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The

Thongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY, NOV. 29. 1927.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1927.

"DAY BY DAY,

THE GREATEST GLORY OF A FREE BORN PEOPLE IS TO TRANSMIT THAT FREEDOM TO THEIR CHILDREN— William Havard,

ters, there is nothing like pre- paredness. The new Ordinance differs from the old one in savoral important respects, the variations. in most instances being to the benefit of those joining up. For example, the oath of allegiance to The E. and A. Company's .. His Majesty the King is dis-Tanda left Moji on the 26th instant pensed with, as the Reserve is and a dae here to-morrow after

noon.

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A Chinese constable has been arrested for keeping an opium divan on the hillside at Wongnei- chong Road,

CLAIM OVER SHARE DEAL

THE EMPRESS HESTAURANT

SUED.

The Very Idea!

Mr. Ralph Steinbrage and Mrs. Genevieva Norvel were married re- cently off Ganaque, Canada, in a which was tearing

return for shares to be allotted to through the water at an estimated

A Chinese who paid out $100 in motor-bont him in a new company, to be called speed of more than forty miles the Empress Restaurant, claimed | hour. Court this morning, before Mr. the Rev. Alfred Bishop, and threa his money back in the Summary The ceremony was performed by Justice Wood, saying that he had friends acted as witnesses. not received the shares.

Willesden man: She is a re

law really.

The plaintiff was Li Kwai-tin, An earth-coolie was injured 184, Queen's Road Central and holation of my wife--my mother-In- yesterday through a fall of earth sued the Empress Restaurant and

Landlord of his lodger at Bow mishap occurred during excava- Kit-san, all of 169-61, Connaught striking his wife. The wil at the hillside at Tokawan. The Chung Lai-nam, Li Kui-po, and So

County Court: He is always Read Central. Mr. E. S. C. Brooks apologetically: Never unless Lusk tion work.

was for the plaintiff, and Mr. F. H. for. It. Loseby defended.

A cable has been received 'an-.

nouncing the sudden death in Eng- land on the 16th inst. of Mr. N. E. S. Gardner, manager of Sungei estate, Batang Barjuntal...

The body of a destitute Chinese was removed to the Mortuary from the Po Tack Wharf where it was found, yesterday morning,, with a rope tled round the neck. It is believed that the man committed suicide,

His Lordship asked whether the restaurant was a firm, and Mr. Loseby replied that that point might have to be decided..

| purely a civil force. Whilst no loyal British subject would demur in the slightest degree to taking the oath, it is conceivable that nationals of other countries might reasonably feel some qualmış' about so doing. The removal of this requirement should therefore do something to inect the wishes of many foreigners who enjoy the security of British rule in this Colony and who would be quite willing to give their services to the community if In so doing they Were not required to pledge their allegiance to the Sovereign of a country to which they do not belong. Other provisions which appear wise and timely are that when the Reserve is called out for active service its members shall [be paid, and that when not on such service there shall be no punishment, for breach of dis- cipline, other than reprimand and dismissal. When we bear these points in mind and remember also that the normal duties of the Re- Mr. H. J. Silva, of Messrs, serve are by no means strenuous, Dodwell and Co., is under medical treatment for injuries which he we should soon have in this

received through being bitten by The plaintiff stated that Chiu In- Colony a strong and efficient a pointer dog belonging to Mr. Echi lived at 30. Hollywood Road auxiliary Police Force, capable of Antonio, of No. 30, Granville Road, and showed him the prospectus in

Kowloon. The animal was remov- February. He handed rendering a good account of it-ed to the depot at Mataukok for $100 to Chiu and later obtained a over the

self in moments of crisis.

examination.

receipt.

Mr. Thurston R. Porter, U. S. Marshal, arrived in Shanghai last werk in the P. & O. Khiva, from Henry F. Krenz, who is charged Hongkong, having in custody with the embezzlement of G$31.000 from the Disbursing Office of the American Legation in Peking.

West Ham man: I do not use bad language. I have been. a soldier, and I am a man,

Barrister at Bow County Court: The ingenuity displayed by women' to annoy one another amazes me.

Nottinghamshire reveller: Drink affects me because I fought the Turks. Magistrate: I expect you see the Turks again when in drink. Romford man at Bow County

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Mr. Brooks explained that the money was deposited with the de- fendants on March 26th this year as a subscription for shares to be allotted to him in a firm which was to be formed and registered and was to be known as the Empress Court: I sell firewood in the Restaurant, Limited. It was, how-streets and dig 'taters in the fields. ever, not formed or registered, I'm digging 'taters now, and no shares had been allotted to the plaintiff.

After a short period of "War,” a dog and cat living in a house The plaintiff, continued Mr.at Corsham have declared a strange fendants by a map named Chiu Brooks, was introduced to the de- truce. Iu-chi and the money was paid George Pearce, and

The animals belong to Mira. through him to the defendants on litter of puppies was borecently a the strength of a prospectus which days later the puppies were destroy- was issued last Chinese New Year.ed, but on the same day four Mr. Loschy said he admitted the kittens put in an appearance, Two receipt of $100 and the giving of a of these were

immediately. com- receipt.

mandeered by the dog, who kept them in a box in another room. Mother cat. happening to wander into this room a few days after made a rush for them. The dog, wards, heard the kittens ery and however, put up a fierce fight, and the two had to be kept apart.

