratic nation than this England of ours. -Mr. J. H. Thomas.

I have a rooted objection to shaking hands with an ape as a blond relation. Rev. A. Brook Jackson.

Johnson was the only critic who dramatic lald his finger on the

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ISSUE OF GOLD DUCATS.

London, Oct. 23. Dew monetary de-

Another

reverted

As Europe's post-war coinage.

to the Austria has

"schilling." while ancient

"pengo" and Hungary has the Belgium the "elga, so

re-instituted the Poland has "ducat."

A Warsaw message states the Cabinet has approved

now

The Consul-General's Letter.

as were

The Municipal Council is ex- hausting every resource to ter- minate the menace, and the Chin- ese community are upholding the measures. Our Own Correspon dent..

A. D. C.'S NEXT SHOW.

Who has not read with interest. and excitement the exploits of Bulldog Drummond" as recount-

ed by "Sapper's" facile pen? Local playgeers have a great treat

in store for them in the A.D.C.'s

merely a case of a bookmaker oc- cupying the same, place nightly, and thus contravening the Act," The British still refused to ac-said Brigadier General Critchley; cept. Dr. Chang, and the British the managing director of the Greying of which Sir Gerald Du Mau- Conaal-General, Mr. Harold Por-hound Racing Association, com-rier collaborated with the author. thementing on the West London de- It is a long time since our

orditance altering the monetary situation-by virtue of the stabili sation plan recently drawn up by means of big foreign loans- making the right to mint money an exclusive State privilege.

Gold goins will be issued inter, on October 8 wrote to denominations of 109, 30 and 21 Commissioner for Foreign Affairs

as follows: the last-mentioned de- "zlotys," nomination to be known as the "duest.”—Border

BRITISH MACHINERY FOR GERMANY.

weakness of Shakespeare.-Mr.A GROWING EXPORT TRADE. Alfred Noyes.

The foe we have to meet to-day

is not organised opposition to Christianity, but indifference and

London, Oct. 28. The import of textiles

ma-

Ignorance. The Bishop of South-chinery into Germany from Bri- wark.

When Alfred William Howell, an off-license holder of Halliford street, Eslingloh, was summoned at North London Polico-court for

tain, has increased considerably during the past month, states a telegram from Berlin. »

This is not so much due to six- sunal imivenee, but to long- term credits granted by the lead-

tories.

supplying more intoxicatinging British textile machinery fac- liquor than that demanded by the purchaser, it was stated that a customer who asked for a pint of ale in a jug was given one pint

and one ill

The magistrate (Mr. Basil Wat- son, K.C.) asked Mr. II. A. Black, solicitor, If he could explain why It was an offence at all.

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Mr. Block: It is an offence, but "why I cannot tell you. It is

relie of D.ORA. and the Licensing Act of 1921.

Sub-Divisional Inspector Kearns said that observation was kept on the house in consequence of com plaints that Howell was giving more measure than others in the neighbourhood, and was taking all the trade. (Laughter.)

A fine of 10s. was imposed...

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Gallant Young Abertonian (nearing cinema)-"Gie me your fourpence now, Liz. I hate to sec, a girl pay for herself."

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The German imports from Bri fain during September totalle 1216 tons, as against 1,05) tons in the previous month.

During the first nine months of the current year, Germany impart- ed 5047 tons of British textile ma- chinery. to a value of £635,651, compared with a value of £566.- 858 in the corresponding period of last year.-British Wireless,

NEW BRITISH PEER.

BARONY CONFERED ON MR. MCNEILL.

London, Oct. 28. The new Cabinet Minister, Mr. Ronald McNeill, has been raised to the pcerge-Renter,

London, Oct. 28.

Mr. Jones and his wife had

It is officially announced that quarrelled at breakfast. He ar 1.M. the King has approved the rived home at night with a parcel conferment of a Barony upon under his arm.

Mr. Ronald McNeill, who recently "Darling." he said to his life was appointed to succeed Viscount partner, "look I have got some-Cecil na Chancellor of the Duchy thing here for the person I love of Lancaster, with a seat in. the best in all the world."

"What is it?" she asked. new pipe"

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RUSSIAN STOWAWAY.

DESTITUTE AND BEGGING.

D. L. Boiko, a Russian need 17, was charged before Major C. Will-- son this mortting, with being destituté and without a visible means of support: He pleaded guilty.

Cabinet."

Mr. McNeill will, it is stated, unofficially speak in the House of Lords for the Foreign Office, an 1 art as the British representative to the League of Nations in the place on .count Cecil.

He was formerly Under-Secre-" tary for Foreign Affairs-British Wireless.

DUTCH AIR MAIL SUCCESS.

Sub-Inspector Elston, who pro- secuted, said that the defendant. INDIES AND BACK IN A MONTH.

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Sir, I am instructed by His Majesty's Minister in Peking to invite the attention of the local Chinese authorities to the pre- sent ondition of affairs in the administration of Special Dis- trict No. 3, the ex-British Con- cession.

Since the Chen-O'Malley Agreement was signed there

cision. He added, "Henceforward we shall adopt the race course principle that individual book- makers may take up any position they like."--Repter.

PRINCE CAROL'S HOME

BURGLED...

have been no less than four IMPORTANT PAPERS STOLEN. Directors in a period of six

Paris, Oct. 28. months, each involving a com-

Burglars raided the residence of plete change in the Chinese

con-Prince Carol at Neuilly, and took staff and causing much fusion not only in the accounts possession of a letter written by but in the work of administra- the Prince's servant giving the names of his master's visitors and tion generally.

the names of sympathisers with

Rumanía.

production of the play, in the writ

local players have attempted a. drama of action, but those wha have been privileged to attend the rehearsals say that the play will lose nothing in its interpretation. Those who are fond of thrills will tind plenty to amuse them and our says there is a fight scene which is one of the most excit- ing ever put on any stage.

