1929-05-25 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929,

BRITISH LADY PAIR A COMMUNIST ISLAND. MR. MORRISS SUES BERNARD SHAW TILTS

PRISON GOVERNOR. AT THE WORLD.“

BEATEN.

SURPRISE IN FRENCH TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

| EQUALITY AND FRATERNITY AT RUNOE.

STORY OF REJECTED SPY A BOOK ONLY ONE MAN

SUGGESTION.

UNDERSTANDS.

TILDEN PLAYING WELL attracted much interest in Sweden PERSECUTION CHARGE. Socialisin and Capitalism," by Air.

Paris, May 24. Further surprises were forth coming in the French Hardcourts Tounis championships to-day, the most notable being the defeat of Miss Eileen Bennett and Mra, Watson, well-known British players, in the semi-final of the Women's Doubles.

Stockholm, Apr. 17. The ancient Swedish community on the little island of Runos, in the Bay of Rigo, which has lately owing to a recent Swedish rollof expedition, is based on principles

London, May 1. of practical communism, practised An action was brought against during more than a thousand two prison governors in the King's years. Even to-day these island- ers, who are believed to have sot-Bench Division, yesterday, by Mr. tled here about the dawn of the Hayley Eustace Morriss, of Pip Christian era, and are recorded pingford Park, Nutley, Sussex. in a document as early as 1941,

Mr. Morrias claimed damages for observe their old doctrines as rewrongful imprisonment from gards property.

Captala Eugene Winter, Gov. ernor of Portsmouth Prison; and

Major Augustus Charles Herbert Benke, Governor of Pentonville.

Mr. Morriss alleged that he had

The fifteen shillings volume, "The Intelligent Woman's Guido to Bernard Shaw, has been republish ed by Messrs. Constable at Gs, and in a new preface the author cheer- fully tells the world that nobody in It has understood the book— except Albert Einstein.

Mr. Shaw fumes in happy exas- really read the book, or think they peration against "those who have

Inve."

"I begin to think lucidity is self-defeating," he writes.

The Very Idea!

When Mr. George Bernard Shaw was asked by Mr. Thomas Ogilvy, a Gladstonian Liberal in Dundee, if he would allow his name to be put forward as an "Independent can- didate" for the City of Dundee, ho replied:-

"Dear Sir, I thank you, but it is thirty-five years too late for me to begin a Parliamentary career.

"Besides, as a professed Socialist of forty-five years' standing, and one of the founders and present can hardly take the field as an In- members of the Labour Party, I dopendent,' 'can I?

"I should probably forfelt my deposit, However, I appreciate the implied compliment,"

contest the two seats at Dundee at Six candidates are expected to the General Election-one Unionist, one Liberal, one Labour, one Pro- hibitionist, one Nationalist (Scot-

Miss Bennett and Mrs. Watson,

The Hille Island, which paliti were the holders of the champion-cally belongs to Estonia, is only ship but they lost to-day by two four kilometres long and three sela to one, succumbing to the wide, and its population numbers brilliance of Mademoiselle only about 300, who live on twenty-been detained in prison for a day Bouman "(Holland) and Senorita seven farms. Fishing and scal- longer than was lawful. De Alvarez (Spain), who won hunting are the real sources of

qualified to meet Miss Heine and the community, and no servants Misa Neave. (South Africa) in the exist Private property does not final, alau conquered Miss Helen exist except for clothing, arms, Wills and Miss Cross, the Ameri-and similar personal belongings, can favourities.

and nobody can sell his farm, since he is only allowed to live on It, to cultivate his land, and to use his horses,

6-3, 2-6, 6-3. The winners, who income. Absolute equality rules counsel, said no personal complaint by mush, guah, nonsense, hypocrisy tish), and one. Communist.

In the quarter-finals of the Men's Doubles to-day, W. T. Tilden and F. T. Hunter (U.S.A.),' de- fented Baron

Kehrlin Von (Hungary)

Kleinseliroth and (Germany) by 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1, and will meet the French champions, Borotra and Lacoste in the semi-nl.

