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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TOTAL

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923.

Chinees.

DAY BY DAY,

KOWLOON TONG WATER CONNEXIONS.

CHARGE OF TAMPERING FAILS IN COURT.

The Very Idea!

LEAN NOT ON EARTH; IT WILL PIERCE THEE TO THE HEART; A

A curious ceremony took place in BROKEN REED AT BEST; BUT OFT 'A

Turin, where a prisoner, named SPEAR, ON ITS BEARD POINT, PEACE

Gluseppe Grant, was married be BLEEDS AND HOPE EXPIRES-Young.

For the second time within a fore starting his sentence of four Yesterday's return of notifiable period of a month, a resident of years imprisonment for theft. disenses shows two cases of small- Kowloon Tong appeared before Grana was engaged to a shop-girl, nox and one of typhoid--All wore Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon aged 28, who appeared, nentis Magistracy this morning, to dressed, accompanied by two girl answer a charge of tamparing with friends. She had not con ner the filter-water mains by making lover for whole year, as during an illegal connexion to the pipe that time he was awaiting trial. laid on the premises.

The Podesta of Turin, Count The dofondant, Mr. Ho Ping-yin, Brozzolo, personally, officiated, and of No. 320, was represented by Mr. went to the prison with two clerks marriage register. Tho H. S. Loseby, who pleaded not from the Town Hall, who carried. guilty to the charge. Mr. Loseby the said his client purchased. the Podesta put on his tricolour anah, premises on May 10 this year and as if he were officiating in the Town, frhen taken over the house was in Hall. Three warders acted as wit- as best man. Tho the same condition as now, the messes, and the governor of the bridgegroam was allowed to put on. made. alterations having already been prison acted

The defendant had himself dark suit, instead of the prison always been in Shanghai. His garb, and looked well. He simply shook hands with his bride, as if general agent In Hongkong was he had seen her only the evenine be

fore. Mr. C. P. F. James has been an acting on his behalf,

Mr. Li, an Inspector of the pointed Acting General Agent in

Count Brozzolo made a little the absence of Mr. T. B. Wilson Water Works, prosecuting, inform-speech, suitable to the occassion, who is proceeding to the United States on leave on August 4th., GREAT PROTEIN MISINEC NEED Mr. Wilson will be absent about five months and will then return About Hong Kong." to Jongkong as General Agent for the Dollar Interests.

treatles," but It must be realised that it is only by the axercies of the rights conferred by these mis- named agreements that protection of foreign life, and pro- perty is safeguarded. Issues of the first magnitude are wrapped up in this question, Including the vexed subject of extra-territor- iality. These rights cannot be lightly surendered and the whole

It is advertised that a dividend poaltion left in chaos. Let the Nationalists give some indication of 10% was declared at the annual general meeting of the that they are capable of controlling Instone Banking Corporation, Ltd. the country; then there will be no

Mr. W. F. Arndt, having return obstacle in the way of a generous ed, from vacation in the United rovision of the Treaties. So far States has taken over the Canton at least as the principal rights of Office of the Dollar Steamship Line

as Agent, the lowers are concerned, it will be. no hardship on the Chinese to allow them to continuo uninterrupted for a time, at any rate until the general situation is more composed than it is at the moment. Negotia tions for revision could, of course, be commenced, but the process must of necessity be protracted by reason of the immensity of the Евкися involved. The whole

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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928

HASTEN SLOWLY.

new

Mr. W. F. Sokall, former Agent Canton has been appointed Chief of the Dollar Steamship Line In Clerk of the Hongkong Ofee ro- lieving Mr. C. F. F. James,

During the course of excavations at Fort Canning in conexion with the Municipal reservoir, says the Straits Times, nome Chinese women workers discovered a number of gold ornaments of ancient native design. The articles have been handed over to the authorities, and their possible origin and history are now being investigated.

This morning's Harbour Office reports gave 16 arrivala and 11 de- partures, leaving 64 vessels in har hour of which 22 were British. low and freights Tonnage was generally poor, there being on two registries of four figures un- der the respective headings of in- ward and through. One of these was British, the best,inward, while the remaining three were Japanese.

