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around Hongkong so ideal for fly- ing, there is every reason why such a Club should be established here. The first essential, however, is unity of purpose. It is there fore up to those who are interest- ed in the project to make the fact known and to give the proposal all the support they can.

DAY BY DAY.

HEAVEN ALONE, NOT EARTH, 19 DESTINED TO WITNESS THE REPOSE OF FAITH.-Moses Harvey.

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

The strength of the local Police force last year was 1,815.

BURGLARY WHICH WAS

INTERRUPTED.

· PARTICIPANT GETS FOUR MONTHS.

The Very Idea!

Among stories of Post Offico discourtesy, a Morning Post cor- respondent tells of an incident in

With success almost attained, two men were frustrated in their which the late Duke of Norfolk, efforts to relieve the inmates of when Postmaster-General, was the

central figure. No. 31, Po Kwong Street, Kowloon

The Duke went into a post office Apart from the pleasure view-

City, of over $100 worth of jewel- lery yesterday morning by the un-to send off a telegram, handed it point,

an organisation of the

expected return of a small boy over the counter to a clark, who character suggested should be of

living in the house. The alarm received it very rudely, read it The Ben Line s.s. Benmohr, was

through, and then shapped out on riscil and the intra- utility in a number of ways, and

from Home, Straits and Philip-ders, who had already collected a coming to the signature, "Nor- in this connexion we cannot see pines ports, is due here on the 18th large quantity of valuables, nt-folk's a place, not a name. You'll why It should not work in conjunc~ | Instant. tion with the Volunteer Defence Corps. Indeed, the question of establishing a distinctive flying wing of the Corps is worthy of consideration, for it would be of

DRY FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAS NO EQUAL the utmost value in reconnaisance

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APPROVED BY- BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE- -FINE OFFICES' COMMITTEE— -PHYSIKALISOH-TECHNISHE REICHSANSTALT-GERMANY-

LABORATOIRE CENTRAL D'ELECTRICITY-PARIS.

be

Seventeen beggars, taken into custody during the past few days, were deported to Namino this morning.

back to him.

tempted to make good their escapolave to alter it," pushing the form but one of them was arrested by.

The Duke received it with his two occupants of the ground floor.

usual courtesy, and calmly wrote On his appearance bofors Mr. W. out another telegram as follows: Schofield at the Kowloon Magis-To the Comptroller, Saint Mar- „tin's le Grand, E.C. Please send tracy this morning, a charge of for this clerk and censure her for burglary was preferred against

master-General." The expenditure on the Police this man. When questioned, the gross incivility Norfolk, Post-- Department last year amounted fendant admitted taking part in the to $1,759,132 and the revenue came (burglary, to $93,567.

work. This idea would just as feasible as the suggest ed Naval Volunteer Reserye, for which the Government were pre- pared some time back to vole a

The Hongkong Land Investment good 'sum. But before anything and Agency Co., Ltd., has declared

on August 2nd.

NO PERIODIC REFILLING is done, it is desirable that all an interim dividend of $2, payable

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who are in any way interested in amateur flying should get together and explore the whole field of possibilities. And the sooner that RELIABLE, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE. is done, the better.

Types for Motor Cura, & Etc.

Grasp of Realities.

KELLER KERN & Co. Ltd. The resolutions adopted by the

16/19 Cossamer Roio, 0.

The

The Arst typhoon signal for the year-the No. 1 warning symbol was hoisted to-day. And it's Fri- day, the 13th, too!

The 'mail from Europe, dated London June 14, by the a. Kider- distributed this forenoon. pore consisted of 101 bags and was

Hongkong Elegraph.mains for Mr. T. V. Soong and His hospital.

FRIDAY JULY 13

1928..

AMATEUR FLYING.

become.

Inspector Phillips told his Wor- Stratford mun at Bow County ship that two men broke open the Court: My window. faces where front door of the first floor of No.five roads meet, and on Sunday 31, Po Kwong Street whilst the evenings I sit and watch the

accidents.

About Hong Kong.

Do you know that--

The bandstand in the Pub- lic Gardens was provided by the Parsee community?

