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THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE. STUBBS ROAD.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

ATUR DAY, OCT. 4, 1930.

THE VEHICUL R

FERRY.

A month ago, when the Unofficial members of the Legislative Council asked for further time in which to

consider the vehicular ferry pro- ject, we expressed surprise that' they should. by this means, cause further delay in reaching a decision on a matter which has been dis-

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1930.

DAY BY DAY

TOPSY-TURVEYDOM

Indeed, some such link is absolute; ly vital to the due and proper¦ development of the Colony. For this reason, wo have urged that]m efforts be made to secure financial|

IT HAS ALWAYS APPEARED TO ME assistance from the Colonial THAT GOOD MANNERS ARE ALMOST Development Fund. Whether any AS VALUABLE AN ASSET IN COM- attempt has been made along these MERCIAL AS IN DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS

-Lord Cromer, lines, we do not know, but we can

Mr. J. W: Franks has resumed see no reason why the relatively small amount which the Govern.duty as Superintendent of Prisons ferociously cut it across the middle boys, all over 16, had, however, an

His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. Wan Iu Shing to be Inspector of Vernacular Schools.

The Canton night-soil farmers and their employees are on strike The situation from hygienic point view is described as serious.

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The Bitter Biter Bil.

The Innocents.

A man who walked into a Paris The sights of London were seen restaurant sat down and ordered a recently by 18 boys, 17 of whom steak. Seizing knife and fork, he had never seen a train before. The

and held one half up edgeways, as intimate knowledge of motor-cars critical steak-caters will. Then ho and were quite familiar with aero- and motor-boata. They began to complain. The proprietor planes hurried up, but the customer had were natives of Stornoway, where already drawn a revolver, and he there is no railway. They left dropped him with a shot. He was their island for the first time on at once set upon by the other diners camping holiday... and badly mauled. Both proprietor and the customer were eventually removed to the same hospital, but the message does not say whether the steak was the cause of the diner's indisposition!

Wisely Forethought.

ment requires should not be secured in this way, especially as it can be shown that the Colony is at the moment finding it extremely dif- |ficult to raise extra revenue. If, as is the case, a substantial sum can be devoted from this Fund to the

Provision for her husband's "ax- und wife, if he shall be remarried," proposed railway between Haifa

was made by Mrs. M. D'Este and Bagdad, surely something can

Egerton, of The Croft, Great be spared for the provision of an

Bedwyn, Hungerford. Mrs. Egerton essential link in this Crown Colony.

Stealing red-hot stoves would ap-left the residue of her unsettled The decision of the Government

authoritiesparently be child's play for a thief estate, worth £11,098, upon trust, C. H. Egerton, to let out the concession by tender removed to the Government Civil being sought by the police of York, the income to go to her husband, is one which accords with pubic had had his foot crushed between ber climbed several poles and cut/D.S.O., M.G., for life, then in trust,

Hospital yesterday a Chinese who Pennsylvania. The unknown rob Lieut. Colonel

sentiment. There is no call

for

His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the Ordinance to provide for the taxa- tion of Light Hydrocarbon Oils.

The

military

Live Wire Thief.

One of the four original dia- That an estate in Scotland may coverers of the Rand gold mines, have the same value as a castle in which have been valued at £200,- Spain has been discovered by Dun- In a report to the police last 000,000, has been discovered liv.ngan N. Boyd aged 77, of Staten night, a coolic of the Hongkong in penury in a remote part of the Island, America. He was inform- Electric Company stated, that he Transvanal. He is Samuel Honey-d that a Scottish relative's will had was held up near Coney Glass ball, who for long has been believ-made him a beneficiary. He went Factory, Wanchai, by three mened to be dead. Shaggy and un Glasgow to claim the estate, but kempt, he told how, with Struben, found that although he was heir another finder, he beat the quartz to the property an aunt aged 93 Eighty samples were analysed in an old tin to extract the god. and a life interest in it. The cost under the Sale of Food and Drugs To-day he has only a pension of 50 of his journey had eaten up his ap- Ordinance for the quarter ended shillings a month, half of which savings, and he had to

ply to the New York Depart- September 30th. Of these, all goes in rent.

ment of Public were genuine excepting one each

Welfare for How's That Umpire! of butter, jam and sugar.

an old-age pension.