Do you know that

In 1857 a wholesale attempt was made to poison the whole of the European residents of the Colony?

It was on January 15th of tho year named that soma 400 European 'residents on partak ing, at breakfast-time, of brend supplied by the E-Sing Bakery, owned by a Chinese named Ah Lam, found that they had been poisoned by arsenic. Lady Bowring, wife of the Governor, was amongst those who became delirious as a result.

Ah Lum had left that morn- ing for Macao, with his wife and children, but they also found themselves poisoned. He was voluntarily returning to Hongkong when he was or- rested, whilst over fifty of the men employed at the Bakery wero detained.

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wishing both great happiness in their future married iffe, which is Homewhat distant, as the bride- groom still has three years to serve.

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Everything had been done to make the great meoling a success, A large hall and a good speaker had beon engured. When the Initër arrived he seemed in a ruffled state of mind.

He beckoned the chairman-“I should like to have a glass of water on my table, if you please," he anid. -- "To drink?" was the chairman's idiotic question.

"Oh, no," was the sarcastic rà- tort. "When I've been speaking for half an hour, I do n high dive."

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The practice of going hatless ir on the increase among the young girls of to-day.

The shingled crown, the glossy

Wove

Are too becoming (much) to

hide;

So Evo decides expense to save, And hatless sun and wind doth

brave,

But milliners the vogue

derfde:

Unemployment Problems." Mr. Stanley Baldwin's review of the complex problems, presented by the growing volume of unemploy ment in Great Britain, leaves no doubt that the Government has devoted considerable thought to the subject. We wonder, however, as we are entitled to do, when the thinking stage is to pass, and when effective action is to be taken. It svems to be recognised at last that an industrial revolution is taking

A seaman of the s.e. Hop Sang place in Great Britain, that

was fined $320 with the alter- enterprises. ure booming, that native of three months hard labour former staple industries, par-in default, by Mr. W. Schofield at If Chinese reports are to be relied Licularly coal and cotton, are puss-the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- there would appear to being through a period of depréssioning for being in unlawful posses-

The opium. seme friction in the Nationalist from which there.will probably besion of four taels of prepared camp at Nanking in regard to the no complete recovery, and that searched prior to the ship's depar remarkable change is taking place ture for Swatow, yesterday and the Treaty revision question. It is

in centres of industry. During opium was found concealed in his asserted that many members of the the transition period, it is in-girdle. Government are of the opinion that evitable that certain communities When a summons' against Capt. Dr. C.T. Wang, the Minister, has must suffer. But this is not, the J. dos Lemos, of the ss. Kwong gone too far in the matter, and that development of a day, nor yet a Wo, was called before Mr. W. the Kowloon he may, as a consequence, he forced year. The need for re-organisa-

Magistracy this morning, it was to resign his post. Whilst from the tion has been apparent for a long stated by a representative of the owners that the defondant had left

Omnibus driver at Hendon: Tho the Colony and would not be re-

hill was steep. Magistrate: Which turning until next week. The de- fendant was charged with landinged his Worship that a notice had way-up or down? bullocks at the Sal Kong Wharf, been served on the defendant re- Yaumati, on the morning of July

upon,

| standpoint of general undesirablll-time past, and Mr. Ramsay Mae:

Scholaid,

at

defendant WIB

Subsequently, criminal pro- secutions were , initiated against Ah Lum and nine of his workmen, but they were all acquitted by the Criminal Séasiona jury, All then were, however, re-arrested as SUS- tha picious characters, but nine workmen were soon re- leased.

Ah Lum was kept in gool re- until July, when he was leased by order of the Secre- lary of State, on condition that he did not return, to the Colony for five years.

They simply cannot bear it.

With men It is not quite the

same.

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Take me. I'm one who much

prefers,

For patent reasons, not to alm At vaunting what few haire I

claim.

My head, sans hat, looks oud

'next hera;

I simply cannot bare it.

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Willesden wife: My husband throw threats at me and cut me in the mouth.

