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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1~1929.

sighted view, especially seeing that it is to our own advantage) to prevent first offenders from becoming habitual criminals and therefore a menace to the Colony as long as they remain here, Moreover, there is the Hongkong born prisoner also to be token into Account, In any event, no com-

DAY BY DAY.

THE "AVIAN” LIGHT AEROPLANES.

IF MAN REALLY WANTH LITTLE HERE BELOW, THE LERS HE WANTS NOW BEING MANUFACTURED THE LESS HE'LL GET-Pator Keary,

Shanghai, is due here at 4 am. on The P. and O. 8.8. Nagpore, from Saturday.

The P. and 0, s.s. Khyber, from Hongkong, arrived at London on 29th April at 2 a.m.

The Bon Line 8.8. Benlomond, from Home and Straits ports, is due hero on May 6th.

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IN U. S. & CANADA.

The Very Idea!

Wireless has "taken all the romance out of towing away on a ship. This, at any rate, is what

Mr. R. Vaughan-Fowler, Mana- Miss Hazell Cooke must be think ger of the Far East Aviation Com-ing no sho works in the galloy of pany, which recently sold ton. Avian the liner Tahiti, on which she con- light acroplanes to the Canton In San Francisco harbour."

cealed herself while the vessel was Aviation Burenu nnd four to the aviation authorities in Amoy, writes old San Francisco, Socicly girl Miss Cooke is the eighteen-year- to say that his firm has received who, urged on by the hire of the following information from travel, decided to take a trip to Mesara, A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., of the islands of Haiti in this in- Manchester:

expensivo, and Ume-honoured manner. When she presented "Avro Avian light aeroplanes herself to the captain, he sent a Atted with Cirrus Mark 1 or radiogram to her mother asking Genet aero-engines are becoming so for instructions. The health return. for yesterday popular that they are now being work," was the message received "Put her to shows one case each of small-pox, manufactured in Canada and in reply. diphtheria and typhoid. All were America. The licence for Canada Clincso.

is held by the Ottawa Car Manu- the captain saying: "Following Another wireless has come from facturing Company Ltd., who are concentrating on the latest model your instructions to the letter. Avian which has a metal fuselage, Miss Cooke is not much help in the Pending the completion of their galley, but by the end of the voyage plant the first twenty-five machines she should be pretty good at bed- are being shipped from the Avro making." works in Manchester in down condition to be built up in broken. Canada. Ten of these machines are critical, and his gaid wife, much

Macpherson's condition for the Canadian Air Board. Two against her will, was obliged to more will go direct to the Ottawa leave him for a short time. Flying Club.

The P. and Q. 8.s. Perin, from manity can regard its responsibi-Singapore, is due here on the 6th Hities discharged merely by wash-instant at 6 p.m. ing its hands of its criminala onco their sentences have been served. There are admittedly very many hardened alunors for whom little hope of reform can be entertained, but there are very many others who would turn to an honest living if they were given the opportunity. We therefore sug gest that this matter is one well deserving the consideration of Chinese institutions in thia Colony.

Another urgent need is a re- formátory where young offenders be converted into useful citizens rather than to be sent to gaol and take on the character of criminals. In the 60's, thore swas | tion." a Roman Catholic Reformatory at

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West Point, whilst some thirty years ago the Hon. Mr. E. R. Belillos erected another at Cause- way Bay on a sito provided by the Government. Neither of these institutions any longer exist, and wo believe we are right in saying that the St. Lewis Industrial Home is the now only place of this character in the Colony. Excel lent as is the work which this Homo does, it is not an official roformatory to which magistrates ean commit young offenders, Ол "The welfare, of criminals re-sity of such an institution has | several occasions lately, the neces- leased from gaol either of

WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 1929.

OUR CRIMINALS.

com-

bein stressed from the Bench. In

The Next War?

The newest brench

between

Mr. Archibald Ritchie, Chartered Accountant, has been admitted a partner in the firm of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews,

At to-morrow's meeting of the Legislative Council, the Hon. Mr. W E. L. Shenton to move the first reading of an Ordinance to amend the constitution of the Hongkong and Shanghal Banking Corpora-

1.