It was in 1860 thuit the Gov- ernment.decided to lay out the Gardens, and in the following placed in year they were charge of Mr. T. Donaldson, with the title of Curator. Plants and seeds were rst secured from England and Australia, and, on the comple- tion of the work, the Gardens - wore thrown open to the pub- lie on October 7th, 1861.

It was some time later that the Parser community raised funds for the provision of a public bandstand.

Walthamstow landlord,, of his lodger: His language is full of "body," but I have heard worse.

Southend Woman, Le her hus- band: Why did not you give me a weekly wage instead of dressing up like a lord duke?

Motor cyclist, summoned for speeding at Southend:

A guy went past me with my girl on the pillion, and he looked so cocky that

and raced whe I stepped on the gas him.

Willesden magistrate: Have you ever summoned your husband before? Wife: No, but I have got as far as the police station a num- ber of times.

Some day I'll write a book in which nobody will press his hand against his throbbing temple.

Nobody will toas away cigarette stub with bored, cynical smile,

| Nationalist "Finance Conference, taken comprehensively, denote a ready grasp of realities in the A mason's hand, engaged in Edesire for the organisation of foundation work On a site at China's national hances on a Homuntin, was injured yesterday modern scale. It now only reby a falling plank and was sent to

assistants at the Ministry of Fin- ance to carry then into effect. In

A Chinese youth alighting from so saying, it is not our intention

moving tram in Des Voeux Rond to be disparaging. The recom-West at 11 o'clock this morning, mendations are essentially con- fell and sustained lujuries which structive. In form, and wise in necessitated medical attention. their outlook. Only A brief glance is necessary to decide that they are based upon the fiscal systems of the West, and they are China Squadron to-morrow, her inmates were all absent, shortly none the worse for this. But, to place having been taken by the after nine o'clock yesterday morn- take only a detall, the machinery new 10,000-ton cruiser, I.M.S.ing. They forced the locks on the by which Income Tax and Death Suffolk, which arrived in Hong-door of the cubicles and collected an exquisite boy's body, a heart- Duties are systematically collect-kong early this week.

ed in other countries was not Constructed in a day,

nor yel a

H.M.S. Carlisle is leaving the

A Chinese Wombin hawker, Wyndham Street, failed to put in charged with utering trade cries in

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No man character will have iron-grey hair,.a sardonic smile, long, slender bands, or a long, low

cur.

No woman character will have

cropped hair.

# large quantity of jewellery shaped mouth, or sleek, closely when a small boy, who had been to the barber's, returned and gave the alarm.

No, child character will have an odd, dark, elf-like little fnce,

Nobody will be either betrayed or divorced; nor have the bad taste

The men were at the bottom of the stairs when two fokis of the

The hero will be given his choice ed the defendant, the second man: ground floor rushed out and arrest-to speak of it anyway. escaping. On the defendant was between his love and his legacy,

and will take the legacy, found the stolen property.

The herole will be modest and. Sentence of four months' hard

retiring, gentle of speech, and labour was imposed,

very domestic,

Ne character-man, womati, or child-will have a plain face but

an appearance in Court when her case was called this morning. Majur C. Willey made an order THIS WEEK'S PICTURES. beautiful soul,

Carlisle

FEATURES OF TO-MORROW'S

"TELEGRAPH.”

To-morrow's Telegraph' will cur. in an excellent selection of pic- tures of topical interest.

And nobody--mian, woman, or child-will buy the book.

My wife, relations, foes and friends Address me by all sorts of names, To Joan "eld thing" Itself commends;

"You dry old slick," my niece»

exclaims.