Mr. Luke, Willesden magistrate:

6, the wharf being an unauthorised quiring him to remove the con- As you are a postman this is a suit

place for the Innding of animals,

the summons for one week.

nexion..

ty it would be regrettable were any Donald's eriticism of the Govern- serious split to develop in National-ment's failure to relieve the plight of many poverty-stricken areas ist ranks, we are not altogether

10 some extent justified. sorry that some members of the

hos Government The

begun

able time to imposo, a fine "of five Government are beginning to rea- very late in the day to

In reply to his Worship,. Mr. Li | shillings.

A Derbyshire husband accused of ise that there can be such a thing take up the problein seriously, if a Worship accordingly adjourned sail the summons was appiled for

on the same day that the notice wife desertion wrote: Home for as too much zeal in dealing with it can claim to have done so now,

was sent. The proscention was sale cheap: woman given in. the delicate problem of Treaty re- We are not at all impressed by the

not in a position to dispute what

A young wife complained at Tot- vision, and that a policy of festina Premier's outline of what is pro: SOLDIERS COMMENDED, the defence had stated,

tenham that her husband Insulted Continuing, Mr. Li said the con- her. The husband: All I did was. lente in likely to have far more posed,, except, perhaps in the maiter of coal freight concession.

nexion was not removed four days to request her to ret her hair cut. satisfactory results in the long rup. The acceleration of the Govern

after the notice was sent. Two

Solicitor at Wood. Green, speak- The trouble with many of thement rating scheme Insofar as

days later, July 18; the connexioning of belting: The bushes is Nationalist leaders at the moment railways are concerned, in return

was removed, but a T-shaped pipe now respectable and legal, la that they want to bring in the for a reduction of freight charges" Sentence of four month's hard still remained. This was ordered Clerk at Stratford: We. don't. Millenium within the span of their on certain specified traffic, with a labour was imposed by Mr. R. E. to he removed and on visiting the know what "ten bob" is here. It own lives. We have been given de- view to helping the coal and steel Lindeell this morning on a Chin-premises on July 19 this T-pipe is like someone coming and saying tails of the most elaborate finan-industries, has a definite curative tre who pleaded guilty to attempt was still on the premises. The "OK.",

water was then turned off. On ing to snatch a handbag : cial, industrial and social reforma, [value apparent in the other pro-

The defendant did not succeed the pipe being removed later, the water was turned on again on for the full accomplishment of posals. It may be the means of in obtaining possession of the

July 23. which it is safe to say that cen-keeping the miners at their own handbag, but his act was seen by

Hle Worship said that as the calling, may enable the reopening two soldiers, Pte. Poucher and Luries would be required. Admir of pits closed by economic pressure, Pte. Crese, of the K.O.S.B., who prosecution were not prepared to vealed many interesting relica of

As the intentions of their which is eminently more desirablo gave chase to defendant and ar-dispute the contention of the de- the days of the ancient Britons.

able

sponsors may be, we fear that the than transporting the miner to an- great majority of these projects other part of the country and ex- will remain in the "paper stage"pecting him to settle down as, say, maker of jam. The average for very many years. And if, ae British worker is not the versatile

is certain, China's own internal person the Government fondly be- lieves him to be. Much more, we

WOULD-BE SNATCHER CAUGHT AFTER CHASE.

fence, he would have to dismiss the summons.

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The opening up of two caves- King Arthur's Cave and Merlin' Cave in the pleturesque Wyo Valley near Symond's Yal, has re-

The vanity of prehistoric woman ls proved by the discovery of a num rested him.

The defendant, haying failed to

The case was accordingly dis-ber of pigs' teeth bored with holes for threading with horse hair to missed. natch the bag, ran down the side lane to the west of the Bank, where

His Worship asked Mr. Li provide necklaces for the fair ones he was arrested.

