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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29,

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR

FRIGIDAIRE

1.

DAY BY DAY,

1929.

bution of the unconditional annuities. The non-postponable portion of the total annuity was fixed, for the whole period of the Plan, at £33,000,000, and of this siON OF WOMAN-Auguste Comte. amount Britain was to get precise- |

OF

THE MORAL AMELIORATION MAN CONSTITUTES THE CHIEF MIS-

The P. & O... Khiva, from 27th August at 6 a.m. Hongkong, arrived at London on the

Mis. North will on Saturday open the new Chinese dispensary in Main Street. Shaukiwan Weat.

ly nothing. The new arrange- Flight. Lieut. J. W. Colquhoun ment, however, provides for un has been appointed to H. M. S. annual abare to the extent of Hermes. £4,800,000, un eminently satisfar-

Commander J. W. Rivett-Carnac, tory compromise. As regards the DS.C., has been appointed to third point, the thorny problem of | II. M. ́S. Kent. deliveries in kind, Mr. Snowden has been hardly less successful. Experience as proved that the system of deliverles in kind, which has hitherto played an important part in the payment of repara- tions, la open to many objections, though it has buen held that the immediate cessation would not be THERE ARE DOMESTIC In the Interests of Germany or the MODELS OF FROM FOUR|| creditor Powers. Britain has TO CIGATCEN CUBIC FEET argued with due

STORAG CAPACITY. - British exports have suffered severely in consequence of the system, the coal Industry being among those most seriously affect ed. The British complaint is being met, in part, by a contrneț for the supply, of a million tous of coal annually for three yeare

OVER

1,000,000

IN USE THROUGHOUT

THE WRLD. -

DODWELL & Co., Ltd.

"ale Distributors HONG KONG & S. CHINA

The

Hongkong Eclegraph.

THURSDAY August 29, 19.9,

MR. SNOWDEN SEES

THROUGH.

artificial balance.

reason that

WORKMAN CLARK CASE APPEAL.

HOUSE OF LORDS 'AND. THE;}

CONSPIRACY ISSUE.

in so far as they related to the order for a new trial made by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, the House of Lords on July 20th allowed the appeals of the directors of Messrs. Workman Clark, Limited, Belfast, which arose out of a test action by Mr. William Urquhart, 'n enachbuilder, of Belfast, for damages for alleg. ed "misrepresentation, "fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and breach of contract" in conexion with an issue of £3,000,000 of £7 per cent. Debenture stock made in 1920 by Messrs. Workman Clark and Company,

A meeting of the Water Emer-

The defendanta to the action, gency Committee will be held to who were now the two sets of day at & pan. in the Council Cham-appellants, were Sir George Smith ber to receive final reparts.

Clark, Mr. Charles Edward Allen. and Mr. George Ernest Clark, and Sir Edward Paulet Stracer, Sir Edward Mackay Edgar and others, who formerly carried on business as Sparling and Company, as well as Mr. Robert Alfred The action was one of a series of Worknian. similar actions and was selected as a test case by a Committee of the Debenture Stockholders,

For stealing a pair of trousers from a stall in Reclamation Street a.Chinese, who had a previous conviction for larceny, was senten- eed to two months' hard labour by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

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Charges of trespassing 011 Croiva land at To Kwa Wan by

The Very Idea!

Thus an American writers-St. Patrick was neither a Catholic, a Saint, nor an Irishman-and his name was not Patrick, St. Pat rick was not a Catholic because the Church now known as the Catholic Church was not called "by that name in the time of St. Patrick, (The Catholic Church was not de- finitely so-called until 1054 when the Western Church broke off from the Eastern. The Eastern Church called itself the Orthodox Church, and the Western Church adopted the term Catholic-which means "Univerent.") St. Patrick was not a Saint because he was' ennonized. He was not an Irish- man but a Frenchman, and was born in Tours, France. is real name was Succat. He became a Roman patrician, hence the name Patticius, or Patrick

nover

Master (to new bay): What fa your name?

Roy: Arthur Jones. "air" when addressing a master.. Master: You must always say: Now, what is your name?

Boy: Sir Arthur Jones,

P. C. Hyatt, at Highgate, of a. prisoner: When 1 arrested him he said, "It is not my fault I am caught this time. I was caught. through your-eeleney."