Now a curious truco prevails, the cat and dog each nursing two

Chiu Iu-chi acted as agent for the

The regulations of service in

The following ships are expect-

In cross-examination, Mr. Lose the Reserve by legislative enacted to be in wireless communica by said he was trying to show that ment is a very proper proceeding. [tion with Hongkong to-day:plaintiff throughout. Plaintiff ad- The Volunteers are similarly re- Linan, Van Heutsa, Shantung, mitted that Chiu instructed solicit Tanda, President Adams, Presi gulated, and we can conceive of ent Madison, Shinyo Maru, Hai- the Police Réserve being of just ning, Sunning, Oldekerk, West Hix- as much value to the Colony aston, Benlomond. Mongolia, Iliram, Canada Maru, Preussen, Sarpedon,

the members of our Defence

THE POLICE RESERVE. Carps. The new Ordinance will,

moreover, add to the dignity of the Reserve and should operate beneficially in advertising it and in attracting recruits, to its rauks

Shanghai Crime.

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The recrudescence of serious

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Last week's health return shows four cases of typhoid (three Chin- was fatal; two fatal cases of in tenza and one fatal occurrence turn discloses one further Chin- of diphtheria. Yesterday's re ese case of typhold and one British (imported) case of cerebro-spinal faver.."

ese and one Indian), of which onc

tors for him (plaintif).

Plaintiff said he thought the Company and was a going concern company was a Limited Liability when he put his money into it. In October he found it was not a

Limited Liability Company and he would not take up the shares un less it was. He trusted Chiu and had no reason to believe that his to the restaurant. money had not been handed over

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Not the least important of the Bills to come before the Legisla- tive Counell on

If young ladies of 21 would Thursday for

condescend to lower their skirts an their first reading is the Ordin

had been completed, Mr. Loseby more of that very insulting word When evidence for the plaintiff inch or two they would haar no ance to, provide for the forma-

submitted that he had no case to "flapper."-The Duchess of Atholl, tion, establishment and regulation

answer, subsequently withdraw- of the Hongkong Police Reserve. crime in Shanghai, and the eventsgazette being screened at the decide the case on the facts as class an interesting experiment.

Among the items in the topical ing, suggesting that his Lordship The professor was showing his During the War, there was. in

over the week-end, when two Bri-Queen's Theatre to-day and

to- already brought out.

"Now," he said impressively, "if existence a very strong and active tish police officers were shot, one morrow along with the feature at- Mr. Brooks suggested that the anything goes wrong, we and the body of Police Reservists, com gang of desperadoes, move us to flashes of the Dempsey-Tunney chi had throughout been acting in

of them fatally, while tackling a traction "Slide, Kelly, Side," are case was simple enough. Chiu lu- laboratory may be blown into the Come a little closer, gentle- men, in order that you may follow Chinese and Indian platoons, and which face the guardians of law Cun, Amerien winning the Polo Plaintiff had paid his money for a

me better." these men performed an extremely and order in the northern port, Cup, and some thrilling buffalo consideration which had failed, useful function at a time when so some weeks ago, the Settlement is

As we pointed out in an editorial riding.

and was therefore entitled to get A violin that originally cost it back."

thirty shillings and was used thirty many of the Colony's Regular faced with several formidabic The "death took place at the

Mr. Loacby said the parties were years ago to provide the music for Police were engaged elsewhere on handicaps, mainly through the French Hospital Causeway Bay, agreed on the evidence. His Lord. country dances In Wyoming, has sterner duties for the Empire. contiguity to a big Chinese district yesterday afternoon of Mr. J. M. ship had to decide whether or not made a meteoric leap into fame and The members of the former Police the continuous influx of bad char- the Portuguese community.

which is inefficiently policed, and Pereira, a well-known member of the plaintiff had constructive thence again into obscurity.

knowledge of the use to which his The instrument had not been Reserve were subject to the pro-acters from neighbouring terri- Pereira was a retired employee of his submission that the case was until a few weeks ago when its Mr. money was being put, and it was heard in public for thirty years visions of an Ordinance passed tory, where disturbed conditions Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., on a parallel with that of Chiu Iu-owner, Mr. N. P. Nye, played in un during the first year of the War fear of apprehension. A

enable them, to operate without Ltd., and was the editor of Religao

newe Patria,'" a but, as the Force has for

Catholic periodical. menacing feature is now disclosed,The funeral will take place to-day. there were weaknesses in Chiu Iu- His Lordship pointed out that years now ceused to exist, that however, in the repeated proof Ordinance has remained a dead that men handed over to the Chin To-day's Observatory

chi's case not apparent in the pre- esc authorities apparently are be-states that the anticyclone

