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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929.

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR

FRIGIDAIRE

E

THERE ARE DOMESTIC MODELS OF FROM FOUR TO EIGHTEEN CUBIC FEET STORAGE CAPACITY.

OVER

1,000,000 ||

IN USE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

tries, and then to turn round and, without any attempt to prepare the way by improved organization or

DAY BY DAY.

WHAT WE CALL TACT IS THE to explore the possibilities of ABILITY TO FIND BEFORE IT IS TOO. International agreements, to throw LATE WHAT IT IS THAT OUR FRIENDS her hand in by a sudden raising DO NOT DESIRE TO LEARN FROM US

-S. M. Crothers, of the costa of production by as much, as 10 por cent. The dangers of such a volte-face,

II.M.S. Hermes has arrived in port and is moored at Buoy No. 1. in the present environment of the Another Britlah case of diph

coal industry, would be immense. theria was notified over the week But the most serious practical ¡ end. objection to a repeal of the Eight Hours Act is that It will almost

PL

HONGKONG WEDDING IN SHANGHAI,

·MR. A. K. MACKENZIE' AND

MISS A, MILLER."

The Very Idea!

Now that last week's visitors have gone, perhaps it will be saté to print the following extract from a copy of the Manchester Guardian", dated about three years ago:

A pretty wedding took place last Thursday afternoon in the Holy

"In England the conventions Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, when Miss Annie Miller, only daughter are unwritten rules and regula of Mr. and Mrs. J. Finlay Miller, tions which you defy or conform of Hongkong, became the bride of to according to your sense of Mr. Alexander Konneth Mae humour, But a Convention in kenzie, younger son of the late America is a concrate, living, kong and Mrs. Mackenzie. Dean should call it a Conference, or a Mr. Alexander Mackenzie of Hong-palpitating fact. In England we

The Empress of Russia, which certainly entail another intruct-left Hongkong on the Oct. 9th, at- A. C.-S. Trivett officiated,

| rived at Vancouver on the Oct. 26th, able dispute about wages." " Tho owners do not seem at all Inclined to pay the increased piece-rates that will be necessary if the miners are to retain their present

The Sanitary Department Of weekly earnings. The minors will

ficers' Club is giving a farewell | doubtless oppose a reduction of dance to Dr. Fawcett at Lane, weekly earnings. Another wage Crawford's Restaurant n Thurs dispute! And what then? What day night. would be the position of the Government in such a conflict? Benevolent Society acknowledge The Committee of the Hongkong The increased piece-rates would be with grateful thanks a donation an integral part of the whole iden of $10 from M. J. . In memory of of the shorter working week; and, the late Mrs. Sverre Bery. the Government might feel bound

Senor Miguel Fleta, the famous to secure these for the miners by Spanish tenor, who arrived in

co-

one"

The bride, who was given away Beanfeast, or a blend of both by her father, looked charmin... în something between the British The s.s. Ceylon (Swedish East a wedding gown of "off white" Association and the annual picnic Asiatic Co., Ltd.) loft Hamburg on French taffetas appliquod with of the Hearts of Oak Benefit the 24th instant and is due here sliver and resca of the dress Society. A Convention is a on December 8th.

material, The bodice was operative outing upon a vast scale, fashioned in long straight lines, confined to commercial or pro and the full dipping skirt was feastonal gentlemen all of gracefully scalloped round the calling. These, mobiliae: onca. hem. The bride also wore an em. year and descend upon some broidered court train of the same chosen and appropriate spot to material as the dress, and her celebrate their own existence with Brussels lace veil was held in feasting and song. They aro orange blossom and addicted to badges, buttons, and place with white heather. Sliver kid shoes occasionally, distinctive headgear." were worn and she carried a dou They hold banquets, where they quet of white roses, sweet nens indulge an incredible passion for and orange blossom, tied with oratory. They move about chiefly silver ribbons.

in procession. Usually they have some slogan or war-cry of their own, and when they feel like it they halt and deliver it in chorus,

Miss Nanai Pugh, the brides maid, was dressed in powder blue chiffon trimmed with silver, worn

match and a blue hat.

DODWELL & Co., Ltd. legislation. This would be carry- Hongkong from Maple yesterday, with a little bine chiffon, coattee regardless of the presence of the

Sole Distributora HONG KONG & S. CHINA

ing matters pretty far; but it may be doubted whether even this || would suffice to avert or terminate

a conflict.