Mr. Cairns (Magistrate at Thames Police Court), to n Woman Who said her husband was frac tious: You cannot expect a hus band to behave like a pot Jumb.

Quick Success Temptation. to the Italian State Railways. It removing turf. were broughi, is anticipated that German de-against, five contractors' workmen the leading judgment, said that Viacount Summer, who delivered liveries in kind will have been before Mr. T. 5, Whyte Smith at the moment selected for the issue the Kowloon Magistracy this of the prospectus was peculiar. sufficiently reduced by that time to morning. Inspector Stimson told According to the secretary of the obviate the necessity of such in his Worship, that the defendants company, the latter part of 1919 had permits to remove earth from and the first part of 1920, was a

Woman at Clerkenwell County Po Kong and Nyan Shat Win for period of great the "returning of the Kni Tack Everybody. "from the Prime Minis daughter hit her young man and expectations. Court: We are quiet people." My Aerodrome but not for To Kwa ter downwards" said so, and com- he hit her back, but there was ng Wan, Euch defondant was fined $3.bines were the order of the day. flight.

Wife at Kingston: When my For a “combing” at sách a nonient, Workman Clark and Company, husband gets a job he leaves me Limited, was a company of spécial | and goes into lodgings; but when attractions. Time, however, pres,, he is out of a job he comes back sed; popular interest had to be to me and expects me to keep hin. caught at the flood and the tempta- tion to assure a quick success Phyllis, when your hair was

casily 25.186 might.

over-ride soni

shingled .20.965 Reruples In the matter of

18.205 | curacy. 19234

Al

EXCHANGE RATES.

It was perhaps fitting that Mr. Snowden should himself show, the four Powers a mutually acceptable way out of the impasse. hope of saving the Young Plan from wreckage had almost vanish- ITed when he took the initiative and i

propounded a scheme satisfying

Paris British claims within the limits of Geneva the Plan. Failure would have Berlin

Oslo

-mild feeling of exultation at the successful outcome of Mr. Philip Snowden'à stubbarn opposition to the anomalies of the Young Plan. It would be idle to pretend that his demands have been met af every points that would be ino much to expect in view of the tremendous pressure, exerted by a

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The British people, we feel,sire,meant that Britain retired en-Helsingfors

trenelied upon the Dawes Plan and Athens will be forgiven indulgence in n

Buenos Aires the Spa percentages, but Mr. Hongkong Snowden's, obstinacy WIN not New York designed to this end, as his final Amsterdam

Stockholm action shows. The most striking Vienna Mudrid feature of the lone British fight

Bucharest has been the wholelicarted support Boinbay Yakalya accorded to the Labour attitude in Brussels Britam, irrespective of

party. Milan The task of Mr, Snowden was not Copenhagen nvited opposition; but, in bulks, his pleasant one, Imt he must have Lisb triumph is complete. Any conces-derived great encouragement from Rio sion made to secure the dramatic the fact that the prodigious ques- Silver (spot)

Issue had out clean Silver (forward) In 4-minute reconeillation of the tion at

across party lines. Nevertheless, Lureditor · Powers, permitting a

settlement which has given rise to whether the Labour Administra- tion is to collapse next year as pro- a widespread feeling of relief, served anther purpose, of almost equal importance in the eyes of the

phecied, or whether it survives tú

contribute further to Britain's

Shanghai

London, Aug. 200

€123.876

British

ne-

No persons could. better sp- preciate all, this than the diret. 1/11ors, old and new, The pros- 4.84 25/32 pectus stated on the authority of .12.16 | Mr. Henry Hoyd that the physical .18.095 Fassets were worth £4,012,000, and .34.42 on the authority of Mr. R. A. Work- .82366

ran, the chairman of the com- 817any, who had just acquired all

.1/5.20/39

1/11.1/10 the ordinary shares, that on Feb- 34865ruary 3, Workman Clark and Co- 92,605 pany had Investments worth ap- 18.215 proximately 21,600,000. It stated .168% | in terms that the issue was charg- 108.20 cd on all the company's assets.

.5% 3704

An intending subscriber, said 24.5/16 Viscount Summer, yould never company had already diaposed of those invest- ments, and that the Northumber- land Ship building Company had paid for their purchase of the ordinary shares by realising the securities and drawings on the proceeds of the inaue. Al the

24.7/16 guess that the Wireless

CLEVER DANCERS.

