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Thongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928.

DAY BY DAY.

Champort.,

There was a clean bill of health in the Colony yesterday.

the extensive schome by which it is intended to relieve industry of] some of the crushing burden of

WHAT IS CELEBRITY? THE AD- taxation. Between twenty and VANTAGE OF BEING KNOWN TO thirty millions sterling is the aum PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW YOU.-- involved in this operation. Mr. Churchill was quite right when ho asherted that the relief of rates. was the first and most urgent step needed to increase the com- peting power, of British industry, The new tax on imported petrol and other motor spirits is to be devoted to this purpose, and it would ap pear from reading the summaries of Mr. Churchill's speech that it in intended not only to relieve the coal industry of a big part of its present burden, but also to courage the greater We are afraid, however; that the petrol tax will not be at all popular drop of a penny a gallon on spirit,

CORRESPONDENCE.

Ferry Nuisance, ...,

[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]

The Very Ides!

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(Suggested by the Archbishop of Canterbury's reflection upon the dearth of outstanding personalities in public life.)

It is our desire to make you, our patron, feel at home, while a guest of our theatre, and any discourtesy on the part of any employee will - Sir,----I-am-convinced-that-a be greatly appreciated if called to great many holders of monthly the attention of the management.— forry tickets will share my opinion American theatre programme. The B.I. 8.8. Talma, from Singa-that the presence of a European porc, is due here on Sunday. inspector at the wharf entrance an unnecessary nuisance to travellers. consideration from the "Indian One certainly meets with more

collectors than from the European mentioned. For instance when a ferry is about to leave, the Indians as a'ryte will wait a second or two before blowing the whistle in order to give those people who are between the ticket office and the gate a chance to catch that ferry, but the European inspector often gets the Indians to sound

The P. and O. sa. Alipore, from Singapore, is due here at May 1st at 4 p.m.

The s.5. Halhong of the Douglas Company is being taken in hand at the Kowloon Dock to-day for en-periodical survey,

uso of coal.

Particulars of the Matriculation, Senior and Junior Examinations to be held at the University of Used in this issue.

It altogether nullifies the recent Hongkong in December, aro adver-the-ghal a few seconds before

for it works out at an increase of

over thirty per cent. on present office announces that the wireless The Hongkong General Post prices. With the growing perate to the Dutch East Indies has pularity of motoring at Home, been reduced from $1 to 90 cents amongst all classes, there will no per word as from yesterday. doubt be very considerable resent- ment felt at this new impost. We notice that Mr. Churchill suggests that this tax will be offact by the

Mr. G. W. Sheppard of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd., has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the

Co., Ltd.

Shanghe Dock and Englacering

| scheduled time.

Who sighs for more outstand-

ing personalities, Distinct in any crowd, When everywhere our old and..

new localities

With such are well endowed? In town or hamlet-place of this or that repute- Ably they play their part, Each one of them regarded as

an attribute

Of energotic art, Superior to humdrum minds

and puny forms, Versed in the loro of stars, Resplendent in the glories of

their uniforms,

Outside the cinemnat

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Yesterday afternoon several people were in the act of passing | tor caused the whistle to be blown, through the gate when the inspec- at the same time hurling himself in front of the embarking passen- At Bath, Miss Veronica May gers with outstretched arms and was fined £3, with £2 costs, and forcibly preventing them continu- had her license endorsed, for driv ing. They had therefore to back ing ù motor-car in a dangerous through the gate and await the manner. next ferry.

Now, undoubtedly these people had every right to board that par- ticular ferry as they were already actually through the gate when

She denied the offenco. During the hearing of the case the chairman of the bench stopped, the proceeding to speak to Miss May, who had been reading a news- poper.

"You should not read a newa- "It is

KELLER KERN & Co., Ltd. reduction in the sugar duty, but there would appear to be something wrong with his arithmetic, seeing

Among the passengers who ar-the whistle blow, and the spec- that the relief under the latterrived by the Empress of Russia to-tor had no grounds whatever for paper in court," he said. heading is only £2,300,000 per day were: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ben- stopping them, na the forry in discourteous to the bench." anaum, whereas the petrol tax will yield £18,000,000 in a full year. On the whole, however, the Budget is sound and constructive; above all, it shows that Britain's finances are in n decidedly healthy condition.

