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TUESDAY MARCH 19, 1929.

A WISE DECISION.

1.

DAY BY DAY.

TO-DAY'S INTERESTING

WEDDING.

MARRIAGE OF MISS JEAN

HỒ TUNG.

BE-

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1

Sir

The Very Idea!

A now problem for railway booking clerks, according to a cor-

agitation against the Bill has at THE MAN WHO HAS NOT ANY any rate had this value that it THING To BOAST BUT IIIS has demonstrated the unwisdom ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTO IS LIKE A

POTATO-THE ONLY GOOD of the Government putting for LONGING TO HIM IS UNDER GROUND. ward.legialation Hikely to affect Sir T.'Overbury.

A wedding in which a great respondent of the G.W.R. Magazine, deal of local interest is being is raised by the facility, recently any considerable section of the

shown takes place this afternoon introduced, by which children up business or any other community

The P. and O. B.B. Kashgar, from at the Registry Office, the parties to the age of 14 are granted half without first freely consulting Hongkong, arrived at Marseilles being Mr. W. M. Gittins, non of fares.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Gittins and those who are in a position to on 16th March at 10 nm.

Misa Ho Tung, daughter of "Whilst in the case of males,"" offer, useful advice. In this in-

Robert and Lady Ho he writes, "this will make no more stance, not only the two share-

Tung. It is being followed by dfculty than hitherto, in the case The transport Somersetshire, lan big reception at "Idlewild," the broking organisations, but bank-due to arrive at Hongkong from Seymour Road residenes of the of females there arises Borious ing and other commercial in Singapore at 7 a.m. to-morrow. stitutions, as well as the Chamber of Commerce, were available on the spot and should have been freely taken into the Government's confidence. Instead of that, the first intimation that interested circle had of the Government in- tentions was the publication of the draft Ordinance. That is a course of procedure.which ought 'never to have been taken. For- tunately, no harm has been done, if we except the possibility of lest business caused by stagnation of the stock and share market conse quent on the fear of restrictive legislation.

bride's parents.

question, namely, how is one to The bride, who is being given distinguish between a foriale of away by her parents, will be 14 and one of any age upward to H.M.S. Kent, the flagship of the attired in a gown of ivory colour- about 451” China Squadron, will leave Shang-led cut velvet, with train lined in hal on March 27 and return to blush pink georgette. Her bou- hair, short skirts, and a bloom of

The universal fashion of bobbed ou Hongkong.

quet will be of arum lilles.

youth supplied by cosmetics, thẻ Attending the bride will be assorts, is going to create en Miss. C. M. Fisher and Miss P. G. barrassments for the booking The forthcoming wedding is un-Lo as bridesmaida and Master clerk: nounced of Mr. C. E. Pinel, survey. Wilbur Lo as pagoboy. The or, and assessor, Shanghai, to Miss former will wear old-fashioned D. R. Quincy, en route to Hong-robes of lowered baffeta and kong on board the s.s. Hector. velvet and will carry bouquets of

sweet peas.

Lady He Tung's dress will be The forty-fourth annual ordin-lor crepe broche metal. Mr. E. general meeting of Messrs. A. Zimmern is to be the "heat man." S. Watson and Co., Ltd., is Tho honeymoon is to be spent advertised to be held at the in Japan, and the bride's going Hongkong Hotel, on Thursday, away dress will be of powder blue March 28, at noon.

That the Bill which has now been dropped was the wrong way H.M. ships Sterling, Stormcloud, of dealing with the eltuation there Seraph and Somme will arrive here from the North on Wednes- can be no doubt whatever. That day, March 27. H.MS. Bruce is fact is now conceded by the Gov-shortly leaving for Shanghai, be-

ing due there on March 25. ernment. There are other WAYS and means of strengthening the law, if this is deemed necessary, than that of legislating against the whole Investing community in such a manner as to drive capital from the Colony, If, in addition to seeking to overcome duty evasion, the Government had in view the possibility of preventing speculation, we cannot see why it

broche velvet.

MARINE COURT.

"I foresee a time," he adday gend when grandman, aged about?:45p, arcing in a plaintive, emall voice, aske sidles up to a booking office; anda.

on-Sea, and gets it. for_d half-ticket to Some-where-

"While adraftting thero is on element of facetiousness in the foregoing, I say also there is on element of fact.".

"Are you still looking

feat. lxpence, little boy for your "No, ma wes brither fund It". Then what are you looking for?"

"Ma wee brither."

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MINOR CASES DEALT WITH,

Before the Hon. Comindr, G. F.