Capsized by a sudden squall, a passenger-boat, No. 4041V anak in the harbour yesterday morning as it was taking passengers ashore from the 8.8. Cremer. Motor and steam, launches in the vicinity of- fected a prompt rescue, and no lives were lost.

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As alio looked down on the sink- "The Avian metal fuselago is ing patriot, her hard face softened built up entirely of round steel wonderfully, and the tears trosten- tubing with welded joints through-ed to well from her eyes. Pulling out. The engine mounting is se herself together with an effort, she Parate, and fa attached to the fuse- put on her bonnet and returned to Inge by bolts.

the bedside to say "good-bye."

"The Whittelacy Body Company, "Noo, remember, Antrus," she

Connecticut, Bridgeport,

are anid anxiously, "nae extravagance! making preparations to build If ye feel yersel' slipping awa- Avians for the United States, blaw dot the candle."

plant is com-

Sentence of three weeks' hard until their labour Was imposed by Mr.pleted, six Cirrus Avians Bre T. S. Whyto Smith, at being shipped every week from the the Kowloon Magistracy to- | Avro works in Manchester." day, on a Chinese who lead- articles from the Standard Oil ed guilty to stealing several brass Company installation at Latchikok. The defendant was prrested in the net of selling the articles to a marine hawker.

The Medical Officer's weekly re- turn contains two cases of cerebro.

spinal fever (one American import-

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(Abbreviations: Aace; K→ Q-queen; J-jack; X-any card lower than 10).

that suit.

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Man at Glasgow-I was absoluté. ly sober, but my feet kopt getting mixed up that was all.

Solicitor at Shoreditch County Court-What are you? Debtor- My profession is that of a sweep. A plaintiff at Shoreditch was asked "Did you interview him?" and the reply was-"I could not. His wife was there."

Man at Glasgow to constable- You never saw me running away? Constable I did. Man-You never, I was only walking fast.

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Three men remanded at Clerken- well on a charge of being suspected persons asked for bail, Mr. Pope (Magistrate)-Bail, be blowed..

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"Most men have their own ideaa how they would behave if they were their

own wives."---Mr. Alco Waugh.)

Could I but be my own dear

врашне,

I'd prove a docile mato,

I wouldn't rave about the house

When I arrived home lato. Nor would I waste much hard-

carned cash

On shoes, and frocks or hats, "Or grumblo when tobacco-ash

Was spilled upon the mats. And yet, perhaps (for such is

Life),

Should such a choice be free I'd have more noise than did my

wife And wouldn't marry-ME!

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pletion or remission of sentence is one which might receive the our view, this is a very vital anded and one Chinese), one of enteric attention of the general public in urgent matter, and we commend it fever (British) and one of diph- theria (Chinese). There was one to the Government as being in death from cerebro-spinal fever regard to suppression of crime in. the Settlement." So

every way worthy of consideration. and' one from diphtheria. Yester- rung the

day's return showed one Chinese opening paragraph in one of the

case of enteric fever. The small-king; sections of the Shanghai Police

pox figures are given elsewhere. Commissioner's report for the past

Among the passengors leaving

Opening Blindly-2. month. The question rained is Feng Yu-hsiang and Chiang Kai-fon the President Flerce yesterday |

were Mr. Earl F. Buskey, pilot re- When your partner has not bid one which is equally deserving of shek will probably prove far more presentative of the Mahoney-Ryan and the contract has been won' consideration here in Hongkong, dificult to heal than the affair of Aircraft Corporation, travelling with a declaration of a suit, your IL is pointed out in the Shanghai the upch encroachment, and to Shanghal; Mrs. W. K. Awirey, problem of opening the play a report that many of the ex-con- there seems little further doubt wife of Lt. Camdr. Awtrey of the much more difcult than if the bid viela have no means of subsistence that these powerful rivals are ... Tulsa, returning with her were no trump. Then you should family to the United States; Mr. choose the suft to be opened in the or any method of obtaining a moving inevitably towards open Graham Black, attached to the following preferential manner:

PAR LEAD. The most desir- ing home to England via Scattle; able of all openings is the lead of prison, and they naturally resort difficult to estimate, but in the Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Crane Williams, a suit containing top honoura in to crime to live. The suggestion broad, there will be a certain U.S. (Mr. Crane Williams is a

travelling home to Europe via the most perfect sequence as A K QJ, is therefore made that one of the amount of sympathy with Feng, in Director of the Austin Motor Co.); Q J, KQ 10. The King is led AKQ, A KJ, A K ́10, A K, A K X, many charitable institutions in the his attitude towards the disposi- Mr. II. Arns, commercial repre- from all of these holdings except- | Settlement should take up the case tion of troops in Shantung. In sentative, returning

ing AK in which combination the of these unfortuntales and estab-more than one sense, Feng scems Europe via the U.S.

Ace is led and followed by the King. This is information to your Hish what is known in European to have been "double-crossed.”.

partner that you hold no more of night of July 9th, 1917, my hus

To-day's Ghost Story:-"On the countries ALN 14 Prisoners' Aid Shantung was to have been kis Sócioty,

reward for the big push through supported from the

BIG DRIVER. Second in pre-earlier than usual, and he fell band and I went to bed rather the Fengtien lines last year which wealthy classes, with the object of

enabled the Nationalists to cap-

ference of opening suits is the asleep at once. I felt very wide assisting prisoners on their release ture Peking' and Chibli, and now Brussels

124.16% lead of a suit head by QJ, as awake. Suddenly I noticed that Paris

34.94 Q J 10 9, Q J 18, Q J 9 X. The pecullar smell of sen water that is by gifts of food, clothing ar mune- when the last obstacle to occupa-Amsterdam

.12.07% Queen may drive out dummy's to be found often near harbours on lary assistance to enable them to tion is being moved away, Chiang Berlin

20.46% King and if your partner holds the dark nights. I sat up, and lovel 18.19 Ace, the result of the play is the with the mattress was sea water jexist until they find employment has manoeuvred to prevent the Copenlingen

.34.56' of Feng's greatest Helsingfors

establishing of your remaining all over .193

little curved ripples. jor to return to their homes. The attainment

cards in that suit. .108%

Floating quickly past, about three establishment of an institution in wish, a clear route to the act. Lisbon

.818 un-Bucharest

LITTLE DRIVER. Third in Inches below the surface, was the Feng's reply has been which these men could be laught

expected one, rather suggesting Shanghal

Buenos Aires

.47.5/16 preference of opening suits in the body of a midshipman. In horror a trade to enable them to become that he is not prepared for war Hongkong

2/5% lead of a suit headed by J 10, as I tried to catch tho body, and at ..1/11% J-10 9 8. J 10 8 X. The Jack may once everything disappeared, respectable members of the con-at the present time. I taking Now York

4.86.5/10 drive out dummy's Queen and it "I did not woke my husband, Geneva

.26.19% munity secins, says the Shanghai | umbrage, he has shown it not by

your partner holds the King, the fearing something terrible might Milan

02.02% result of the play is the establish- have happened to our son, a mid-1 report, to offer, scope for charit defiance, but by withdrawing his Stockholm

18.16% ing of your remaining cards in shipman in H.M.S. Neptune, The ably-inclined persons, particularly entire force to the Honan border, Oslo

that suit.

next morning I told a cousin and Chinese, Not only would mea- which probably means thut he is Prague Madrid sures such as these be reforma-Kai-shek. More significant of the Rio

some friends, and a few days later leaving the next move to Chiang

heard that H.M.S. Athens.