Each friend and foe has some utrango

If Hongkong does not air-minded, it will not be the fault of Mr. R. Vangkan-Fowler, who, besides taking a very keen interest

[year, though perhaps Mr. Soong is A Chinese attempted to take his in eogmercial flying locally, bas well aware of the gigantic nature life yesterday by throwing himself now suggested that the time has of the task he is asked to perform into the harbour near the Kong conis to consider the formation of The first thought which will Ning Wharf. He was rescued by almost automatically occur to the boat-people who were in the vicin- a Hongkong Plying Club. After foreigner is that China can achieve ity and taken to hospital. studying the project in detail, MF. [her" objective-if given about! Vaughan-Fowler has come, to the fifty years in which to consolidate Conclusion that this Colony is we are inclined to the view, how each step on the road to progress ideally situated for a Light Son-ever, that the Conference is a { pland Club, and he is anxious, that person! triumph for the Finance Hongkong should not be behind Minister, and that he has more or the times in this respect. We bringing about this economic re- $3.

leas invited, the responsibility of for the confiscation of her bail of

have not the slightest doubt that volution. Mr., Squng has youth the idea will make a wide appeal, and energy and abilities as an or

ganiser which stamp him as the A special Concert of welcome to and, without waiting for further right ma in the right place the HMS, Suffolk is being given indications of Ekely support, the at a critical time in China's in the Cheer') Naval and Military originator of the suggested scheme history, If he c

SurroundY.M.C.A., City Hall, on Friday 13th would do well to call a meetingimelf with men who will give at 8 pm. The programme will be

Of sporting "illustrations, there the Government plain houcely, we offered by artistes from II.M.S.

and HALS. of those interested,

Bluebell, will be grimpe of the Calonia) Sec- (belieys u great dent can be necdm-

retariat and Sanitary Department It will of course,

he realisedplished in a short time. There is All Units are welcomed. .

football teams which met Jast Sun- that the primary object of startness of the financial reconstruc- jan advantage in the very complete-

As the Legislative Council Yes Young Men's Society football team duy and of the Chinese Cathalie ing a Seaplane Chis "here would ❘tion insofar as certain of the pre-terday, two new Bills were road a

to Kwong-chow- he to bring pleasure-flying within Posals can be undertaken in a first time and four others, includ- which has gone the reach of the public. The time side, while with such measures ing the Ordinance to devote $387-wen; two photographs of the win- as Income Tax there is no bad to supplementary charges of the Hornell Rowing Cup has not yet came, however, when machinery to be torn down; Mr. 1927, were passed. On the for Hong Fours; and some snap For clearly, in my neighbours' eyes, it is possible for any but those Soong is in the position to initiate latter measure, the Hon. Mr. R. B. shots of the with considerable means

an entirely new callective organi Kotewalk congratulated the tor-Honglong Baseball Club match on to buy antion profiting from the experi

Saturday last.

Dismissing a charge of being their own planes, although that ence of Inland Revenue adminigerument on the antisfactory finan

Other pictures will include a drunk while driving a larry, the photograph of the Big Bell Temple magistrate (Mr. W. H. S. Qulton), day is being brought appreciably trations abroad. We shudder to cial position of the Colony. nearer with the latest develop-to the letter in Chinese; in fact, if

in Peking, recently set afire by at Lambeth Police-court recently thing of Schedule D carried out

Mr. Chu Chuo-bsin, Foreign troops, and a group of the account said: ments in the construction of small the Finance Minister has any Commissioner of the Canton Coving staff of 11.3.S. Tamar. machines. As a matter of fact, knowledge of the document to crnment, has stated that he will many planes are now priced at ato be reminded that this is one of for Foreign Affairs in the Nation- which we refer he will not need accept the post of Vice Minister figure which compares very the pitfalls

avoided. alist Government to which he has favourably with the higher-grade Finally, the most pleasing feature been appointed. He says he hopes

For example, the ma- of the Conference is contained in

the fact that there has been no idle it will not be necessary for him talk of Imperialism or of unequal to go to Nanking, but if it is, he was accepted that will return to Canton at an early treaties. It

all honourable redemption of foreign debts and China's national credit are inevitably Interwoven.

motor-cars.

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chine with which Hinkler flew to Australia in fifteen days coat less than £700, whilst his petrol bill for the whole journey only cama

be to

South China and

EXCHANGE RATES.

date.

