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THE HONGKONG G TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1932.

"AUSTRALIAN IN

COURT.

CHARGED WITH ARMS POSSESSION.

TO-DAY'S RACING

PROSPECTS.

GOOD SPONT LIKELY AT VALLEY.

1,185 HYMNS TO GO.

SECRET DECISION OF METHODISTS.

The greatest secrecy is being obsarved respecting the 1,000 Thymins

for. chosen

the new Methodist Hymn. Book, which will

Bext

the three

Described as a native of Binda

(By "Ringtail"). village, New South Wales, Austra Ha, J. A. Pagett, nged 31, unem- There should be a large crowd be submitted for approval by the ployed,

appeared before

meetings of Mr. at the Valley this afternoon when Methodist Conference. Wynne Jones at the Central Police the Eastern Mpeting concludos. Court this morning on a charge Excellent sport is likely, with the of being in possession of un au course still very fast. My neler tomatic pistol and seven roundations are as follows:

of ammunition in Johnston Road, Wanchal, yesterday.

Dotective Sergeant Kennedy, who prosecuted, applied for 24 hours remand and asked that ball He be made rather substantial. auggested. $2,500,

a

The defendant said he was stranger to the Colony, having no friends whatever in Hongkong. and it was impossible for him to find bail. He had been working in Maula and had come to Hong- kong with only $24 in his posse sion. He thought he would do the best he could for himself and tried to sell the revolver in order to raise money ma he desired to go! io Canton. He did not know the laws of Hongkong and was aware that he was violating them in trying to sell the weapon.

His Worship remarked that in that ease it was of do ure nfering The defendant bail, but he would bave to fix the sum at $2,500 as! applhd for by the police.

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The defendant was accordingly remanded until to-morrow,

MR. DRINAN'S SIGNATURES.

TEN ALLEGED FORGERIES.

The extradition warrant issued) by the British Government against} Mr. Charles James Beile, the for-1 tner British Vice-Consul at Nice. was brought before the court of appeal ut Alx.

The warrant was issued in con- nexion with charges under the Bri-j Ish Forgery Act. Mr. Bente,

it

1st Race, Hetman. Sitting Bull. Coronation Eve..

2nd Race. Canny'.

But After That.

Choy Pak.

3rd Race. Gold Key. The Tiger. Imperial Null,

4th Race. Mistletoe. Jupiter. Poeanhontas.

5th Race. Until Then. Chiu Qunn. The Ruinstorm. 6th Race. Gleneagles.

King's Bounty. Boxing Eve.

7th Race, Philanderer. Ghost Train. Fighting Blond. 9th Race. Woodland Stag Polar Stur. Season Ticket.

19th Race. King's Justlec, Princess Justice. Denz

10th Race.

Deveron. Powhattan. Navy Hall.

lith Race.

Don.

Indiana. Chivalrous,

It is known. however, that the Hymn Book Committes which had

over

to consider the claims for 2,000 different hymns in the four present Methodist, Hymnals reject- ed the remainder and accepted Anally about two-thirds.

Every member of the committed. is bound in honour to maintain secrecy concerning the old-fashion- ed hymia which have been excluded. and the modern ouer their place.

that take

Some of the less popular of

Charles Wesley's many hymns havo hegn omitted.

A member of the Hymn Book

| Committee states:

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"Many Methodists are

afrald

new

re-

that the old Methodist hymns will

that 踣 displaced and theological balance is to be in- troduced. Methodists are peculiar.

y sensitive on these points,

"The Committed sought to nie as many favourites of former kaya as possible and not to disturb the old Methodist atundards, while enriching the Hymn Book with the mus in use by other churches. The Committee has examined wver 50 hymn books in use by other hurches, and chosen from them about 150 hymns.

As far as possible the new Hymn Book will be limited to 1,000

The final draft will be completed after Easter,

COLLEGE BARGE

FIRE.

DISASTER ON EVE OF

OXFORD TORPIDS.

On the eve of the Torpids, Uni-

is alleged, made fraudulent use of Fire completely destroyed a timber versity College had the misfortune official documents and stampes in yard in Austin Rond, near Canton to have its barge put out of action on Saturday morning. The by a fire. The interior of the connexion with the supposed trans-Rond

alarm was reculved just before noon barge was almost destroyed und a fer of stock from the late Mr.

and it was not until about two hours Drinan, a rich recluse, to the late later that the Kowloon Brigade was great deal of the contents, such as. Mr. J. Hajat.

able to return to the Station after bars, boals; and rowing clothes, was M. Kahn, the Public Prosecutor. successfully extinguishing the flames, damaged, some beyond repair. The bow of the Oxford bont which boat read

statement IL

Cambridge in 1901 was injured.

Owing to the fact that all the windows were closed the fire was confined to the interior and was

Mr. by Gerald F. Gurrin, a handwriting! As a result of being struck by a expert, of Holborn Viaduct, Lan- piece of rock during blasting opern don, in which Mr. Guerin declared tons at the Government Quarry at

Talkoktaui yesterday afternoon, that he had examined eleven daca stone breaker, Chan Cheung, aged unable, therefore, to spread to other

nents purporting to bear Mrof Kip Shek Mei, was removed to the Drinan's signature. In his opinion, Kowloon Ilospital, where he died at all save one of the signatures were 6,50 this morning. false.

College barges moored in the im- mediate vicinity. The Oxford Volunteer Fire Brigade was prompt Miss Dora Drinan, daughter of A distinctly brighter than to arrive and pumped in so much the late Mr. Drinan, declares that Wheeler-Woolsey production at the Operations to raise the stern were "Half Shot at Sunrise," the new water that the barge's stern sank. the signatures are authentic.

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Tuughter during yesterday's per- his excellent reputation, and while formances. The inimitable pair are. The extent of the damage is en- admitting that he had possibly com- engaged in a

tussle with rival timated at £500. The cost of the mitted a professional error, argued gangsters and emerge, of course, with barge, when it was built in 1878, that there was not sufficient evi-flying colours, after many amusing was £2,000. So far the cause of

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