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MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1932.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPII.

BRITISH VAGRANT

LIFE'S HARD PEAK MOTOR-CAR

KNOCKS.

HONGKONG STREET TRAGEDIES.

"HOMO" RETURNS TO

THE FRAY.

COLLISION.

FRENCH OWNER FINED FORTY DOLLARS.

ON WRONG SIDE.

The summons against M. Paul Meunier, of the Cle de Charbon- nages de Tonkin, for negligent and dangerous driving and for Sir, I have been trying to being on the wrong side of the elucidate the "X-Q.Y.", myatery road, as a consequence of which, It seems to be well on the way to it was alleged, a collision with warda an algebrale equation, but Mr. II. R. B. Hancock's car hap as the conclusion of the letter repened on April 3, on Stubba Road, fera to babies, there is a romote near Jardine's Corner, concluded possibility that your correspon before Mr. Schofield at the Cen- dent. winlica to convey that he hutral Mingistracy on Saturday after- ten-quite young-confined to a noon. The defendant was fined $40 for being on the wrong side nom de plume is sufficiently intri- of the road, but was acquitted on guing to induce me to bite. Hope the summons In respect of negll- we shall be duly enlightened.

"X-Q.Y." contends that the com-gent and dangerous driving.

The collision, it was disclosed, parative absence of home life in

Mr. was almost head-on, and

hotel bedroom. Anyhow, the

A remarkable 'fent by a German woman daro-devil ia illustrated above. Fraulein Morti Jumped 66 feet into the street, turning a comereau't and

for a wageri

Ilongkung is accounted for by the E. O. C. Marton, who represented landing on a mattress. She did it

nature of the accommodation-

built Ants.

Mr. Hancock's Chinese chauffeur,

hotel rooms and ill-planned, Jerry-stated that the vehicle, a Crossley.

Το my mind, home life Is 11 question more of contented human relationship than of spacious living room, and Hongkong's real trouble lies in

the young wife's many opportuni- tles for having what ale considera a better time outside the marilal relationship.

Interesting Change,

obtained

And

Our III

tit

was amashed beyond repair. No claim was being made in that Court, but the insurance Company affected had been notified of thei acellent.

Was

The two enrs

were

CORRESPONDENCE.

"ilongkong Women"

Mr.

tu

as men-

(2) Society for the Boycott of Hongkong Women.

Mr. E. S. C. Brooks, for the du

parta fendant, queried if spare

To the Editor, Hongkong were not being sent out from Eng-

Telegraph.] land. He had been told that ro pairs were possible and that the

Ave Sir As desired by our friend car would be out again in On her arrival here, the average

months' time.

Mr. "Ilomo" let us carry our- married girl finds even a room fa a

to tho Sergt. W. S. Dall, of the Trattle seives

"mid-level." Mr. hotel a rather interesting change from what she has been accus-Offee, called as a technical wit- "lomo" does not want me on the

ness, stated that from the

ex Peak, nor on the smooth level of tomed to at Home, and, should a

amination he made of skidmarks, the Queen's Road; and yet. It is baby happen to put in AD Al-

following the accident, he found matter of satisfaction that pearance, there is no earthly rea-

on why a three or four-roomed that these extended four-and-a-"Home" is at least trying fat should not furnish all the half teel over the white lines in ascend to the mid-level from the the centre of the rond. dis-side-ways of the Queen's Road. comfort that is essential to a Happy home life. Most of us have tance of 26 feet was disclosed be- Let us meet him there and tell him marks that it is useless to carry on the tween where these skid friends here of another genera-

the

point and

of controversy without any "practi- in started have tion--who

succccdest

atcal" rondway

the steps being taken in bringing up families in a genuine the collision. The

25 font wide matter of the crudiation of the this point home atmosphere under such con-

this they hel to evil which, Mr. "Homo" is

COR- ditions, and if, after the modern and against

foot allow the six-a-half

width vinced, does exist. Mr. "Homo" wife's arrival, the question of n

has munde It clear that he is future home was given seriens of each car.

so badly "practical" and therefore let him consideration. money that is now wantonly aquandered on dances, damaged, stated withee, that it start the three Societies club life and entertainment world was not possible for him to test tioned in my last letter viz:

with the (1) Society for tho Purification 10 far to provide the necessary their brakes. Taken accommodation

comforts, length of the skid mark, he judged of longkong Women. Moreover, whatever conditions the pre-collision speed of M. grandmothers' Meunier's Willys-Knight at 35