As and robbed of $3.

3 gun carriage and. a wall at 300 feet of heavy copper wire from for his second wife, if he remar 650-volt feed line of the York- ried, with remainder for any child- ren of the second marriage, or the Government to take up this Devil's Peak..

Railways Company. The theft was their issue. The ultimate residue,

the wire tyns transport service, especially since

It is notified that at the expira-committed while

failing issue of a second marriage. private enterprise is ready and will- tion of three months, the Union alive" with its 650-volt charge the left to her two brothers. ing to handle the project. To run Bank. Limited, will, unless cause is but the thief escaped unhurt.

Castles in Spain, shown to the contrary, be struck Life's Irony. | a Government service would involve off the register and the company

the creation of yet another Depart-will be dissolved. ment, whereas by letting out the; tender the authorities will be able to draw a steady revenue without becoming in any way involved in the operation of the system. the preliminary arrangements for the construction of the piers are new practically complete, a start should be made without further delay. In the meantime, the build- ing of the boats and the reaching: of a decision on the terms of the concession have to be considered, but by the end of two years the Colony should enjoy a very neces. sary service which it has for far too many years been without.

Juvenile Offenders.

A Ball of Fire.

While playing cricket, F. Brayil, The Hon. Sir Shouson Chow re-of Stony Stratford (Bucks), caught

Scores of people waiting for President Johnson this morning. Don't Dist-Loaf

trams on the Embankment, near turned to the Colony by the 8.3. a bird which flow into his hands.

Dr. Olga Staany, of Omaha, Neb-Blackfriars Bridge, shortly before Passengers by the same beat were

Consulate,

feet on Mr. Chan Lim-pak, Mr. Ho Kwong, raska, urges women to loat like midnight, gazed in wonder at a desk. Benefits "ball of fire" which played around and Mr. Harold Shantz, of the U. S. men,

claimed: less mental loginess, the top of a large tower on the op slimmer ankles."

posite side of the river. The ball The Autumn Jumble Sale

glowed a pinkish red colour like St. organised by the Union Church The Poor Pedestrian! will be held on

Motor cars in Amèrica will travel Elmo's fire which is frequently seen Friday, October

when at sea in thunderstorms. While the Goverment attitude ap 24th. Contributions of clothing, one hundred and fifty-six thousand around the trucks of ships masts the Church Hall on Wednesdays the National Automobile Chamber cussed again and again during the pears, in some degree, to savour of /etc., will be gratefully received at million miles this year, estimates Heavy clouds were above the tower

of Commerce, procrastination, the progress achiv and Saturdays. past three years. The position wased in movement for the

5,665. that the Government were ready to establishment of special courts for

Here is the long arm of coinci- go forward with the initial stages juvenile offenders together with and Building Ordinaance has been dence: At a London terminal sta- Zoology Department of the Univer of the project, but, for reasons less harsh system of punishment, amended as follows No person tion of the Southern Railway asity of Texas, who has been award- which were not disclosed, the Un-gives cause for satisfaction. The under the age of twelve years shall passenger applied for a lat class ed the prize of £250 by the Society be permitted upon any premises ticket at 5 minutes to 5 o'clock for for Advancement of Science, says officials were not prepared to give proposals have had the advantage used for the trade of rag-picking, the 5.5 p.m. train. The fare was he has discovered how to hasten, by of commanding widespread public rag-storing, hair-cleaning, feather- 59. 6d., and the ticket numbered 15,000 per cent, the evolutionary

storing or feather-cleaning." 15,556.