It is when we look at matters ANNOUNCEMENTS. as closely as this that we perceive The Wedding of Me C. W. E. the perils with which the hours Bishop to Miss Marjorie. l.question in the coal mines Is beset Hansen will take place at St. There are many dangers in the Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on situation, not the least of which Wednesday, 20th November, at is that the Government might be 3 pm, and afterwards at the drawn on, almost despite itself, to Peninsula Hotel. No invita- tions will be issued but all some hastily improvised project of friends will be cordially, wel-nationalisation. The leaders of comed.

the Labour Party must have been

j

has unfortunately been

She

and the concert arranged for to-carried a bouquet of pink carna night has had to be cancelled.

tions. The Misses Kitty and Joan

Ross, acted as flower giria and For committing a breach of the word period dresses of blug geor-. conditions of her licence by curry-gette and taffetta, with, bouneta, ing cargo instead of passengers, of silver roses. the mistress of a passenger_boat. was fined $2 at the Marine Court this morning. before Mr. T. W. H.

Husegood.

Mrs.

Nottingham Woman-I am full of rheumatism. Her Husband-

her But it has not gone into tongue.

with their enormous vitality, their lalty.... They galvanise the place remoracless bonhomie, and their wholehearted absorption in the matter in hand-the promotion of Big Business, and the general J. Miller, the bride's boosting of their own particular

дп ensemble of Brotherhood." mother, wore,

with a blue velvet hit to match. French blue lace and georgette Her bouquet was of pink crygan A Gazette Extraordinary issued themums. The groom's mother, yesterday notified that H.E. the Mrs. Mackenzie wore a gown of Governor had resumed the admini-silver lace over charmeuse, with a Woman at Willesden-My, little stration of the Government, and silver and lavender velvet hat, and | boy wants to go to work. Magis- trate-Splendid fellow! Some that the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern carried a bouquet of tea, roses.

15 Colonial The best man at the wedding much bigger boys don't want to had" resumed duty. Secretary, whilst Mr. D. W. Trat was Mr. W. W Mackenzie, the bro work at all. man returned to his post as Clerk ther of the groom, and the ushers were Mr. H. R. Cleland and Mr. J. Henry. Mr. G. H. Piercy sang "I will lift up mine eyes" during the service, while the bride and groom were in the vestry.

Including two new Musical Masterpiece The wedding of Miss Mary Kot-alive, to all the possibilities when of Councils. Series.

No. 56 Le Cid-Ballet (Massenet)

By Alfred Heriz & San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

2

No. 55 Symphony No 6 in GMajor- Surprise" (Haydn) By Serge Konssevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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A Special Display now being made on

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wall, daughter of Mr and Mrs. they pledged themselves to deal E. D. Kotwall, to Dr. M. B. with the question, but the point. Osman, M.D., of the Univer-now is whether they have any idea sity of Hongkong, will he solemnised on Friday, 8th No as to how the difficulties are to be vember, 1929. A reception surmounted.

It looks na if the

The management of the Star Theatre has arranged to exhibit a short film illustrating the activities of the Kailan Mining Administra- tion during the 9.20, p.m. show to- morrow. The film will give a gen-

will be given at the Roof Gar-testing time for Labour statesman-eral impression of the five collieries

den of Hongkong Hotel at 3.30 ship is here.. p.m. invitations are be- ing issued, but all friends are cordially invited to the recup tion.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY, OCT. 29, 1929.

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of the Administration, and should prove exceptionallye interesting.

Nazarus.

was seen

Following the service a recep; tion was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ross, 199 Rte. Gustace de Bolusezon where a number of friends "athered to can ratulate Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie and drink their health. The honeymoon is to be spent in Japan. The bride's going-away costume was an ensemble of green moire silk with, hat and shoes to match, worn with stone marten furs, a gift from the bridegroom."

CORRESPONDENCE.

Imported Goods.

[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]

think alike."

Witness at Glasgow--The police. man was of the same opinion as myself, so I just said, "Great minds Man at the Thames Court-I with was having an argument three women.

Mr. Cairns, Magia- Erate That is a giant's task,

Willesden Magistrate-Do you complain that your husband Ill- treats you? Wife-No, not exact ly: but the sight of him makes me 11.