report sent, and reserved judgment. letter, for all practical purposes.ing released, to continue a threat strengthened and is central over Recent events, however, have to life and property. Reccally, a South Manchuria. The typhoon is shown the desirability of a re- man convicted of armed robbery [about 300 miles east of Naha, suscitation of the Reserve, butter supposed to have been sentene-monsoon may be expected along was recognised as a bad charac-moving cast-north-east. Strong under conditions of service noted to a long term of imprisonment the coast of China, and fresh mon quite so stringent as during the by the Chinese court. Yesterday's con over the China Sea. The cables disclose that two criminals forecast up to neon to-morrow is: days of the Great War. The have been identified as men hand-North winds, fresh; fine to new Force is already in existence, ed over two years ago. At the

cloudy." bat the enrolments have

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"old fiddlers' " contest. A musical pressed by the tone, and, next day, expert in, the audience was im- after examining the violin, bought it for £30 and an expensive new instrument.

Its new owner spread the news that he had discovered an instru- ment made by Carlo Bergonzi, one of the foremost pupils of the great Stradivarius, and that it was made in Cremona 200 years ago.

Mr. O. P. Biley, a rancher, who was interested in music, wished to possess the violin, and after much bargaining purchased it with a farm worth £1,200. He then took. his prize to Chicago, and became a disappointed man.

Some one with a doubting mind traced the history of the violin back to Mr. Nye, who stated that

himself when it was now from manufacturers in Chicago, and that it was worth just the money he had given for it, thirty shillings. The mistake arose from the fact: that the manufacturers made: violina as unconcealed imitations. of the Bergonzi type. 124 4.87 27/32

London, Nov. 28."

The Chinese who was arrested on Sunday in connection with an armed robbery in Ko Shing Street been very least this proves that they A Chinese has been

admitted was brought before Mr. R. E. made without reference to the freturn to a life of crime as opinto the Government Civil. Hos. Lindsell this morning: provisions of the old Police Re- the difficulties which the police au- ing to take his life by leaping for the defendant, asked for a

portunity offers, and emphasises

pital subsequent to his attempt

Mr. C. A. S. Rass, who appeared serve Ordinance. In order, there- thorities in Shanghai's foreign from the Hunghom ferry-boat week's remand. fore, to regularise the position and settlement have to face. The No Kwong Hing. The boat had just the case would not occupy more he had never given any one reason

The prosecution' indicated that Reserve on a due that he had bough the vember record bida fair to eclipse moved away from the wharf at than one afternoon and accordingly to believe that it was an antique. and proper footing, the 1914 Or-which a recent issue of the Shang-life was raised. The man was next Monday at 2.15 p.m. dinance is, being repealed and hai Municipal Gazette summarises

as follows: Ten murders, includ, seen to jump overboard, but considerable variations made in regard to the conditions under ing that of a Sikh policeman, five prompt rescue was effected from a

cases of abduction by armed sampan in the vicinity. which members will serve.

gargs, 95 armed robberies from As was stated at the time the houses, and 19 armed highway tary Board letters will be laid on At to-day's meeting of the Sani- robberies, besides six attempts.the table from the Government present Reserve was brought into That almost speaks for itself. relative to the appointment of Paris being, it is eminently desirable There is the further drawback of Mr. Tso Seen-wan, LL.D., to be a New York that the Colony should have a timidity on the part of the Chin-member for a further term of Brussela trained, uniformed" body of men

ese victims of abduction cases, three years, and of Lt. Colonel Geneva ready to take their place along-suffer in silence. The following C. B. E., R. A. M. C., to be a mem

or their relatives, who prefer to and Brevet Colonel J. S. Bostock, Amsterdam, side the Regular Folice in case of paragraph from the October sumber for three years vice It emergency. It is on that basis imary is eloquent of the position: Colonel S. Boylan-Smith, D. S..O.. Copenhagen

"In Investigating cases of this. B. E., R. A. M. C, with effect that the existing Force has been nature, the police are greatly from November 10, created, and we understand that handicapped by the familles of its members already give pro-victims refusing to give assistance misc of being of the utmost value deal with the kidnappers secretly anarchy, in large areas of China Lisbon

or information and preferring to the present widespread state of Helsingfors In this regard. There is, how-and to pay ransoms demanded," can account for the Shanghai ever, sill room for plenty of Our Shanghai correspondent yes crime condition not being pilloried Bucharest men, and we hope that, once their terday referred to the exodus of 3 one of the worst which any city Ric

wealthy Chinese to Japan and in the world has ever experienced, Buenos Aires status is better defined, as it will elsewhere. Not long ago they and also e disgraceful commentary Bombay, bo-under the new Ordinance, more were crowding the foreign dwall, on the situation in modern China, Shanghal will come forward in their desire inga in the Settlement, but ap- After all, Shanghai forms an iso- Hongkong

parantly have found that even that lated caals of foreign administra-silver (spot) to be of service to the community sanctuary is insecure. It is an tion in a desert of chaotic mis silver (forward) In time of need. In these mat appalling state of affairs, and only government.

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