The ADC have always found plenty of talent available, but on this occasion they have been more fortunate than usual in securing the services of two exceptionally talented ladies for the leading parts. Both Mra. N. female Thorp and Mrs. E. W. Morris give clever performances, the former as the charming heroine, who eventually becomes Drummond's life partner and shares in all his later adventures, and Mrs. Mor-

The Agreement was signed by us in good faith with a Na-

It appears that a weman ateost tionalist Government that was. expected to be permanent but ed the servant while he was stand-tis, as Irma Petersen, who com- which has alsoppeared froming outside a cinema, and invited pletely realises the author's piz- She paid the till,ture of the dashing adventuress. Wuhan and has been replaced him to lunch.

are all in very with and the next thing he recollect a The male parts by an independent body

was waking up the next merning capable hands, and one very inter- whom we have no Agreement.

This being the case I am in with a bad headache. When he eating feature of the play is the that went to Prince Carol's house, ha large number of clever character structed to inform you pending the re-establishment of found his correspondence and per-studies. an effective Nationalist Govern-sonal property had disappeared. ment which can carry out its Money and jewellery was part of the Agreement and with touched. which we can discuss the ques-

new

not

A couple of days afterwards,

No! Wanted in Rumania.

The producer's only regret is that owing to lack of the necca- sary facilities in Hongkong, he is unable to reproduce on the stage Dr. Lakington's famous acid bath for the disposal of corpses.

Booking will open at the Ander- son Music Company on the 1st of Bucharest, Oct. 28.

November. Seven performances Prime Minister, M. Bratianu, in a statement in there to be given, commencing on Chamber, said that the authorities Saturday the 19th and finishing had decided to act against those on the following Saturday-Con- responsible for the anti-national activities, and pointed out that Prince Carol had completed all the legal forms of renunciation of the throne, of his own free will.

The

tion of the future status of the rome of the correspondenes was municipal administration, we returned.-Reuter. cannot. recognize any Director and we see no alterna- tive but to leave the Director's powers in the hands of the existing Sino-British Council.

We look to the local authori sin ties to co-operate with supporting the Council and so assist in saving this experiment joint in Chinese and British administration from compleie shipwreck.

I am to add that if the local anthorities refuse this proposal and insist upon a new Director assuming office a very STAVE situation will arise the

entire responsibility for which will rest upon the Chinese authori ties,

I avail myself of this opport unity to renew to you the ass surance of my highest cong:

deration.

(Signed) HAROLD PORTER

A One-sided Ceremony. On October 15, the anniversary of the Chinese Republic, Dr. Chang installed himself as Direc- tor. He welcomed himself at the Municipal Building, no members of the Council being present, although the Chinese staff had turned up at the office for the "ceremony" despite the fact that no official orders had been made by the Council to this effect. Dr. Chang also occupied the Director's flat in the Council building.

He recalled that, the late King, the "creator of national unity," at a historic Crown Council declared that, the rotten branch of the dynasty should be cut off, so that the tree would remain healthy." Router.

tritarted.

BRITISH SPINNING OF AMERICAN COTTON.

NO AGREEMENT REACHED

London. Oct. 23. Failure to secure the necessary majority on the question of rec- H.E. the Officer Administering tionalising the American branch the Government has appoint of the Cotton Spinners Federa-, Edward Pigott tion, is revealed in a resolution ed Lieutenant Minett, T.D., V.D., to be Captain unanimously passed by the Ameri- in the Hongkong Volunteer De-can section, that, in view of the fence Corps, with effect from 25th fact that a further report.on the October, 1927,

The Council Bankrupt.

ballot shows that 72 per cent. favour sectionalism, 17 per cent. are against it, and 11 per cent. abstained from voting, no useful The Chinese Councillors ac-purpose will be served by pro- knowledge Dr. Chang as Director ceeding with the matter further. and refuse to stand by the joint-Router. chairman arrangement any longer. Consequently, at Council meetings, tre is no quorum. Also, the muni- Couneil is bankrupt and cipal affairs are in an impossible condition.

Yesterday the Commissioner of came to the Colony by stowing

On October 12 a mass meeting Foreign Affairs replied to the Amsterdam, Oct. 28. away in one of Jardine's boats

of British subjects decided to re- Consul-General in a letter which Lieutenant Koppen has landed at which left Shanghai about ten days ago. He was arrested in Schipol, completing his return quest the British Government to refuses to consider the issues

of the Chen- ties. the streets by the police, who fight from Batavia, and proving press for a sound Municipal im- placed before the Chinese authori found him begging.

the possibility of performing the plementation

This morning the British Con- O'Malley Agreement and gave it In answer to the Magistrate, the return journey within a month. Sub-Inspector said that the defen- In an interview, Lieut. Koppen as its opinion that the local rate-aul-Genorai wrote a second letter dant would be returned to Shang said that he saw the German air-payers ahould insist on the en-to the Commissioner of Foreign crete suggestions for the reform Sai and that the shipping Com-men, Koennecke and Count Solmsgagement of trained foreign em- Affairs. In this he makes con- pany concerned would he called at Bunder Abbas, where they were ployees on the Council's staff.

There the matter rested until of the administration of this Dis held up owing to a broken connec- apon to sto to this.

Solms had already left yesterday, with Dr. L. N. Chang in tript, suggestions which are simi- ting-rod. for Germany, but so far as he the Director's office at the Muni-lar to those embodied in the re-

British.

mass-meeting on. October 12, knows, Koennorke is still at Bun- cipality, yet unrecognized by the solutions adopted by the British der Abbas. Reuter-

Major Willson then committed the defendant to the House of De tention until such time as ho could be returned to Shanghai,

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