Van- tive in character, but an added high tension, however, is the Bombay

guard' had been blown up that night, and that ten midshipmen, advantage would be that the com- recall at the same time of all Yokohama

two of whom I knew well, had lost munity. would be rid of many un- Feng's leading "subordinates in Silver (spot and forward) ..25.3/10

their lives.".. desirable characters and potential the capital and elsewhere. Onl habitual criminals.

another, these So far an we are aware, nothing officfuls are returning to Honan us whatever is done in Hongkong for rapidly as transport facilities will allow, giving added weight to criminal once they have com- the

impending rumours of pleted their sentence. That many strife. Perhaps the clearest in-

Presently they came to a river) at this port at 7 a.m. on Saturday, spanned by a temporary, bridge. of them again resume their career dication of the seriousness of the

May 4. This steamer will con- Not observing a notice that the tinuo her voyage Round-the-World | atructure was unsafe; they started. of crime has often been demons-present situation, is the departure At to-morrow's meeting of the on Sunday, May 6 at 8 a.m. to cross It. The bridge-keeper ran trated on their reappearanco in from Hankow of such Tu-pih, Legislative Council, the Hon. Mr.

The American Mail Liner Prest. after them in protest. Court or at the Sessious. It is Feng's delegate to Chiang, osten-J. P. Braga will ask the following dent Jackson will sail from Manlla truc, of course, that some of them sibly to report to the "Christian" questions:

(a) Will the Director of Public at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, und learn trades whilst undergoing General, but having more the Works inform the Council whether will arrive at this port on Monday, their terms, but what is needed isappearance of a breaking off of in the scheme of town planning the following, morning at 8 a.m.

May 6 at 7 am, further negotiations.

Marshal for Kowloon any site, and where for San Francisco and some organisation to see that, Chlang is now hound for Nanking, has been earmarked for a reerca Angeles, via Shangbai, Japan and when they come out, they are not and it is likely that his arrival will tion ground for the growing num Honolulu. merely thrown upon the com- be the signal for things to move, ber of members of the

Police munity and have to chance their though it would be presumptive to Force stationed at Kowloon and The Dollar Liner President luck in getting a job or in return-suggest the direction.

of the subordinate staff in the Taft, from San Francisco Apr. 12, service of the Government? In due to leave Kobe, to-day, ar- ing to their native districts, It

(b) If no such alte has been friving at Shanghai on the 3rd and may be argued that many of these

marked out as yet, will the Goyleaving on the 4th. This steamer It is advertised that the fifth an-ernment consider the advisability is expected to arrive here in the ex-convicts are not natives of nual ordinary general meeting of of forthwith making a suitable afternoon of Monday, the 6th Inst.. Hongkong, and that the Colony shareholders of China Under cannot be expected to. greatly con-writers, Ltd., will be held in the reservation of Crown land, both and will sail for Manila at 8 pm. board room of Messrs. Shewan, recreation purposes for the above-

as regards area and location, for on Tuesday, the 7th. cern itself about their future well- Tomes and Co., St. George's Build-mentioned members of the Civil dent McKinley, from Seattle on being. But that's rather a short-ling, on Thursday, May 9, at noon.

Service residing at Kowloon? April 20, is dus here on May 10..

one pretext

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33.08% ROYAL LEAD. The lead from ....875 KQ X X or K Q X or KQ la ...6.57/6 about as

acceptable F18 the .1/0.20/82

previous class, .1/10.7/82

-British Wireless."

CIVIL SERVICE RECREATION.

NEED OF FACILITIES AT KOWLOON.

STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

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A party of clergymen were at- Lending a Presbyterian_conference In a Scottish town. Several of

The Dollar Liner President Vanhem set off to explore the surround- Buren is scheduled to sail from ing district. · Shanghini to-day and will arrive

She will anil on

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"It's quite all right," declared the spokesman, not understanding the ens portari eper's haste;

"we're Prosbyterians from the Con- ference,"

"I'm no caring about that," was

the reply, "but if ye dinna get off the bridge you'll all be Baptista 1”-.

FAIR TO SHOWERY.

The Royal Observatory reports. that pressure is highest in the: Pacific to the cast of the Boning. Depressions are situated over Tong. king and to the north of Shantung... The American Mail Liner Presi- The forecast till noon to-morrow is: South winds, moderate; fair to showery.