Tilden gave a most impressive display in his opening singles, malah, He played with nierciless accuracy against Wetzel (Ger-. many) and won in straight sets with a concession of only three

rages, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1,---Reuter,

CRICKET BRIDE BESIEGED.

SCENES AT HAMMOND'S

WEDDING.

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Bradford, Apr. 24.

Yorkshire

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They will talk in about the wedding of Walter Re- ginald Hammond, of Gloucester- shire and England, to Miss Dorally Lister, of Bingley by Bradford,

Jong 難得 cricket is played. Never hna there been wedding quite like this for popular enthusiasm.

Indeed, at one time It seemed” likely that Hammond' and his wife would not get safely away from Bingley parish church. The crowd engulfed them and their motor- car. Girls climbed on the foot- boards, tapped at the windows, cried congratulations to the bride. and blew kisses to Ilammond.

A squad of police had to fght a path for them from the church, and from Bingley to Bradford, where the wedding, reception was held, there was a six-mile lane of people cheering the bride bridegroom.

and

-Worse Than Barracking." Hammond hughed back as the people stormed his ear, and his wife waved her hand in greeting, but they both confessed afterwards that they were more than a little nervous at the outburst of popular enthusiasm. "It was worse than barracking in. Australia," said Hammond, although It was all so complimentary,"

All the business of Bingley was stopped at the hour of the core- mony. The whole town mustered at the church,

Every farm has about fifty nar- row strips of soll and spread all over the faland, according to old tribal custom. The forest and pastures are common property.

SONG-WRITER.

Mr. W. Albert Mallinson, the well-known English song- writer, who is on a visit to Hongkong as examiner for the Trinity College of Music, Lon- don.

and humbug-only, it seems, to

"I took the utmost pains to make it intelligible, clear, lucid, unam- biguous, simple and unmistakable. I have, at great cost of labour, eliminated from this book all the Mr. Comyns Carr, Morrisa's common adulterations of doctrine was made against Major Benke, He had been made a defendant make it unfit for human consump simply because he was responsible for the physical detention of Mr. Morriss. The detention according to Mr. Hayley Morrisss case, was to the malicious net of Captain Winter,.

Name, Not Number.

Mr. Carr snid that while the

or words to that effect.

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tion.

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A woman at Stratford, E. (ap plying for a summons for insulting language): It was real Barking, with a touch of Irish,

Home Adulterations. "People cannot take it in until

Lotter from a motorist summon- they have reintroduced all the ed at Wood Green, N.; As a Scota- adulterations from their home man I regret that to plead guilty supplies. Then they expatiate, ensures being fined. But as I shall at my expense, on their own adul-be making an enforced donation to Lerations."

the public funde of Woods Green I am endeavouring to bear my mis- fortune with philosophic calm.

Mr. Shaw picks out "my friend prisoners were taking exercise in Sir William Joynson-Hicks" as a the yard at Portsmouth a warder typical example, since Sir Wil- named Sanders called out to dium, "under the illusion that he Morriss, addressing him by name had read the book....proceeded instead of by number.

to quote from it a string of pro- Morriss resented this, and re-positions not one of which it con- plied: "What do you mean by call-iained, and most of which it dia- ing me by name? Don't be silly," proved.

"And Sir William was presently He was taken before the gov-quoted, without acknowledgment, ernor, Mr. Carr continued, and de-but with vigorous intensifications," prived of five marks.

continues Mr. Shaw, "by the minor Mr. Morris asked that he might lights of his party, and particular be allowed to appeal to the Visitingly by its lady election canvassers, Committee of Justices, and the govthe present prospect being a Gen- ernor agreed; but before the Visil-eral Election, at which the country Ing Committee came round; said will be invited to vote for the Con- Mr. Carr, Mr. Morriss was subject- | servative party, to save it from ed to rigours of treatment, as the the horrors of a Shavian Socialism, result of which his state of health which was bred in Sir William's was affected.

fancy, and not in my book.