Mr. R. E. Lindsell, addressing to this one.

there were any more cases similar of that age. There are also bone pins and needics as used by the the two soldiers, said: I congra

Mr. Li replied that he had in- cave-women, and many flint tools by the men in Bunting the Kowloon Tong butap to the pre-rhinoceros, hyena, bear and lion, sent had made no more such dis- the bones of which are found in the coveries.

problema cannot be solved by feel, could be achieved by, State tulate you on your prompt action.atructions to inspect all the houses and filnt and bone weapons as used

·PLUCKY RESCUE.

FIRE-FLOAT- ENGINEER'S SMANT WORK.

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EXCHANGE RATES.

magle, it is equally obvious that aid in the modernisation of mining wholesale immediate reform of the equipment so that coal could be bases of international relations is brought to the pithead at a con- siderably reduced cost, The impossible. In principle, all the obvious danger of Siate-ald, namely, Treaty Powers are committed to that the owners would turn the benefits mainly to their own profit, the desirability of revision, but could be avoided by some form of they cannot be expected to make nationalisation, which we believe concessions without adequate guar-muat come sooner or later in the A plucky rescue was effected ' antes being forthcoming. In any coal Industry. Nor do we eye from a fire-float when a Chinese Paris

with favour the emigration woman leaped fnto the harbour Brussels event, the Nationalists have not schemes in the Government mind. from the Central waterfront yes-Amsterdam adepted a very helpful or encour-Whatever Mr. Baldwin may say to terday, in an attempt to commit Berlin...

Copenhagen aging attitude by bluntly denoun- the contrary. It will be difficult to suicide.

convince 1 Dominions that The spot selected for the attempt Vienna cing expired Treaties before awail Britain is not proposing to turn was opposite Juhlice Street. The Helsingfors

Lisbon ing actual revision. That la over numbers of unemployed to would-be suicide, who is a morried

Bucharest Japan's complaint, and it is well their care. If this is the impres-woman, 33 years of age, was seen Buenos Aires

alon gained, the emigrants will from the fire-float to throw herself shangha! founded. When, Chins first ap-commence their new life with a over the sea-wall, and an engineer Yokohama proached the Japanese in regard serious prejudice to overcome. to the revision of the Commercial | Treaty, she posed as being anxious

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A group of professional men' had been telling stories in the club smokeroom, and one man had re- fruined from partleipating in the "yarning."

London, July 25,

.124.10 "Now, then, Coroner, surely you 34.91 have one?" asked one member from 12.07% the hitherto silent one,

.20.30

"Well, gentlemen," Raid the 18.02 Coroner, as he took a sip from his .84.455 luss, "there were three men play- .108 Ing dummy whist. No. 1 held five 2.3/16aces in his hand: No. 2 hold a re 70034 volver; and held the inquest, " $7.25/04

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The oldest letter in the world, 1/10.17/02 4.85 31/64 dating from 5000 B.C. has been 25.23 shown at the Exhibition of Antiques, .92.35 which the British Antique Deal- 18.10 crs' Association have held 18.20 in the Grafton Galleries, .163. The letter refers to a deed of .20.505 purchase or hire of a field by one .875% Annini from Simti-Ha It is writ .8.29/82ten in cuneiform characters on firod 1/8.20/82 clay, and when found at Ur was on- 2/0 closed in a clay envelope. The writer lived in the dynasty of Larza, the first dynasty of Babylon.

to lay the foundations for the Inspector-General of Customs, will woman to the float, and both were

Mr. A. F. II. Edwardes, Acting After a struggle, he brought the Stockholm genuine promotion of friendly, re shortly be removed from office by taken out of the water, lations." Her subsequent action the Nationalist Government and The woman has been removed to Mr. F. W. Maze, Commissioner of the Government Civil Hospital guf- has been strangely at variance Customs at Shanghai, will be fering from the effects of the im- Bombay with that ideal.

appointed to succeed him, accord-mersion, while the engineer has Hongkong It is all very well for the Naing to a Kuo Wen news agency been commended for his creditable Silver (spot and forward)

conduct.

British Wirelin, tionalists to talk glibly of "unequal message from Peking.

of the craft, a young man named Now York Chan Tse-ling, promptly went to Geneva the rescue,

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