[According to Mr. James Sexton, Hole, R.N. at the Marine Court M.P., "there is an unwritten law. Yip Tim, a steeraman, and Kwok this morning, two mistresses of that criticism of a ship with song cargo boats were charged with | in the" form of sea shanties can Lum, a travelling trader were making fast to the s.8. Wai Shing continue without interference from charged before Major C. Willson whilst the vessel was under way, the officers.] at the Central Magistracy this morning with the possession of 14 They admitted the charge. and imitations of the hundred-piastre were fined $10 with the alterna- Issue of the Banque de l'Indochine, tive of 10 days' imprisonment. They were remanded for further Li To, the master of an enquiries.

licenced boat, was brought before his Worship to answer two charges |(a) for falling to take out a licence for his boat as required,

Two of the six men who were

plication of

un-

Defendant was found guilty on

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Oh, we don't like the captain, we're disgusted with the ship,

And the passengers are wash-

outs, every one.

If we tried to say exactly whate

we think about the trip

There would be a revolution

when we'd done.

So we've had it sot. to music,

with a chorus of 'Belays,” ... And a "Yo. Heave, Hol" to

finish every verso And although we're not polite

about the owners and their ways, k

Ir reality they're infinitely

worse.

Thinking that the milknian had been giving us short measure, I decided to be up. bright and.carly and make my protest. Judge of my astonishment when, peeping from the casement, I saw greyhound, Wolf, returning from his morning run, glance stealthily

sealed botile, over, on its side. around, then gently knock the

our

should have specifically singled arrested in connexion with the re-(b) with failing to exhibit out the share market. To bo cent murder at Ell Coltage, Old regulation lights whilst under logical and Impartial, it should Kowloon Tong, were discharged by way

Pleading guilty, he said that ho have attempted also to deal with Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith on the ap-

Detective Sergeant was a new arrival to the Colony speculation in exchange and in Mottram at the Kowloon Magis-and did not know the regulations.

other! the innumerable commodities intracy this morning. The

Ile had no intention of staying which the "gambling" element. is four were formally remanded for here long, te said, having been

one week,

here for only a couple of days.. In banking commercial and just as apparent. In reality,

Sgt. McRobbie, prosecuting, [sharebroking circles there will be however, there is little reason why

when asked by his Worship how

general satisfaction at the news the authorities should concern

long the defendant had been here Chan Sui-kan, a 14-year-old boy stated that defendunt told him that the Government has decided themselves with the moral au-

was injured yesterday in a fracne that he had been in Hongkong for which decurred on a anmpan OR to drop the Stamp Ordinance pects of speculation in any form which he was employed with other about 10 days. (Amendment) Bill. The unanim-The various organisations here hands. In the scufle, he received ous opposition to the measure, re-have their own rules which, if flected in the extensively-signed rigidly enforced, will prevent any petition sent to the Government, recurrence of the 1925 disasters. as well as in the representations That should suffice, for the lesson made by the General Chamber of of four years ago has been well Commerce, left little other option learned. If it is still felt that the to the authorities. It is true that evasion of death and stamp duties Home attempt might have been is sufficiently serious to warrant minde to amend the Bill so as to the amending of the existing law, remove the principal grounds of well and good. But let the re-ever, to suppose that the tem- INSPECTOR ROGERS'S CHILD would have thought the bottle objection, but inasmuch AS the vision be freed of possibly harm-porary failure has cured the un- criticisms struck at the very root ful consequences to the share and rest in military circles, and while of the proposed legislation, it business marketa of the Colony. would have been an extremely difficult matter to patch up the

The Spanish Disorders.

a cut on the left wrist, and fell both charges and was fined $7 or overboard. A prompt rescue was seven days on the first charge and erected by the crew of another $10 or 10 days on the second. In not paying the native boat, the injured boy being the event of his taken aboard the 8.4. Hellas and fines, the sentences were to run later removed to the Kowloon Hos-consecutively. pital. When the police went to look for the assailant they found that he had absconded from the bont.

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the country generally is not

TRAGIC DEATH OF EUROPEAN GIRL.

PASSES AWAY.

I watched him waft while the milk soaked well into the card- board, then proceed to gently suck. his bottle until refreshed.

The cap soon dried, and excopt for the short quantity, no

could have been touched.

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"I got a kick on the head and enthusiastic, an influential politi- The deepest sympathy of their cal faction still schemes for the many friends in the Police Force my eye filled up when I called on downfall of the Dictatorship, and elsewhere will be extended to my children after watching a Disorders have now broken out in Sub-Inspector and Mrs. H. E. football match."A man at Wi- | amending Ordinance. The whole

Granada, while the Madrid Rogers in their sad bereavement, lesden. The growing discontent in Spain students are not done with yet in their little three-year-old-daugh- would be well if my wife would

resulting from an accident to position has doublless been ex-

Husband nt Tottenham: All. plored by the law officers of the has strengthened the belief of spite of the rigorous measured ter, Nellie, which occurred on keep a still tongue. If there da Crewn, with the result that the General Primo de Rivera's op- taken by the Government for the Saturday afternoon at the district one thing I can't stand it is tongue

ponents that the atoment is op suppression of the disturbances. Police Station of Sheungshui, on plc. complexity of the issues involved portune for the overthrow of the General Primo de Rivera, whose the mainland, has indicated the desirability of | Dictatorship, and it is almost enfe effigy was torn to pieces al