"But far be it from me to con- Mallee Alleged.

fute and 'contradict him. My nims Remarking that he had come to a and proposals go so much further very serious part of the case, Mirthan any of my hostile critics are Carr said: "I have to say on in-set capable of conceiving that I structions that Mr. Winter, while only too thankful to be mistaken the plaintiff was under his care, stend of being hanged without for a mere harmless Ulopian, in- ahowed that he was treating him benefit of clergy. not as fairly as any other prisoner, but was actuated by some kind of malicious feeling towards him.”

Carr, Mr. Morriss," said Mr. declared that he had been subject to "systematic persecution" be- cause he rejected a suggestion by the governor that he should com muniente anything of importance which he learned from other pritelligent women. As for the front

bench male politicians, I'ean point!

Truth As Joke, ・・ "When the spirit drives me to tell the truth. I screw my Courage up by reflecting on the extreme improbability of anybody seeing anything in my treatise but a paradoxical joke.

"Well, 1 take. refuge in the in-

When a farmer wants to build a house or to do something whicit re-soners. quires additional workers he calls upon his neighbours, who work for Mr. Morriss said that when he put the moon in the heavens to no pay, but get their meals Tree, became ill and told the governor them; but I cannot persuade them Sums of money, received for eales that he thought he could take that it is anything more than a of seal flesh and for assistance little milk or beef tea, Captain piece of green cheese." rendered to stranded vessels, are Winter replied, "I will have you Mr. Shaw reveals that the first distributed equally among the forcibly fed. They feed men edition of the "Intelligent Woman's islanders, even to the children, through the nose, and it a very Guide" is already endeared to col- women, and invalids. If a Runo painful. They give them milk or lectors by several errors, one of fisherman can sell his seals at a something."

which was a mistake in the number higher price than his compatriots his extra profit is pooled in the doctor that he had been threatened Church of England.

He complained to the prison of one of the Articles of the same way.

"It passed entirely undetected in with forcible feeding. The doctor this country, but was detected and The communistie rule is record-save him from "that barbarity." ed in a series of written laws and and ordered that he be given milk very kindly pointed out to me by a

The hearing was adjourned.

well-known French atheist," he adds,

magistrate (to a wife): In 50 years Mr. W. B. Luke, the Willesden you may be writing a epitaph for your husband's tomb

beautiful stone.

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Marylebone County Court Re- gistrar (Mr. T. M. V. Vaughan- Roderick) to a mannequin: "A quarter of an hour seems rather a long time to take your hat off. It doesn't take me that."

'("Champagne, every day keeps influenza away, is the latest slogan among doctors.)

The old sorrovers made things

hum

With their "Yo, ho ho, and a

bottle of rum,"

And the genial squire of the

gouty sort

Sang "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle

of port," While the British farmer's cry

of cheer

Was "Yo, ho, ho, and a tankard

of beer!"

Then came the day when we

bandied wit

With a "Yo, ho, ho, and a 'Gin-

and It."

But now that we live in an age

of 'flu

The thing for a medical man .. to do

Is simply to join those patients

of his

In a Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle

of fizz."

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Mr. E. W. B. Gill, a Fellow of Morton, College, in a speech at Ox- ford said:

"You have all read a lot about Oxford University never winning a sporting event against Cambridge.

"I will not endeavour to answer it, but just after the War the en- trance examination to Oxford was made about twice as hard as the entrance examination to Cambridge. "Since then Oxford had won practically nothing."

That he did not shave enough

by oral tradition. The highest and beef tea. officials are the president ("laens- man,") a secretary, and a judge, oleeted by ge- pral vote, including the women, and for a fixed period. These officials receive no salaries.