Paris Geneva Berlin

Oslo

This morning's Harbour Omee Helsingfors

to about £50. As improvements It is notable that a resolution was reports were generally poor, with Athens are made and costs reduced, the passed calling for a Commission to only 10 arrivals and 18 departures. Buenos Aires

Hongkong investigate unsecured foreignTonnage was less than 20,000, while

New York Much water will dow inward British freights totalled less. time will undoubtedly come when loans.

Amsterdam. to own a plane will not be much along the Yangtze before the than 1,000. There was only one Stockholm more uncommon than it is to-day Conference's ideas develop into inward cargo of four figures, but th the concrete; In the meantime it through freights were considerably Marid for a man to own, a motor-ear. is incumbent upon us to encourage higher, with eight registries and Bucharest One result of this, apart from the Alie Napking Government to per- heavy individual returns. A 9 a.Bombay tremendous saving in time, will be severe in a movement which may there were 59 vessels In harbour, of Yokohama

change the whole trend of inter- which 21 were British. to relieve thoroughfares of a good national relationships. deal of the present congestion caused by the growing motor traffic. But that is looking ahead.

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Brussels

word

Liko "egg" or "fruit" or "bean" Lo

Lender

From brother Bill quaint nouns I've

heard, And mainly of the neuter gender,

Therein some satisfaction len,

It frks me not one tiny bit:

I must be absolutely "It,"

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"Drunkenness which is punish- able may be something less than drunk and incapable, or drunk and disorderly. What is the test of drunkenness when applied to a charge of being drunk in charge of a car, of a child of a steam en- London, July 12.

ine, of firearms, &e. Surely it must .124,25

26.25 bo, definite loss of control due to 20.41 drink. I think the Legislature felt 18.20 that persons impairing their facul 193% ties by alcohol when carrying on ...375 certain responsible duties should 47.7/18 be punished.

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"To be drunk and incapable in 4.96 7/16 the

of complete incapa- elty, or to be drunk and disorder-

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sense

of

.34.506 ly, is not essential to conviction. .20.505 If the evidence, medical or other- .792% wise, shows that owing to the con- 1/5% sumption of alcohol a man is un- 1/10.18/10 able safely to control, a car

84.90 which he has charge, that man is 22.86 guilty of this offence. This view 18,20

differs from that of other magis 164% rates. I am not bound, however, 2.7/32 by what may be magisterial mis 2/14 interpretations of what the Lord 27.5/10 Chief Jualica said." 27.3/10

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British Wirolesa,

Milan Copenhagen Mr. Thomas Chan Sui-woo has Prague A minor landslide occurred in been appointed Bursar of the Lisbon

Diocesan Boys' School, in addition Rio yesterday Homuntin, Kowloon, At the moment, Mr. Vaughan-shortly before

noon, when a to his duties as assistant Master Shanghai

Silver (forward) Fowler's hope is to interest Hong-Chinese labourer, who was work-resident, the appointment to dale Silver (spot)

For nearly twenty minutes the kong in flying possibilities and to ing on the hill with a number of from September 1st. He was a other workers, had a narrow cs-boarder at the School from 1908

little man had been inside the get it into line with the Homeland cane from being buried alive. A-to 1916 when he entered the Hong-

public telephone box with a re- and ather Colonies by the forma-ter the slide it was found that are kong University where he took the

The Police finger print depart-ceiver held to his car, but none of tion of a local Flying Club. It of the labourer was covered by the Diploma in

mud, and a telephone message was 1920 he has been a resident assis-ment examined 14131 finger the waiting crowd had seen his has been well established that the sent to the Kowloon Fire Brigade tant Master and Tannis Master, prints last year and Identified lips move.

"Are you speaking to anybody?” element of risk in ordinary flights Station. Assistance arrived and He is well known in Hongkong and 3,109, increases of 1,145 and 30 nowadays is relatively induite the man was extricated. He was also amongst the Old Boys in respectively over the previous inquired one of the expeperated

taken to the Kowloon Hospital in Manila, Swatow, Amoy and For year. There now 98,784 crowd at last simal, and, with the country a serious condition.

"Yes, my wife," he replied. "records on the file.

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