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SINGING

IN THE

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PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN DURING

THIS UNSETTLED WEATHER.

RAINCOATS

AND

SOU WESTERS

TO MATCH

BLACK & BROWN.

WELLINGTON BOOTS

IN ALL SIZES.

GOLOSHES

ALSO

WATERPROOF GAITERS

Lane

Crawford, Ltd.

GROUND FLOOR.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

NOW IS THE TIME

TO GET YOUR

FRIGIDAIRE

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

0

OVER

1,000,000

IN USE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1930. FITI

fonsible. If the prevention of cruelty means the importation, of fewer animals per ahip, then so it must be.

In saying so much, we cannot, however, but feel some measure of sympathy for the masters of many of these Chinese steamers, who realise that if they object to carry- Ing the number of pigs which the owners desire transported, they stand a very good chance of dis missal; That point was brought

DAY BY DAY.

REMEMBER THE DIVINE SAYING, HE THAT КЕЕРТИ HIS

MOUTH, Walter KEEPETH HIS LIFE-Six Raleigh...

one

During the week-end,

of small-pox was Chinese case notified.

POLICE RESERVE.

ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.

Police Reserve Orders-by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, CMG Inspector General of Police, state

The Very Idea!

"Cate have not changed much When the since Chaucer's day, you know instinctively that he has Friar turns puss off the chair, chosen the most comfortable seat Chinese Company”.

in the place. And who has not | seen a cat wake from an apparent- Training Course Part 2-The ly drugged sleep the instant some- ~The P. and O. s.s. Malwa, from class for instruction in polled body gets up, and leap with fà-- Singapore, is due here at 11 am.dutits and regulations will be decent haste into the newly held a sun at the l'oice Train- vacated warm spot? A cat that on Thursday.

Ing School, Kowloon, on Tuesday, lives not far from my chambers," March 11th. at 5.30 p.m.

writes a correspondent to a Home Squad Drill-All recruits of paper, "after taking thought, has Chinese Company who have not yet arranged for a constant supply of passed part 1 of Training Course warm spots. will attend at Central Police Station or Thursday, March 18th. at 5.30 p.m. sharp for aquad drill under Sergeant. R. J. Hart. Dress-Much.

The P. & O. s.s. Mantua, from Hongkong, arrived at London on the 7th March at 9 a.m.

'The E. and A. Company's 8.8. St. Albans, from Manila, is due here to-morrow at daylight.

H.M.S. Cumberland left Ports- up in a case dealt with on Thurs-mouth on March 9 to rejoin the days there not, however, China Squadron. another way of combating the evil-namely, summoning the owners instead of the captain? These are the people mostly s blame, after all. The law is so framed that there should be no difficulty whatever in prosecuting the real offenders. Even some thing more might be done, in the interests of preventing cruelty, by

The Hon. Herbert Marler, the circulating to all ships on

Canada's first Minister to Japan, trade definite régulations regard-arrived hero on an official visit by Ing the manner in which pigs the s.s. Empress of Canada, being should be crated. Every possible accompanied by Mrs. Marler. means should be taken to put an end to the evil which has so long A good start has been made; let it continue.

DODWELL & Co., Ltd. persisted.

Sole Distributors

HONG KONG & 9. CHINA,

BIRTH.

CHALMERS.-To Mr. and Mrs. J. Chalmers, at the

E.

Peak

Hospital on March 9th., a

daughter,

The

Thongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY MARCH 10, 1990.

NEEDLESS CRUELTY.

Mr. L. Goldman was a passenger by the s.s. Empress of Canada, which arrived here yesterday.

The silk forwarded from here by the Empress of Russia on the 12th February arrived in Naw York (St. John's Park) on the 5th March, having been 21 days in transit.

duties

Sweden.

for

Seven Chinese were each fined A Political Crisis?.

