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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TOTAL

DRY FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAS NO EQUAL

APPROVED BY -BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE--- -FIRE OFFICES COMMITTEE -PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNISHE REIDUSANSTALT-GERMANY-

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"

NO PERIODIC REFILLING

CONTENTS NEVER DETERIORATE

NON-CONDUCTOR

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 29, 1928.

DAY BY DAY.

plicable to Japan. The develop. ment is serious, as the Treaty covers not only tariffs and com- REMEMBER YOU ARE AT THE DOOR hiorelal provisions, but also the oF ETERNITY, AND HAVE OTHER whole field of Japanese rights In WORK TO DO THAN TO TRIFLE AWAY China, Including extra-territori-PRECIOUS TIME-Horatus Bonar. ality. A close reading of Articlo

There was a clear bill of health 26 cannot be anld to lond support in the Colony yesterday. to the Chinese contention, which.

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amounts to a claim for one-sided- The P. and O. s.5. Nalders, from abrogation of the whole Treaty.Shanghai, is due here at 6 pm, on

The outstanding feature of Friday.. Japan's last Note on the subject. was an expressed willingness to begin immediate negotiations for revision, provided the Nationalist Government withdrew its claim to abrogation of the Treaty.

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A fino of $1 was imposed by Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, on Chinese who was seen wearing his hat in the Court room.

pany announces an interim dividend

of 4 per cent. on the nominal amount per share paid up. It will be payable on the 12th September.

THE "TOTAL" FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

CONVINCING DEMONSTRA-

TION YESTERDAY.

The Very Idea!

Some of the political critics of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sir. Austen Chamberlain) have been The "Total," an automatie car- taking him to task for having said, bonie neid dry fire extinguisher, in the House of Commons, that he was but to convincing use at the was speaking "as an Engileh gentle

Ono of the conventions of Central Fire Station yesterday man."

a number of the Houso is that members aro afternoon when demonstrations were carried out spoken, of as "honourable gentle

Sir Austen's critics contend. with the view to proving its offer- men." tiveness when applied to incipient that he should have contended him- outbreaks of fire.

self with saying that he was speak-

In the first of the tests, ang as an Englishman-that using wooden shaft, soaked with petrol, the word "gentleman" was aiding was set alight, and an operater then the gentleman complex to spread set to work, spraying a stream of deplorably." The "gentleman com- whitish powder from a "Total"plex" has produced some horrible extinguisher Inte

forms, auch as "my gentleman. tho Anmes. friend," and "perfect tue gentic-

element was

instantaneous,

old class barriers have been broken.

Nanking's Reply ignores that pro- The Hongkong Telephone Com- The action of the extinguishing man." The world has changed; demonstrating its utility where a down; every one whose opinion Is lift shaft, flue, chute or any tyre worth taking knows that a "gontie- man" or "Indy" is not necessarily A wooden structure represent-of any special class. of chimney to involved. ing a wall of a room or building, The forthcoming wedding is was next sot ablazo after being announced of Mr. F. C. Collaco, thoroughly anturated with petrol, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, No. 1, Woodland Torrace, Hongkong, to Miss N. M. Alvares, No. 14, Cameron Road, Kowloon.

viso and merely invites Japan, in accordance with her declared readiness to negotiate, to appoint a delegate for the purpose. Wo erinnot sce Japan aurrendering her viewpoint, which, after all, follows the usual practice of in- sisting on the preservation of the status quo whilst negotiations are in progress. The Japanese Gov-

Found in possession of 31 po piu ernment does not acknowledge lottery tickets at No. 76, Tai Nam n Chingao China's right to institute special Street, Shanshiupo,

was fined $50, or ulx | Interim Regulations to cover the weeks hard labour, by Mr. W RELIABLE, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE. period between the expiration of Schofield at the Kowloon Magis-

the Treaty and the conclusion of tracy this morning.

new understanding. Indeed,

Court this At the Marine Japan has gone so far as to de-

morning, before Commdr. J. B. master regulations Newill. D.S.O., R.N., the KELLER KERN & Co., Ltd | clare that if these

are persisted in, she will insist on of a 6shing junk, charged with 16/13, CONNAvant Roan, O.

the validity of the Treaty for a navigating the harbour without further ten years and take deregulation lights, was fined $10.

with the usual alternative, claive steps, if necessary, for its enforcement. If the Natoiualista

of ELECTRICITY

Typos for Motor Cars, & Eto,

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

Woman

th

A salesman of the Sung Kee are animated more by a desire to rattan shop, at 23, Shanghat report secure new reciprocal Treaty Street, is alleged, in

the than to score a technical point sent by the proprietor to

police to have disappeared with WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. 1928. over Japan, they will be wise to a sum of $100, which was given

revert to the status quo and thus him with which to buy rattan. facilitate the resumption of negotiations.