Princess Mary, the largest motor and that in asking for prayers for One hundred and thirty pounds life-boat in the world, which will the King he said "King George V In case of important questions a was realised for a Parliament

New South be stationed at Padstow, Corn-tead of King George the Fifth," ("Loandskap") is; Wales 1885 8, orange stamp, and wall, has cabin accommodation for thus causing unpleasant feelings. called together in an open meet- a 24. blue 1866, of Queensland 60 and in a calm ser could take supposed to call for my resigna These are among the reasons Crimes are unheard of. ing place, usually during summer. brought £85, at Harmers recently, 100 people on deck.

tion," says the Rev. E. T. Bradley, curate of Kenilworth Parish Church, in a public pronouncement, coincident with his giving up the curacy.

Scores of county cricketers were in the church. Herbert Sulelle

A remarkable fact about thie was the senior groomsman mar- shalling the guests, and well to the are most conservative and reject communist island is that the people' front were Mr. W. H. Rowlands, all novelties with the simple re- last year's captain of Gloucester-mark: Since the present state of shire, C. Mils, of Gloucestershire, affairs has been all right for our A. Waddington, of Yorkshire, and ancestors it will be all right for Mr. C. Hawke, an Australian, who UB,"

made the journey to England

specially to see Hammond married,

There was not room in the church

pews for all the guests. They ELEANOR BOARDMAN.

stood in the aisles and round the (doors.

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Miss Lister wore a gown of old ivory satin Windsor embroidered In pearls with full court train of silver lace and a Juliet cap of seed pearls of pale pink,

The Bishop of Badford perform ed the ceremony, assisted by the Vicar of Bingley.

Lucky 'Black Cat.

STAR, OF THE CROWD" IN NEW FILM.

Grim shadows of the under- African mines-tinselled society world-the toiling labourera of the

are acme of the elements that flash with its hidden scandals-there in kaleidoscopic review through the sequences of "Diamond Hand- cuffs," Cosmopolitan's vivid under- world drama which will be shown Mr. and Mrs. Hammond held a on Tuesday and Wednesday at the reception afterwards at the Ma- Queen's Theatre. It is three plays sonic Hall, Bradford, and wel-in ene: à drama of Africa, of no- comed their friends on a miniature | ciety, and of gangster, life. cricket pitch with a lucky black cat connecting link is a great diamend, Tho allting behind the wicket. A model which, found in the mines, is stolen of the urn containing "the Ashes" for a woman's love, and from surmounted the eighty-pound wed-then on spreads its' sinister web ding cake,

in all walks of life. The presents included a silver theft, love, deceit, all circle around Intrigue, elgar-box signed with the names the glittering stone in a type of of all Mr. Chapman's Test match story Atartlingly team, a silver cigarette box from the professionals of Gloucester-scenes of dramatic power depicting shire, and a tea service from Aus- the loves, hates and jealousies of tralian admirers.

quences portraying soclety life and gangsters, as well as other se- life in a diamond mine in Africa. player and 10 supported by Conrad Nagel and Lawrence Gray.

The bride gave her husband a gold watch, and his present to her

now to the

screen. There are many stirring

was a motor-car, in which they Eleanor Boardman is the leading

drove away on # honeymoon, which will finish up in Paris,

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PCG. 4. S. PAT

"Look, Don, that's the kind of dress I had in mind.”,

Mr. Bradley declares that he was also told that his teaching savoured of Anglo-Catholicism, and, that he did not take a sufficiently active in- terest in foreign missions.

Further, he understood that they churchwardens had made repre- sentations to the vicar that he ought to have a young man who would be willing to cycle to the mis- sion church instead of taking a cab, the expense of which, appeared in the accounts.

The A, B. was worrying,

Tell me about it," said his pal. "Get it off your chest,"

"I wish I could," groaned the other. "I've got Marguerite' tattoed there, and the girl I'm en- gaged to marry is named Helen."

ROUND THE WORLD.

DOLLAR LINER PRESIDENT POLK DELAYED.

The Dollar Sleamship Line an nounce that their round-the-world steamer President Polk, scheduled to nail from Hongkong at 8 a.m, en June 2, for Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Saez, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genon, Marseilles and New York is delayed.

This steamer is now scheduled to arrive in Hongkong on Monday, June 3, and will sall for New York viê Suez, making the regular ports of call at 8 a.in. on Tuesday, June 4

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