$10 by Mr. Whyte Smith at the There seems little doubt that Kowloon Magistracy this morning political events at Home are shap-for causing cruelty to 17 pigs. ing themselves towards a crisis, Defendants were sitting on crates and that Mr. Lloyd George intends being transported in a lorry. to be the dominating figure, by

The Hon. G de Dardell, accom hook or by crook, in the downfall panied by his wife and two of the Labour Government.daughters, arrived here by the 4.8. Possibly it is his rightful position. Empress of Canada, en route to this Batavia, where he will take up his He has found himself in

as Consul-General Parliament. As a debater, he has no equal. All the genius and

which wizardry

carried him triumphantly to the front in the perilous days of the Great War is again at his command. He dwarfs his colleagues of the Opposition: he extracts admiration even from Mr. Maxton's clique. But we are inclined to doubt his sagacity on this occasion. The country does net want a general election. The general feeling is that the Labour Government should be given a fair chance of working to success or its own destruction. The attack is to

In January last, in commenting on cruelty to animals, we ventured to suggest that a sharp eye should be kept on landing places where pigs are brought into the Colony by steamer. We did this because be on the subject of unemploy- ment. The Government policy in

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"This engaging creature, m smoke-coloured Persian, with pro- found amber coloured eyes, waits for motor-cars to be driven in. Once the owner has departed, she stalks delicately up the front wing. of the car, and seats. herself blandly on top of the radiator,

Indian Company. ParadeAll ranks of the Indian

wherd the hot water bestows Company are reminded of the grateful warmth. Once aware of parade to be held at Police Head- the suspicion of a chill, she finds quarters under P/Sergeant R. Janother car more recently parked!✨ Hunt on Tuesday, March 11th. at Somatimes owners catch her at it, 5.30 p.m. sharp.

but they can seldom resist her blandishments. ・・

: Flying Squad.

The weekly lustructional patrol of the Kowloon Section will take place on Tuesday, March 11th Fall in at the Tsim-tsa-taui Fire Brigade Station at 5.30 pm: sharp.

Dress-Winter Uniform

and Cap with White Cover.

The weekly intructional patrol of the Hongkong Section will take place on Friday, March 14th. Fall in at the Central Police Station at 5.15 p.m. sharp. Dress Winter Uniform and Cap with White Cover.

Sharpshooters Company.

Rifle Intruction Class-This will be discontinued until further

notice.

General,

Revolver Practice. The week- ly Revolver Practice (voluntary)

Admitting a charge of larceny ofwill take place at the Bowen Road five iron bars from the Wing Yik Revolver Range on Wednesday, contractors of Tung Choi Street, March 12th. from 9.00 pa. to 10.30 Mongkok, a Chinese was sentenced Pm to one month's hard labour by Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning..

Captain A. J. L. Whyte return- ed to the Colony by the as. Empress of Canada yesterday. It will be recalled that his engage- Tyler, a young American heiress, was recently announced.

ment to Miss Frances Vandyke

(Sgd:) D. L KING, D.S.P. (R.)

MARINE COURT.

RUNNERS IN TOO MUCH OF

runners

A HURRY.

Two Chinese boarding house pleaded guilty when brought before Commdr. J. B. Six men who were arrested at Newill, D.S.O., R.N., at the Marine 145, Woosung Street in possession Court this morning, for boarding

Scratch Golfer (modestly)→→→ "Bad luck you got me for a partner. Been right off my gamo

hope you won't mind?" Flapper (airily) "Not at all. I've never played before."

It has been suggested that men dress-suits, to distinguish them should wear gold braid on their

from waiters.)

My suit resembles that of him

Who looks for largesse when

I've paid

For dinner.

one's whim

Hence, 'tis some-

That Snip my glad. rags well

might trim

With strips of lovely golden

braid.

Yet, when I. come-to-think of it, This innovation I'll not dare. 'Twould save confusion not a

bit:

As sure as egga, some poor half-

wit

a

Would think me a commix.

Bionaire

"Ye're late Rastus."

this morning,

"Well, sab, when Ah looked in de glass dis mornin' Ah couldn't ace meself there, 80 Ah thought. Ah'd gone to work It was only Bome: time afterwards, dat Ah dis- covered dat de glass had dropped out ob de frame.”