JAPAN AND CHINA.

We do not imagine for a moment

in

Abou Hong Kong.

Do you know that—

Hongkong at one time had a erif?

This was Major W. Caine, (formerly of the 25th Camer onlan Regiment) who was in 1841 appointed first Chief Magistrate of the Colony. At the same time, he was ap- pointed Superintendent of the the Gaol, which had been hastily constructed on British occupation of the island.

Major Caine was made Shei and Provost Marsiral of the Supreme Court in 1844. He later became Lieut.-Gen- cral, and WAS for a time acting Colonial Secretary and Auditor General. In 1847; he Was Commandant of Hong-. kọng.

PARE PARTED: 266 2 10:272595-5|35|06||

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An odd objection to leaving Eng-- land came from a girl who was offered a situation in New Zealand, at good wagen,

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"I should like the money," she said, "but I could never bear the cold."

She was assured that the climate of New Zealand.is warmer than the English one, but refused to believe it, for, she said, "All the frozen meat comes from there."

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They were three sailormen, though the conventional "Jolly" could not be applied under the cir cumstances. They stood in the dock at the Pallce Court in Sydney Javing charged with recently slowed away on the Kanowna for the trip from Sydney to Brisbane.. The case for the prosecution' had been stated and they had pleaded guilty.

Mr. Tregear, P. M.: What have you to say?

Stowaway No. 1: It's like this. your Worship. I'd been ashore at Sydney for six months, couldn't get any work so I thought I'd try Brie- bane. I wanted to better myself.

The P.M. And you? Stowaway No. 2: Oh, I says. similar to him, your Worship.

An Inquiring magisterial glance in the direction of stowaway No. 3- elicited the terse statement, "Simi- ar to him."

(The latest craze in Vienna is for haren eyebrows to replace the "plucked" varicly.)

Once in the days of crinolines

and bonnets

Swains, when they woood blushing

cach pretty

maid,

Wrote to her eyebrows most

impassioned sonnets,

I.

The engagement is announced

Home papers of Miss Peggy and the netion of "Total" was seen Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.to be the same as in larger areas, Somers Ellis, of Hoylake, Cheshire, the flames being quickly stifled, Civil Servants' Pay.

to Captain Erie Foster Hall; M.C., and with apparent case to the per- We are in full sympathy with The Buffs. Miss Ella was for son who handled the extinguisher. The third test was one applied that Japan will be satisfied with the Chinese Reply to her recent the locally-engaged dollar-pald some time a resident of Hongkong to a motorear. Petrel was poured ver the engine and after It had Note on the question of the revi-subordinate officers in the Govern

ment service in their plea for A Chinese who was slated to been set alight, the driver of the sion of the Sino-Japanese Com-equal treatinent with senior col-have carried three chickens by ear (in this case the operator of merelal Treaty. The whole dis-leagues in the matter of the the wings, which were tied with the extinguisher) who had been pute hinges on the interpretation adjustment of existing scales of a piece of string, was fined $ by sitting at the wheel, lelaurely Mr. W. Schofield at the 'Kowloon got out of his seat, took the An-extinguisher from where it was of Article 26 of the Treaty. The salaries. It is contended in a Magistracy this morning,

and Japanese contention is that the lengthy petition, which we pub-other man who had four ducks in hanging inside the enr,

the Dames with it. Within a few sonds he had com- Treaty is automatically extended lished yesterday, that the greatly a basket which was loo small for attacked

pletely put out the outbreak, It for ten years if revision is not increased cost of living combined purpose, was fined $4.