Solicitor at. Glasgow--Are you willing to go back to your hus- band? Woman-While there is the breath of life in me-never! And

there's that!

mons

Applying for an assault "Bum- at Old Street, London, IL man said he threw the person concerned downstairs 18 years ago.. Mr. Snell-Now he has chucked you. downstairs, so that is all right.

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"A quart of cow's milk in this. bottle, please."-

"But that bottle is too small for" a quart of cow's milk."

"Then I will have a quart of goat's milk."

Sir,- wonder if any of your readers can any definitely"whether there is any justification for a gen BETTE eral increase in the price of im- ported commodities.

Now that the exchange is down competition among foreign ex- porters will naturally force down the prices of our imports and buyers here will be just where they stood before the drop.

Why on earth, then, should some

WHO

WAS " ? Dinah

Morris.

In the little churchyard of. Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, is

a stone engraved with the words, "Elizabeth Evans; known to the world as Dinah Bedc." The lady thus com memorated was the, aunt of George Eliot. She was.....£ sweat, saintly woman," ever ready to help the desolate and afflicted, and while George Eliot was still a young girl" she heard her aunt mention how she had gat up all night "in the cell of a condemned girl and ridden with her to the scaffold. This incident.linger- ed in George Eliot's mind, and was made the nucleus of her most famous novel. "Adam Bede."

The executors of the estate of U.S. Embassy Incident.

the late Dr. R. A. Belilios, M.13, The disturbance at the gates of FR.C.S., have, handed all prescrip the American Embassy in London tiens for the past seventeen years is a matter for regret, and the Brit Messrs. Lazarus, Shanghai. tish people must feel gratified that Hongkong patients of the Inte Dr. the police took adequate, even drastic, steps to prevent the affair Belilios may obtain copies of their from developing. more seriously.prescriptions or renewals of lenses The action of a gang of irresponsby applying to the local office of ibles inspired by soup-box orators will not, we are certain, be misin- terpreted in the United States,.. "I am going to stop this fooling where similar outbreaks occasional about on bicycles," said Mr. E, W. THE COAL PROBLEM.ly require to be dealt with. The Hamilton at the Central Police incident merely illustrates the Court this morning, when he fined dangers of delays in justice, even a Chinese youth $10, or 12 atrokes, "The problem of the conl mines when unavoidable. Had the trial for riding a pedal cycle to the is likely to loom largely within the of the sixteen Gastonia strikers danger of the public. Similar evi- proceeded normally there would dence was given to the cases heard course of the next few days. The have been no prospect of Cout yesterday, the police stating that MacDonal Administration has munist reaction outside the United the defendant

riding States. But the collapse of one of round and round in circles, in the been in close touch with the the jurors in the Charlotte court-middle of motor traffic.

Before the fall of the dollar, im Miners' Federation or the sub-room, the postponement of the trial,

ports were coming in from abroad Admitting a charge of theft of and I suppose foreign exportera jeet, and to-morrow the Govern- and the publicity given to the some

what strange method of selecting chicken from a man living on were putting up their price to us ment's final proposals are to be the jurymen, drew worldwide at the Castle Peak Road, a Chinese, to cover the adverse exchange. submitted to the miners' leaders. tention to a rather distressing case, who appeared before Mr. T. S. They certainly could not be ex- How these will be received by the and provided Communist agitators Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Ma-pected to sacrifice their profit and

with material for their vilifications miners, time will tell, but we fear of what they choose to call cupita-gistracy this morning, was stated send out their goods just to oblige there is some prospect of seriouslistle institutions. To refer them to have been arreated with the us. trouble, especially if the intract to the bloodthirsty activities of fowl in his pocket. When ques- Soviet tribunals, to the impositiontioned, he took the police to where able element within the Federn-of death sentences for so-called cor- the chicken had been taken. A tion takes up a stubborn attitude. ruption, and equally scandalous fine of $10 or 14 days' hurd labour The Government says it is pre-

treatment of all fellow-beings who in default was imposed. fall foul of the leaders of an "en- pared to redeem its election pledges to amend the Eight Hours Art by substituting for it a seven- hours' day, but there seems little trouble doubt that this will involve some reduction in wages. It is on this point that wo may expect friction. In its efforts to placate the miners, the Government says it is seeking to obtain an assurance from the owners that wages shall not be

the lawlessness which gave rise to Ellis Kadoorie School has re-with a special recommendation to cut, but the owners are apparently the Gastonia events, occurred in a cently been presented with three come to this concert, and it is in- not prepared to give any such region where the jury system has early Admiralty engravings, dated possible to inform then individual- assurance. They argue that a re- not been properly developed. A 1846 The thanks of the staff and ly of its cancellation, I shall be leading American journal points boys has been expressed to the glad if you will give prominened duction of hours would lead to re-out that where it ordinarily takes generous donor, Sir Henry Pollock, to this letter, "minimise disap- duction of output, and that the forty men to furnish a jury of Kt, K.C., LL.D., who, as always,pointment-Yours, etc.,

men were called in still takes a keen interest in educa- foreign market can only be retain- twelve, 668