The child was playing on the making an entirely fresh start. In to assume that the "revolution" Granada, denies the seriousness verandah of the Upper storey of optical lesson by showing him the- is not yet spent. A careful study of the disorders, but the suspen- the Station, when she overbalanc of recent events rather suggestssion of the military colleges and led and fell to the ground receiving. that the Dictator is getting tired the universities is dealing with the serious injuries to the head. She The Government is still up- of much a position, but is finding problem at the wrong end, a fact was rushed to the Kowloon Hos. it more difficult to end the "iren which we fear may be only too pital, but passed away, yesterday, parently perturbed over the mat-hand than it was to assume it.quickly realised.

the circumstances, this is un- questionably the wisest course.

ter of evasion of death and slamp It is not readily forgotten that Gen- duties, which provided the de Rivera seized power in the raison d'etre for the proposed name of the army, and his sub- sequent endeavours to substitute legislation, for it is intimated that a civil for a military dictatorship a further attempt is to be made to have succeeded only-in-rousing- Amend the law with a view to the ire of the army. "Added to this, he made the fatal mistake of stopping this leakage. Whether seeking to substitute promotion the authorities have themselves by merit for promotion by seniori- formulated any ideas as to the ty in the army, a serious offence. best procedure to be adopted to against military tradition. Up to the present the revolts have been attain this object is not disclosed, easily suppressed, largely because but the fact that a committee is a plot of extensive ramifications to be appointed to report on the was discovered just in time. An whole subject indicates that the interesting and somewhat drama- tic story is told in this connexión. Government is prepared to stay The suspicions of an official were Its hand until it has had the ex-aroused by the despatch of pert advice of this body. The twenty telegrama to different that the towns announcing taking of that step implies a will-arrival of Josephine" would be ingness to listen to all that can be delayed for two days. With much usefully anid on the matter, and it astuteness on the part of those nineteen of the Ja gratifying that the committes resporabile,

messages were allowed to go will be composed of business men through, but the twentieth, ad- and others who are conversant dressed to Cludad Real Whe with the problem that is to be in- stopped, with the result that the garrison at Ciudad Real robelled vestigated. Much needless

prematurely and in Isolation, xiety would have been provented This development, which took the and considerable time and energy plotters off their guard, killed the saved had this stop been taken revolt almost at a single blow. It would be a great mistake," how-

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COMMON ERROR/

IN BRIDGE

·AND HOW TO" ́CORRECT THEM

by ww.wentworth

BE PLAYING CAUTIOUSLY of hearts. Declarer observes that

WHEN DARING. MIGHT

MEAN. GAME

North. (Dummy 3 miner

Q. 0.10.8 5

5842

Weste Leads ♡ 2

South (Declaror) AAKJER

QA Q'S AAGB

East-

The Bidding: South opens with one spade and all pass."

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Willesden magistrate to police. sergeant: Give this truant an

birch,

The number of lies I listen to in this court is appalling." Mr. Hal- kott, the Marylebone magistrate,

Mr. Tassell, the Tower Bridge magistrate: One of the 'foolish things people do to-day is to leave. a good job to "better" themselves.

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To-day's Dog Story, "M. K. R." writes: "One night when we were all in bed at about 3 a.m I was suddenly waked by one great deep bark, and there was Patsy, my bull terrier, sitting outside my bad-room door, having come up from the kitchen, where she was he has two losing clubs, possibly sleeping at the time. She seem- one losing diamond. In addition to ed to be distressed about some- ono heart trick which he has al thing and refused to be comforted; ready lost. He cannot afford there and strangest of all would not. fore to lose any tricks in dia- come with me into my bed-room, monda if gamo is to be made. but would not leave me, Diamonds must be finessed twice.

"My mother, who was sleeping How can this be accomplished?

In the bed-room next to mine, hear... The Error: Declarer plays 2. of Ing me about so long over the spades and takes with Queen of matter, called out to me to come spades.

into bed with her, thinking I The Correct Method: Declarer would be cold. To our surprise, plays 2 of spades and finesse 9 of on agreeing to do this, we heard spades. Then he takes a diamond Patsy run happily off and got into finesse playing Queen of dia- her own bagkot downstairs. mondo. After that he plays-to

Queen of spades and takes another "Early in the morning we were. diamond finesse playing Jack of startled by the sound of a diamonds Now he draws trumps tremendous crash in the house, and game is assured..

and on going into my bed-room we discovered the ceiling had fallen on to the bed, where I most cer tainly should finve been had it not been for Patsy's night visit"

Deciding the Play: East wins The Principle: If necessary, take first trick with Ace of hearts and a deep finesse to establish a re- South wins second trick with King entry.

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