is claimed for "Auto-Total", the effected within six months of the with the adoption of a higher

manifested type of extinguisher used in this standard of Eving, required in date of expiration. Nunking dis-

many cases by the nature of their yesterday included 72 drums. of case, that it is equally effcient on rates that point, and now comes occupations, renders the need for calcium for Hongkong and 183 all types of motor-cars and is also

shells suitable for Installations in garage forward with the submission that salary revision no lesa urgent iu drams of calcium and 70 Athos and small establishments. The

for Shanghai by the ss. once negaliations for revision are their case than in that of the from Europe. The Mexies Maruwer of the extinguisher, the spead atarted, the Treaty is no longer sterling-paid officials. It should from Japan registered heavy ship-of supprising the fire, and the enforceable. We cannot see any not be necessary to go fully overments of sulphate of ammonia, range in which the extinguisher in

given yesterday. warranty for that interpretation the ground on which their claims phosphorus and matches from effective were noted in all the tests

for consideration

based.

Amongst the large crowd wit In the vital clause of the Treaty,

Josing the demonstration were re- Sterling-paid officers were recent- the precise wording of which we

Passengers leaving here by the resentatives of Messrs. Reuera ly awarded additional allowances. shall come to is a moment. China is only reasonable to suppose French Mail steamer Chenonceaux Kern and Co. Ltd., the local Agents, of argues that if the Japanese view that when the Government recom yesterday Included Mr. and Mrs. B. and officials of the Fire Brigade. The mighty force of the polleo.

R. Haber, Mr. S. Hoobler, Mrs. H. including Mr. H.T. Brooks, the

Willesden woman to the magist- is corrott, all that Japan needs to mended this grant to the Secre- Parsons, Mr. A. Heft, Mr. Guglie-Superintendent, and Mr. G.C. Morate: The postcards are not fit to do to ensure the continuance of tary of State for the Colonies the imi Nicolas, Mr. A. E. Edwards, Station Officer, the Treaty for a further decade is circumstances justifying the in- Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Barry, the Rev.

are

Dangerous goods

Japan.

The Fr. J. M. Epallo, the Rev. P. Pem- to obstruct the revision negolia crease were fully outlined. tions. It can, however, be argued Government therefore having materton, Mr. J. A. Fildalgo, Mr. A.

de Oliveira and Mr. E. Droher. with equal force that China isshalled its facts for the benefit of able by obstructive tacties to hold the Home authorities, cannot deny knowledge of the increased, burden up the negotiations and then claim that the Treaty is at an

eil.

and

ROPE COMPANY MEETING.

SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE NEW ARTICLES.

A form of verso which have oft essayed,

My love is just as fervant,

never doubt it..

I'd like to write you sonnets,

rhyme my vows,

But tell me what I om to do

about it

Since you alas! have "scrap- ped" your pretty brows?

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Tottenham policeman: I pushed. motor lorry laden with 25 ewt. greengrocery, Magistrate:

be read, I wish you would look through them, sir.

Man summoned at Willesden for defrauding the L.M. and S.Ry, of three halfpence: "I do not be- grudge the company the three half- pence it means as much to them as it does to me."

Tottenham: Magistrato at People who dodge their respon- abilities are often poople with wealth.

This morning's Harbour Office raports were not particularly good an residents of the Colony. This in the matter of arrivals and de- admitted, we fail to see that any partures, but tonnage showed an distinction can reasonably be increase. There were 11 arrivals

An extraordinary general meet- Let us look for a moment at the made between the two branches of and 14 departures, British five ing of the Hongkong Rope Manu-

Husband at Tottenham: My the Civil Service. It has been and three, leaving 53, vessels facturing Co., Ltd., was held at Retual phraseology of Articls 26. argued that one of the reasons for port, of which 21 were British, the office of Messrs. Shewan, wife has said more than once that It says that. "the high contract- the recent increase was that some with all vessels carrying cargo, Tomes and Co, to-day for the if she could not 'quarrel with mo

measure of relief had to be afford the highest returns both inward

Wood Green magistrate: Is It ing parties may demand revisioned to Government officials with and through were British, with purpose of confirming as a special life would not be worth living.

resolution a resolution passed at of the Tariff and of the Commer-familles in Englund. It would be the nationality registering a total meeting of the Company held true that you struck him? Man: clat Articles of the Treaty at the idle, however, to suggest that of more than 10,000 tons.

on August 13.