Two sentries were marching up

we had reason to think that a this respect cannot be expected to of seditious documents and pamph- the Empress of Canada without and down their separate beats, lets, were charged before Mr. the permission of the master or For some time the old lady watch- ed them in allence. But at last Whyte Smith at the Kowloon the officer on duty.

They stated that other boarding-she could keep silent no longer,. Magistracy this morning, and, on the application of Detective Ser-house runners were waiting to get and grabbed one of the men by "Can't you two silly lads make geant O'Donovan, the defendants aboard. They wanted to speak to the arm. were remanded for 48 hours for the passengers before the others,

and climbed on board by means of it up and be friends?" she asked further enquiries.

poles.

reproachfully.

A fine of $20 was imposed. Another boarding-house runner charged with the same offence, the steamer in this case being the President Pierce, was similarly

great deal of needless cruelty was show its strength or even its weak- being caused to these animals,

nesses at this stage. We fail, both in the manner in which they therefore, to understand what Mr. are transported and even also Lloyd George hopes to gain by the threat issued when they are being brought carrying out ashore. It is, therefore, most from the Liberal headquarters

Because he had a previous con- satisfactory to note that the police during the week-end. Co-operation are at present prosecuting a cam-between Labour and the Liberals viction for larceny last year, when a sentence of one month's hard has been a polite fiction for some paign against the perpetuation of little time; the calling off of the labour was imposed, a Chinese who appeared before Mr. Whyte Smith this evil, witness the number of truce on the unemployment issue at the Kowloon Magistracy this fined.

For failing to stop when called cases which have recently been means nothing if it does not mean morning was given a term of three brought into Court.

simply and solely that Mr. Lloyd months' imprisonment for stealing upon to do so by a Police officer, Six mistresses and two masters From the prosecutions which George is bent on bringing about a quantity of wood from a build-the master of a boat was fined $10. of passenger boats pleaded guilty have already taken place, it is the defeat of the Government. It ing contractor's shed.

remains to be seen whether he will Falling off a motor lorry whilst when they were charged with evident that the custom of trans-succeed; whether the Conservatives it was in motion, Kwong Yam, lying inshore during prohibited porting pigs in crates, much as we

will follow his lead blindly. It is aged 24 years, received injuries hours and were fined $5 each, with see, them being moved About on

a very dangerous path the Con- to the head and face to which he the exception of one of the women shore, has long been followed servatives

later succumbed in the Kwong defendants, who, his Worship are asked to tread,

Wah Hospital. The man, who found, was fined for a similar when bringing these animals into especially at this time, when they lived at 904, Canton Road, offence only four months ago. the Colony from other ports. do not know definitely whether the attempted to jump off motor lorry She was fined $6. There can, of course, be no objec-epilt caused by Beaverbrook enter-2480, whilst it was in motion in Road. The accident tion whatever to this, so long as prise has been healed, or whether Waterloo 6 o'clock. due and proper precautions are the power wielded by Lord Rother. occurred yesterday evening about mere is assured to them or not. taken to prevent needless cruelty. There is no more friendship be Arrested at 883, Canton Road It has been revealed, however, tween the Liberais and the Tories with po piu lottery tickets in his that it is quite a common thing than there is between either and possession a Chinese was fired

That the Executive Committee to pile up the crates three or four the Labour Party...and when Mr. $50 by. Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning deep, with no matting provided, so Lloyd George launches his big at for possession and a further 350 of the Navy League fally ap that the creatures get cat and tack, the Conservatives may find it for. keeping a common gaming preciates the financial assistance politic to absent themselves, from house. A female who was arrest-rendered by, the Hongkong: branch bruised and thus suffer very con- the House And a frustrated ated In-possession of pa ̈piu' an of the League as a result of the siderable pain. In fact, in recent tack will do the Liberals more nouncements on the same floor Nelson Day concert held in. Octo-

harm than good.

EXCHANGE RATES.

cases it has been shown that some of the pigs have succumbed as a result of the ill-treatment to which they have been subjected. What, in some respects, is even worse sull is the fact that in trips -from-Hollow and Kwang Chow

Paro Wat, no food' or water has been Brükide provided for the pigs. The plea Genure

Amsterdam put forward by a defending solici Milan Betha tor, in one. row of crates were permitted, Copenhagen fewer pigs would be brought into Oslo...