Prestige and well-being, the settle-NINA

ment at the Hague will ránk Jur birtory as one of its greatest

achievements.

Institutions, We welcome most

& JACQUES APPEARING appellants knew these statements AT REPULSE BAY,

Nina and Jacques are, to make up appearnace at the Repulse Bay Hotel on Saturday night, when they

will give demonstrations of the latest ballroom dances ant also give some remarkable dis plays of acrobatic dancing.

to be misleading and untrue, and the old directors, at any rate, whatever the others did, felt much compunction about it.

welcome and other works.

at the Repulse Hotel on Saturday, wherever they have appeared their skill and artistry has been highly praised.

whilst staying at the Repulse Bay It may also be mentioned that Hotel, Nina and Jacques are niv- ing tuition in ballroom dancing, by arrangement.

JOAN CRAWFORD,

STARRED IN "DREAM OF LOVE.”

"Untrue Statements,"

I was breathless with amaze. Yea, with grief and anger

mingled:

But in more enlightened days

I, from prejudicen freed,

Like it very much indeed.

Now some maids are getting fed

up

With the neatly shingled pate. Beauty cannot hold her hand

מטר

If she be not up-to-data, And, indeed, she counts it best If perchance she lends the rest.

So a few are contemplating

Longer tresses us of yore, And am anticipating

All the grief I know before. Since I now am wholly used, To the mode I once abused,

But I might as well be pleading-

With the wall, as people say. You will go serene unheeding.

On your self-appointed way. What I think is wrong or right Doesn't interest you. Quile!

The teacher was illustrating the great difference between the stately rese and a modest violet,

"Yes, miss-I know," Young

band."

A trustful coirespondent aska 2 Home paper how the 'expression He thought that there wak "sent to Coventry" originated. evidence to go to the jury that the Here is another of those much- partners to the issue of the pros which there is no absolutely cer- old and new directors alike were debated questions concerning pectus to the publle, having an tain evidence. There are many interest in the Pubecription to the explanations, no doubt, such as issue, and knowing that it was that which tells us that soldiers to be invited on the faith of

were so unpopular in the town material statements which they that a woman seen spanking to one knew to be untrue.

British delegation, namely, French acquiescence in the early evarun- tion of the Rhineland, As the principal beneficiary under the Young Plan, Germany is expected

"You see, children," she said, “a They knew that Mr. Bayd's A Welcome Sign.

valuation was excessive, the old beautiful, well-dressed lady walks 10 contribute her share to the

directors were shocked at it, all along the street, but she is proud, agreement, but early prospect of

For the reason that it betokens

the more because they knew that and does not greet anybody that a desire that the Colony should bidding good-bye to the lust alien make up a little leeway in the

Mr. Boyd spent only 24 houra in is the rose. But behind her comes with bowed These International dancers oldier should allow her to consent. matter of adding to its enitgral bave just returned from Shankkal, ported to value so precisely 109 head..."

Belfast altogether when he pur- a small creature, Although, therefore, Mr. Snow-hesttily the intention to establish where they have had a most sur- acres of land containing 12 ship- den's so-called brutal attack on a branch of the English Associatessful season, and they will no building berths with boiler shops Tommy shouted, "that is her bus the Young Plan prolonged a some- tion in Hongkong. Here in this doubt receive a warm

centre of British activity, with a times bitter dispute, the final recosmopolitan community making sult is a permanent gain in the daily use of the English tongue, movement towards the final pacif- there should be much scope, for a society of this character, which ention of Europe. Meek accep- seeks to bind by ties of common tance of the really intolerable sug-interest all who have a auificlent gestion that John Bull should knowledge of English to be in

terested in the rending and again bear the whole east of pro-cussion of English literature or in dis moting goodwill in Europe would ideas about the English language. have achieved little by compari-There can be no denying the fact that in these days of speed and

was shunned by her neighbours. son. Resistance has removed the rush, literary discussion is very