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928.

THE BUDGET.

Mr. S. J. Hicks, Mr. A. L. Tayler, son, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lathrop,

and Mr. P. I. Newman.

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Miss May apologised, saying she question was still more than half; empty.

was not accustomed to a court. In the Interests of the large number of Kowloonites who are Man to the Southend Bench: I forced to use the ferry frequently know you are stronger in numbers cannot something be done to alle- then I am, but force, is no argu- viate this totally unnecessary an- ment. noyance and inconvenience!

By kind permission of Lieut. Col. L. J. Comyn, G.M.G., D... and officers, the Band of the 2nd. Battalion of the King's Own Scot-Yours, etc., tish Borderers will play at the 9.20 performances in the Queen's Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday next.

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H. M. P.

Hongkong, April 25, 1928.

Street Complaint.

nesa cannot be due entirely to the reports gave a higher number of fective stato of that section of Ton Peel Street paved with slab-stones.

reluctant for action.

most likely be appealing to the before Mr. Leroy Webber's fears vessels, of which 19 were British. country very shortly after the in-regarding Chefoo aro realised. traduction of the next Budget, and obviously, it will desire to be then In a position to point to an equally satisfactory handling of the nation's finances. So we may look upon the present Budget as a laying of the foundation for an even better one

Willesden magistrate! Can this bad language complained of be heard in the street? Applicant: No, but if you will send some one to stand outside I will open the window.

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Sonte "howlors:"--

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To trisect an angle is to bisect Chaplets are small places of wor-

A young swan is called a singlet. Gargoyle is what you do to your

Two spiders met in a dusty

The Northern Campaign. The magnitude of the Nation- By his latest Budget, Mr. Winstonalist successes in Shantung, cul-

Woman at Willesden; I have minating yesterday in the capture Churchill, has undoubtedly em- of Tainanfu, while remarkable sity

never

ovidence given

before. In the Great Hall at the Univer-

Magistrato: Then you have made yesterday His Excellency hanced his reputation as an able enough, have been gained at such Sir Cecil Clementi, K.O.M.G. deli-

a highly successful debut. Chancellor of the Exchequer and, trifling expense that we are in-vered the second portion of his [To the Editor, Hongkong

Magistrate at the Thames court at the same time, done something cliaed to think Marshal Chang lecture on "Elements in an Analysis.

Telegraph.]

to a woman accused of drunken- ness: What did your husband say Tao-lin has not yet played all his of Thought and its Activities," to the somewhat cards. It has been a notable fea-a large number of Members of the Lowards restoring declining popularity of the Baldwin ture of the operations that the Court and students.

Sir,-As owners of houses in about it? Woman: He gave me Peel Street and Ying Pai Terrace, a good hiding. Magistrate: In Administration: To gauge the Fengtien Generalissimo has been

we should like to draw the atten- those circumstances pay four shil- full effect of some of his proposalaingularly slow in lending aid to

This morning's Harbour Offlection of the Government to the de-lings costs. his colleague, and this backward- the passing of time is necessary. Maybe a year hence we shall be reputation Chang Chung-chang's arrivals than departures, able to gain a better appreciation troops have of being notoriously nage was good, with fair cargoes, This part is very slippery, especi

The Shan-Japanese registering the best in-ally during the present wet wea- it into three parts, of the new and somewhat. bold tung leader appears to have been ward and the second best through, ther, and there have been numer. policies decided upon. The Govern eliminated from the picture by the The highest freight of the day was ous complaints from our tenants ship. ment must, however, have taken a debacle, his troops are swarming in a British vessel, with a return and residents regarding same, over the northern part of the pro- (of 6,660 tons, There remained in Moreover," prospective tenants of long view of the situation, as it willvince, and. It may not be long harbour at 9 a.m., a total of 68 vacant houses in the vicinity have throat when you've got a cold.