Gastonia before the requisite dozen tion. The engravings are thrac ed, in such circumstances, hy were selected. About, 200 were views of the Harbour taken in the excused without any examination early days of British possession, reducing the wage rate.

and the others were eliminated and will prove of great interest Recent comments on the situa-after weeks of laborious question and instruction in the teaching of tion have emphasised the pointing. When all the bother seemed local geography,

Among the passengers who left on the President Madison for that whilst there may have been to be over, a man collapsed, brought

Convicted on a charge of being Seattle via ports to-day are Mrs. an overwhelming case against the an end to the trial, and dashed the

hopes that a tense situation would in possession of seven jars of E. Warwick of the Warwick lengthening of hours in 1926, it be relieved by the court proceed dutiable wine, a Chinese, stated to Theatrical Co., travelling does not follow that a shortening ings. The story reveals that the be the master of a fishing boat, Shanghai; Mr. and Mrs. E. now would be politic. The paint American jury system is undoubt was fined $230 or three months Bathurst, travelling to Shanghai

edly cumbersome. The matter is has been well put that nothing one which a subcommittee of the hard labour by Mr. T. S. Whyte (Mr Bathurst is attached to the could be more disastrous for the National Commission on Law Ob Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy Chinese Maritime Customs); Mr. coal industry than to force the servance and Enforcement is now this morning. A second man, A. Brostedt, Far Eastern Agent studying, and a remedy would be whom the prosecution was aatls- of the Canadian National Rail pace, as Britain has been doing found, we think, in reduction of the fled did not belong to the boat, ways, travelling on a business for the past two and a half years number of challenges and of ex was discharged. The wine was trip to Japan, and General M. A.

emptions, and the interrogation of stated to have been found under Cohen, connected with the Cantonerring. In n price-cutting competition furore by the judge Instead of by the hatches, Both wine and bont Government, travelling to Shang- with other coal-producing coun- the lawyers for the defence.

hal.

Kowloon, Oct. 29th, 1929.

lightened people" is worse than The police have, been notified

purpose is to that a robbery has taken place at of our retailers, be pushing up useless. Their talk, not to listen. Of course, "Deepdene," Deep Water Bay, the their prices?-Yours, etc.,. the facts of the Gastonia | residence of Mr. Seth, someone

PUZZLED. were misrepresented in having stolen from an unlocked Trafalgar Square. There is no pump-house, which stands about likelihood of sixteen men going to 400 yards below the private the electric chair for the murder of residence, a three-quarter horse the Chief of Police. The charge power electric motor water pump, against nine of the prisoners was which is valued at $150. dropped, the remaining seven were theft occurred between midnight found guilty and were liable to ex-on Sunday and 7 a.m. the foll ecution, though this sentence is not ing day, being carried out. Unfortunately,

were confiscatėda

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Cancellation of Fleta's Recital

Sir,It is announced that Miguel Fleta's recital to-night has been cancelled. As upwards of 250 people were circularised by the Hongkong Musical Society.

A. M. BOWES-SMITH.

Hon, Secretary. Hongkong, Oct. 28th, 1929.

to:

Dinah Morris was a gentle," unselfish creature, who work- ed in a cotton-mill by day, and spent her hours of leisure preaching the Gospel in the felds and on village, greenb.. The nineteenth century saw a great Methodlst revival, arid Dinah was one of the most des voted adheronts of that sect.. So pure was her face, so in- nocently-kind her eyes, 60. angelic her disposition that she never once met with in- civility from even the coarsest and most ignorant of men.

When her pretty, foolish cousin Hetty Sorrel was un- der sentence of death, it was: Dinah who persuaded her to make confession of her sin. who stayed with her and com- forted her until the reprieve came: Ultimately Adam Bede married Dingh

This sweet woman's life, illustrated the power that the truly pure of heart can exor- clae over the foolish and the