He thought that there was The first known use of the phrase, anfchroniam of an Army of largely crowded out of ordinary

evidence that the old directors however, is probably the beat ex- Occupation as well as securing anal life. We live in a restless

combined with the other appel-planation of it that can be found... age, with distractions on all hand

lants to gel from the plaintiff the In his History of the Rebellion acknowledgment of Britain's just tending to make it increasingly

amount of the subscription to the Clarendon speaks of Bromigham difficult to maintain touch with

issue, but, I his opinion, it was (Birminghami), "a town so wicked Exact details of the settlement the better and higher things of Joan Crawford plays the role impossible to say that is cause that it had risen upon small par- life. Bridge and dancing have made. famous by the great Sprah of action was not fully satisfied ties of the King's and killed or ard jacking for the moment. Mr. stepped in and monopolised much Bernhardt in "Dream of Love," by taking out the money which sent them to Coventry." Coventry Snowden, it is well understood, af the time which in other days which opena to-day at the Queen's had been paid into Court,

was at that fime strongly held for insisted on satisfactory readjust-Was given over to literary and Theatre as a new Metro-Goldwyn-

other cultural, pursuits. Hong- Mayer picture.

On the Issue of Hability under the Parliament, and it seems quite ment of the Young Plan provisions kong, like all other pinees, has had The

Section 84 of the Companies Con-kely that the phrase arose from screen presentation in solidation Act, 1908, he was of the use of the place as a prison in three important particulars. its literary and debating societies, an adaptation of "Adrienne opinion that, as in the

but there have usually been con Lecouvreur," the famous

саве of for "malignants" It is not an In the Brst place, he declined to fined to specific existing instituFrench play, Fred Nibio, who have been left to the jury, there the puzzle, but it must stand till old conspiracy though the ease should absolutely convincing solution of saddle the British taxpayer with lions, such as churches and other directed "Ben Hur," alau directed was nothing left to be tried someone discovers a better, an additional burden of £2,100,000 | religious organisations. The Odd this picture.

Volumes Society. was

In the film version the setting in satisfaction money paid in on. after the plaintiff had, taken out annually, a sum representing the tion to this rule, but it has long is laid in a mythical and pictures the Drst issue only. Ho did not grumbled the pessimist.

"Every bone in my body aches," difference butween

Britain's since become dormant and shows que Balkan kingdom. It tells of profess that this made ideal jus- receipts under the Diwen Plan no signs of again coming to life. the love romance between a wan

***Then you ought to be glad you The proposed catablishment of adering gypsy maid and the royal tice and he regretted it, but such, are not a herring," responded the and those contemplated by the branch of the English Association heir to the throne. They meet at in his opinion, was the result az optimist. Committee of Experts. Nothing envisages, something on a bigger a cireus carnival, and after a night carding to law. provoked the other

and all-embracing scale, and of love are parted by the in- creditor Powers more than the demand for of helping towards the creation of member of royalty cannot wed

should have the further advantage exorable law which' says that a restitution and it was on this point that International concord con- commoner. How the status of that finally Mr. Snowden relented. cerning the desirability of which each undergoes a change, how they we have heard so much in recent rise to helights of passion and Instead of the full amount, Britain years. We wish the movement sucrifice makes a play of unusual

recover eighty per cent.every success and entertain the power and charm. or approximately, £2,000,000 per hope that at the constituent meet- Miss Crawford is featured with Sub-Lieut. E P. P. Atkinson to Na. 27, Ashley Road, first floor, ing to be held shortly there will Nils Aather, and the supporting II. M. S. Bruce and Surgn. Lieut. Kowloon, to Mias Leanor Irents annum, Mr. Snowden's second he aumclent proming of a lively cast includes Alleen Pringle, A. J. Burden, M.B., B. Ch, to Collaco, No. 12, Tung Hing Road, protest had reference to the distri- I spell of life for the new venturo,

Carmel Myera, and Warner Oland. H. M. S. Cockchafer.

Mongkok, Kowloon.

ducs.

is to

ท excep.

Lords Atkin, Thinkerton, Tom- lin, and Blanesburgh, coricufrad.

The following forthcoming wed- dings are announced.---Mr. Marcus Antonio de Carvalho, No. 146. Orient Buildings, Kowloon, to Misa Lleat. J. A. W. Tothill has beon Elaline Maria Conceicao Osmund, appointed to II. M. S. Bruce, Lieut. The Hut," Castle Road, Hongkong; C. H. Dawson to II. M. S. Tarantula, Mr. Sebastiao Estevao Carvalho,