On one side of a penny, is tho in the majority of cases, made the King's head. This is called the same complaint.

obvious. On the other aide is a This state of affairs affects our young lady riding a bicycle. Sho Since the annihilation of one of

An application for a decree ab- Sun Chuan-fang's armies before solute in the annuliment of the property not a little, and entails & is called Ruby Tanyer. This is, tho Yenchow. the Nationalists have

consequent decrease in the rates reverse. marriage of Henry Forsyth

receipts by the Government. We been engaged not so much in a

Pringle and Minnic Isobel campaign as a triumphant march Pringle was made at Hia British upper section of the street is in a corner.

would point out the fact that the

on the banks of the Yellow River, Shanghai last week, before Judge

Majesty's Supreme Court, nt better condition, being macadamis- "Well," asked one, "how are you It is, however, a mistake to sup- Sir Peter Grain. Mr. J. R. Jones ed, as is also the upper stretch of getting on?" pose that the road to Peking he appeared for the petitioner. The Street, which, incidentally, does "Everything is impossible nowa- the neighbouring street, Shelley "Terribly," replied the other. now quite open, and he would be decree nisi was granted in Shang-

with mechanical bubbling with optimism who sup-

Street.

sweepers and energetic housemaids The figures which Mr. Churchill poses that the unification of China hai on November 11, 1927, and not contain na many houses as Peel days; what

We venture to suggest that the I'm always disturbed. And how," was able to present. to the House under a Nationalist regime is now nobody having in the time elapsed

fully in sight. We may be cer- opposed or contested this decree, Government re-surface this section he inquired, "are you?" of Commons on Tuesday disclosed tain that the real fight has yet to it was to-day made absolute, of Peel Street and bring it in line "Oh! Very well," replied No. 1, the fact that very considerable come, and it is better to wait

tory box in a church in Aberdeen." events before delivering judgment, A tragedy occurred at the with the upper part at an early've made my home in an offer economies have been made duringve were rather struck by the Jelaping Tin Mine, Ipoh, last week,

Thanking you for your valuable the past year by the Government. Reuter's comment in yesterday's when lightning killed the dredge- That process,

we are told, Is to cables to the effect that consider master, Mr. Borton, and struck space.Yours, etc.,

L. & C continue, but it will be on an even able perturbation had arisen in down the winchman, Mr. Bromley, the Nationalist camp by the fact who is now recovering in hospital. more pronounced scale in the that Marshal Feng Yu-hslang Barton and Bromley were walking .coming twelve months, Under entered the Shantung capital to the dredge about three o'clock

A small painting of flowers by this heading, it is hoped to be able ahead of the Commander-in-Chief, in the afternoon when there was sudden flash and both men fell Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. If that to effect savings totalling

Sir,-A friend of mine is a small Mabel Marston, in a gilt frame, be true, It is difficult to estimate at to the ground. Two ladies In an thirty-millions sterling, which is this distance whether jealousy or Ipoh bungalow had a narrow contributor to a small Chinese the picture was purchased by three times the amount of last suspicion occasioned the alarm, escape, a ball of fire exploding at newspaper in this Colony. A fow Princess Mary at the opening of year's economies. That should though it would not be surprising their feet without harming them. days ago when I happened to call the exhibition, and afterwards re- meet the cry of those who have If Nanking felt the need for a little information, regarding the been demanding less governmental "Christian General's" exact objes- FORMER FAR EASTERN extravagance. Another illustration tive in throwing himself so heart!. of the Government's sound Anancially into their cause. policy is to be seen in the very.

twelve months hence...

BOMO

and a day or so should find them

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considerable reduction which has ACCUSED OF STEALING been made in the National Debt, but of even greater importance is

CLOTHING.

the scheme for a new fixed debt MAN DENIES AMAI'S STORY, charge. This is so based that,

Under pretext of renting a

OFFICIAL.

BECOMES HEAD OF OVER- SEAS TRADE DEPT.

London, Apr. 25.

dale.

Hongkong, Apr. 26th, 1928.

جين

Press Cerisorship.

A picture belonging to Princcas Mary Viscountess Lascelles han been stolen from the Exhibition of Women Artists at the Royal In- Waters stitute of Painters in Colours, Plecadilly.