Vienna the Cology and the price of pork Prague would therefore increase, is not one Madrid

Helsingfors which is likely to appeal to Lisbon Athens ATTOR humanitarians The magistrate-

Bucharest rightly retorted to this submission Rio. that that was, no concern of hig: Buenos Aires

Bombay he was only concerned with the Shanghai

Hongkong question of cruelty. In any case,

Yokohama to condone cruelty for the sake Silver (spot). of getting cheap pork, does not Silver (forward) strike us as being in any way de-

none case, that if only one Stockholm.

* British Wireless.

THE NAVY LEAGUE.

HONGKONG HELP MUCH APPRECIATED.

was fined $25 or three weeks' imber laat is indicated in a letter re- ceived by the local Hon. Treasurer prisonment. N

from Commander HM. Demy, Chan Fook-chuen, a youth of 16 R.N., the General Secretary.

This letter, which-coiies.from years, residing at 150, Portland Street, has been admitted to the the headquarters of the League in Kowloon Hospital suffering from London, expresses sincere thanks injuries received as a result of to the Hongkong branch for the colliding with a nuliph wall in very generous donation of £25 for Propaganda General Expenses and Argyle Street, whilst riding a .34806

bicycle. It appears that he 125 which has been allocated to 25.135 attempted to turn to Argyle the Nelson Day Fund which 12.12% Street near the Faumat! Police finances Sea Cadets

London, Mar 0

124.23

•

"Are you used to large dinner:

"Yes, I can serve both ways,. parties," asked the raistress. mum," replied the cook,

"Both ways? Whatever do you mean?"

"So they'll come again or 60. they'll stop away," replied the cook

Solleitor at Bow County Court when were you married? Woman To which one. I have had two

goes.

WHO WAS..

HARRY

LORREQUER?

"The Confessions of Harry Lorreguer did not receive any great praise from the reviewers when it first appeared in 1837, but the general public over ruled the critics, and took the novely with its high spirited: Irish hero, to their hearts,

Harry Lorrequer's cacaparton certainly thake ampsing reading. Do his setumita Ireland, after serving under Wellington in one·· of the Napoleonio campaigns, his life ra through a serios-of- tragi-comic situations.

It he mass pal Lengaging sig was staggering his captain by duels with perfect strangers presenting a blackened face morning parade; the claret and punch which he consumed #onki

.92:82 20.88 Station, but skidded and struckMy Committee, says Comman-have floated a liner, and the

der: Denny, "desire you to be so 18.11 the nullah wall:

kind as to convey to your Commit

18.12 18.17

Charged with being in posses tee their appreciation of your good 34.605sion; of two elik garments reason-forts on their behalf, and they are 165.3/10 ably suspected of having been especially glad that the Sea Cadet movement will be furthered in this 1934 stolen or unlawfully obtained(a)

108.30

40.00 Chinese who appeared before ountry by such splendid financial

Whyte Smith at the Kowloon opport." Magistracy this morning intimated

...5.23/32

that the clothing had been left on 11.

43.5/82 board & Canton steamer by the Wallet on her way from Hong- 1/6.27/82 owner, and, seeing nobody claim kong to Kongmbon on Friday even- .1/10% the parcel, he had taken it. Pointing the e.s. Yuet On went aground

1/6 Ing put that he could not take acar Wangmoon at about 11 p.m.. 2/0.11/82 other people's parcels because and remained fast for close to 12 10,3/10 they had been forgotton his Wor hours. She returned to Hongkong 15/10 ship sentenced the defendant to yesterday morning, about eight

hours overdue... six weeks hard labour.

butchers were hard put to it to keep him supplied with the de- favourite dish. He fell in love villed kidneys which were his with startling frequency, but his affairs were rarely of long duration, and still more rarely of a Borious nature

It is not surprising that le ehould appeal to the popular fancy. His temperament way just that mixture of impetuous ness, good, humour and care- free gaiety which earn for their owners the title of the best of good fellow's.