150 far met their views that

the

a

Section 13 of the Public Health

at the time but there was no rain. How Time Flies.

Dr. H. J. Huller, Professor of the

of short skirts," said Mr. H. R. thus bringing about changes. One Oswald, the West London Coroner. fact he says he has established is He recorded a verdict of Accident-that processes of evolution are ac- al Death at the inquest.

their consent. What has happened sympathy, almost popular approval,

changes that occur in fruit filles since is not known to the public, from the ouiset. The cost of the

Argument For Short Skirts.

over enormous periods of time. Mrs. Sarah Stedman of Bulwer- He can, he claims, condense into excepting that His Excellency met reform advocated, therefore, will A report has been made to the'

police by Mr. Bolton, assistant road, Fulham, S.W., trod on the one year all the changes that in the the Unofficial members and gave not be a weighty consideration.

head watchman of the Taikoo edge of her skirt, and fell, in steppast have taken 150 years to deve- them certain information which has. The cause of the youthful delin-Docks to the effect that two work ping back to avoid a motor van, lop. Dr. Muller, applied X-rays quent has been so well propounded men were injured whilst working his case is an argument in favour to the flies which released electrons,

who on board the by the Hon. Dr. Kotewell,

5.5. Hong Keng, no objection whatever was raised covered the whole ground from the through falling from a staging.

Both were admitted to the Govern to the resolution when it again need for the isolation of young

ment Civil Hospital. came before the Council on Thurs-offenders from pernicious and cor- day.

ruptive influences to the institution The information imparted to the of the system of binding over under band and the supervision of Unofficials appears to have been Probation Officers, that little re- that contained in the speech of the mains unexplained. It may well be, Colonial Secretary in introducing however, that while the Govern- the resolution. Reading it through, ment is awaiting the arrival of a model ordinance from the Colonial

we are still left in doubt as

to

TOOM

why the matter should ever have Office dealing with the whole ques- tion, certain minor improvements, been postponed. It is true Mr. not requiring legislation, could be Hallifax explained that whilst the put into operation. For instance, Government would build the piers, juvenile courts in England, as a the building and running of the rule, are dealt with in the boats would be a matter for public corresponding in Hongkong with the Magistrate's "Chambers" only tender, but that may have been the

parents, the police officers directly Government's intention at the time concerned in the case, a probation the resolution was first placed on officer, and the justices. (unpaid)) the agenda. In any case, it would being present. The offenders are surely have been an easy matter summoned to appear before the to sound the Government on the court. Only under most excep- tional circumstances are juvenile point, or to have pressed this view offenders subjected to arrest, where- when the motion came before the as in this Colony it is the Council. Be that as it may, any rather than the exception. The divergence of opinion on the sub-reason is, perhaps, óbvious, but ject has now disappeared, a fact even at risk of the "escape" of one which must be regarded as most for two offenders, some modification of the existing system seems highly gratifying. The fears expressed in desirable. 1928 regarding the ability of the vehicular ferry to earn sufficient A five year old Chinese girl of to justify the cost of installation 2, Sheung Fung Lane was taken to are no longer entertained, and the the Government Civil Hospital yesterday, suffering from a frac- Government is convinced that there tured skåll, caused by falling into is a genuine public demand for this the back yard from the first service. That is conclusion floor window.

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which has long since been held in

rule

Lane, Crawford's popular Kiosk other quarters, even though there and Tea Garden at Repulse Bay will be a minority which still has not be closed down for some time yet. During the winter months, it is doubts on the matter. Again and probable that it will be open to the again have we pointed to the prime public during week-ends. necessity of linking the two halves:

of the Colony by a well-organised

The King's Exequatur empower- ing Mr. H. Vander Straeten to act vehicular ferry service, and we as Belgian Consul-General at have shown how great the advan-Hongkong haa, received His tage would be to business concerns. Majesty's signature.

cidental.

Hypnotic.