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on him he looked rather despon-mained on view. Beneath it was dent. It appeared that one of his notice stating that her Royal contributions was rejected. The Highness had bought it. This, and paper explained to him that it had another flower picture by the same no objection, but that his article artist, valved at four guineas each, was not allowed to be published by were missed when the gallery was the censors at the Secretariat for opened one morning recently. Chinese Affairs. I glanced at the

In these strenuous times every article. be quite harmless and dealt with day is Leap Year when you are

It

looked to me to

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4 subject which seemed to me had crossing a strect.-Lord Dewar. Sir Edward Crowe succeeds Sir nothing to do with this Colony at but it is only in church that many We preach economy.everywhere, William Clark, the new British all. Commissioner to Canadu, as Camp- I do not care much whether my troller-General of the Department friend's article was rejected, or

practise it.-Rev. F. Melville.

We have many flapper saints in without any addition of present cubicle, Chinese gained admit of Overseas Trade.-Reuter," not, but I felt greatly surprised at short skirts.-Rev. J. II. Darling- | taxation, it will be possible to wipe tance into No. 63 Praya East, and [Sir Edward Thomas Frederick and wish to bring to the notice and ton (of Harrisburg, U. S. A.)

The insane jealously prevalont in out the nation's Internal and ex-is alleged to have stolen a par- Crowe has been Director of the judgment of the public that this part of London is us great a ternal debts, including the debt to clothing belonging to an

cel containing several pieces of Foreign Division of the Depart-censoraliip of newspapers should

amah ment of Overseas Trade since 1925, exist at all in this Colony at the social evil as the drink-Mr. Clarke

Hall (Old Street.) I can. well the United States, within a perfod employed at the house.

He has seen much service in tho Présent moment. of fifty years. Our debt agreement Giving evidence before Mr. R. E.. Far East. In 1897, after passing understand and quite agree that with America contemplates repay was charged wth the theft of the appointed a student interpreter in/in any such emergency a censor- Chinenc Press. It is such a thing Lindsell this morning, when the man a competitive examination, he was during the strike and boycott and. ment within a period of sixty-two clothing, the amah said she actual Japan, and in 1901-02 he held the but the Colony regained its nor tween the Chinese populace here. ship of newspapers is necessary, that creates misunderstanding be- years from 1928, and it will thus bely saw the man concealing the local rank of Vice-Consul at Yoko-malcy more than a year ago and I and the Government. I sincerely seen that there are now hopes not parcel under his jacket. She at hama. He became 1st Assistant absolutely fail to see why the Press hope that those in authority who only of complete liquidation of that once asked him what he was doing in 1903 and in the same year act- should be muzzled.

are responsible for keeping up the and the man threw the parcel backing Vice-Consul at Kobe. From obligation seven years sooner, but on the bed and promptly left the 1904 to 1906, he was acting Con-papors have never even during the at once.

I understand that the English censorship will see that it is lifted also the wiping, out of our internal house,

sul at Tamsul, and from the latter height of the strike and boycott. Knowing your fair-mindedness debt as well. That, of course, must atele the clothing and said if he tache. In the latter year, he be I now

The defendant denied that he year to 1918 was Commercial At days been subject to censorship. and the staunchness with which bo contingent on no further addi-had done so, he would not have came Commercial Counsellor to the news which was published under freedom of the Press, I venture to understand why certain your paper has always unheld tha tions to the debt in the meantime--| been allowed to leave the house.

British Embassy at Tokyo, which bold headings in English papers ask you to give a little space in a rather optimistic hope, possibly.

His Worship adjourned the case post he held until 1925. He mar never found their way into the your paper for this letter.Yours, until tomorrow morning, when the ried in 1901 the youngest daughter Chinese Press. It is entirely etc., The feature of the Budget which principal tenant of the house will of the late Mr. William Hyde Lay, wrong that in a British Colony a will be most heartily welcomed la give evidence..

British Consul at Chefoo

different law should apply to the

ONE OF THE READING PUBLIC. Hongkong, April 26th, 1928,