No, 1 tried to, but he dodged the these are by any means, in the

The resolation was:-"That the blow. end of ten years from the ex- majority. The fact remains that. change of the ratification, but if the increase recently approved has A 13-year-old boy, named Ng regulations contained in the print- no such demand be made on not been confined to officials so Yuk-hong, had a leg broken when cd document submitted, to the When the New Zealand bowlers either side and no such revision situated; in fact, as pointed out a China moter-bus ran over him meeting and for the purpose received a civic welcome in Aber- in the petition, newly-jolned and in Shanghal Street, last evening. identification subscribed by the

ed, Lord Provost Lewis told the he effected, within six months temporary officers, locally engaged With a number of other inde, he Chairman thereof be approved and deen, at the luncheon which follow- after the end of the first ten on a sterling basis, obtain an was scrambling for cash thrown adopted as the Articles of Associa- visitors a "new one"--but not years, then the Treaty

Immediate increase of 12 per cent from an upper floor during a ton of the Company in substita-

The Mayor of a certain town whe or 6 per cent. concurrently with "foss" ceremony connected with Lion and to the exclusion of all about the Granite City,

At to-day's meeting the Chair- at a race meeting. The day was Tariff's in their present form older officers. The men now pre- the Spirits Festival. He got in the existing articles thereof," shall remain in forec.. for ten senting a claim for an increase front of the approaching bus, one

of pay have in many cases spent of the front wheels of which man, Mr. R. G. Shewan, moved hot, and the Mayor, who was a little that the resolution be confirmed stout, declared to his wife that he years more, reckoned from the

over his leg. Ho Was their whole working lives in the passed

Kowloon

as a special resolution. This was must divest himself of his coat. end of the preceding ten years; employ of the Hongkong Govern- later taken to the

Unbeeding her shocked protests; seconded by Mr. J. H. Taggart and carried unanimously.

ho did so, but still perspired, and and so it shall be at the end of ment. As we had occasion to note Hospital.

in a recent comment, they form the

Those present were Mr. R. G. made to take off his vest. Still such successive period of ten permanent staff, the solid founda-

Hongkong estate amounting to Showan (Chairman), Sir Robert Ho suffering from the heat, ho began years." There have been various tion upon which the machinery of extensions of the period since the the Government rests. Without $38,000 was left by Mrs. Hin Yan-Tung, Mr. J. H. Taggart and Mr. to finger his collar and tle. The Committee), Mr. J. almost, incoherent with anger, and Treaty was first negotiated, and them their more fortunate colleag-rung, alias Yung Un-ahi, alias Un A. H. White (members of the Con- Lady Mayereas by this time was

ucs would be in constant difficulty, Kang-shek, late of No. 22, Kal Bulting several attempts have been made The Chinese, Portuguese and In- Tak Bund, Kowloon, who died In Coulthart (Secretary), and Messrs. turned her back on her husband, to rench agreemont for a revision dian civil servants have presented testata at Panlun Hospital, Shang-A. L. Shields, I. W. Shewan, H. wondering where he would stop. on March 27, 1928. She is Dreyer, J. Dick, W. Lawson, Allan At that moment the horses went to a claim worthy of serious consi-i,

"They're off!" "The of the understanding. Dificulties deration if the Government is not survived by her husband, Yong Keith, J. Toppin, F. J. Tavares, the starting-place. A great cry Lady," concluded the Lord Provest, have been experienced, however, to lay itself open to a charge of Hin-yan, chief accountant of the C. H. Osmund and A. A. Botelho went up,

"fainted away.” and the negotiations have for inconsistency and even of discrl Shanghat Provisional Court, and shareholders)

children. Lotters of administra-"], some time remuined in abeyance. [Since the above was written, the tion have been granted to Tienma

The Empress of Canada, which

North London magistrate! Have In the interim, China has de- Government's reply has come to Kengto-lin, bank manager, of the

on the We shall deal with it in Industrial and Commercial Bank left Hongkong

8th you any witness? Woman: I only hand. nounced the Treaty and, declared

our. issue of to-morrow-Ed. Limited, who is attorney for the inst., arrived at Vancouver on the have my little boy with the

Thusband. Ithe now Interim Regulations ap-Hongkong Telegraph.]

mination.

25th.

meanles A vears old.