(3) Society for the Preservation time, a comparison of Ham and miles an hour. He agreed that

length of skid-marks of Hongkong Men. Hongkong rental to income ratio, the Name

made if

the Finally, I would again take to-day, certainly gives the latter could have been

or gradually liberty to point out to Mr. "Home" Ibrakes were gently the monetary advantave, eg, 158.

speed that the history of the different 14 against, mny. $1:30/5600,

applied, and even if the

the long-standing Anyhow,

were less. The skid marks were civilizations, were it not for abnormally low proportion of girls all on one side, which seemed to social traditions and social codes the to men, the insidious influence of indicate that the car had wheeled are mainly responsible for

bo- the averave American film, and

The rond was dry at the building up of the relations

tween man and a woman in any these new-fangled alluring tricks, time. there would be no question about In evidence. M. Meunier said particular society. Therefore, one cannot look at the problem in home life possibilities in Hong-that the white lines were kong.

distinct. He thought it was safer isolation, but must go behind it to to keep more to the centre when and out a "practical" solution. taking a corner in an American Mr. "Homo" is practical and he Woman's adoption of artifice, in fear, this being so because the will certainly find a real solution itself, has gone far towards rely of his roadster was so high. besides writing to the Frees. We volutionising our social life. How

la giving his decision, his earnestly hope that the often, in the streets of Hongkong. Worship held that the charge of of the oft-quoted verse from does one witness that little heart-egligent driving had not been Scott's "Marmion" about. the breaking tragedy-youth meander- ing alune astern a pair of gilsten-proved, and said that he was not "Ministering Angel" which he has ing silk stockings, two dainty high satiated with the evidence regard quoted will not be lost sight of by Retarding the him in any scheme that he pro- heeled shoes and a prettily tinted in speeding.

for the solution of the shitamerin dress of just guffither count, to which defendant pounds

avil. had pleaded guilty, it was very cient length, derhaps, to hide a elear that he was on the wrong

nir of knock-knees) --- a sudilen

of the road. His Worship quickening of the pace as the point

the considered this practice extremely of ascelle saturation from rear view is reached-eyes hard dangerous. aport in glowing anticipation of an

Sentence of six weeks' hard labour angelle profile-and then

labour was imposed by Mr. Schofield speed ahead with the fangs of at the Central Police Court this morn disillusionment gnawing at his ing on a coolie employed by the Public vitals. Tricked Into premature Works Department who appeared on a adoration by artifice of shoe and charge of theft of 10 feet of_piping stocking, and life embittered, ped- from the P.W.D. Store in Bullock

Lane. haps, for the rest of the day.

And were that same youth to find his way, some Spring morn- ing, into the average Hongkong girl's bed-chamber, before she had removed the dew and grime from I er none too cheerful countenance,

Benu Disillusion.

full

over.

side

in

The many friends of Inspector C. F. Alexander, in charge of the Traffic Office nt Police Headquarters, will be pleased to learn that he has made a rapid recovery after being recently operated upon for appendicitis. le administered the matutinal ice. was discharged from Hospital during berg massage, pushed three or four the week-end brands of lotion and cream into

essence

As I am pressed for time, I to Mr. "Home" must apoligise for concluding my correspondence on this subject. I wish Mr. "Ionio" every Buccess in his mission and if he wants to get in touch with me, he can always get my address from the Telegraph.--- Yours etc.,

K.-B. VAIDYA.

LOCAL WEDDING.

MR. H. K. LEUNG AND MISS 3. QUAN FOY.

At St. Paul's Church on Satur- day afternoon, Miss Mary Quan Foy, Washington, U.S.A.. cldest her facial pores, got the colour Travelling with Warder E. Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Quan scheme more or less synimetrical ins passenger, Warder C. Dicks, of Foy, became the bride Mr. H. K. and of the requisite Intensity.Victoria Ghol, met with a mishap Leung, a graduate of the Univer- of the Philippines. and bobbed on the powder to make the while rounding a corner on the Island sity last effort look natural, put on a Rond near Repulse Bay on Friday General Manager of the Ah Chow pair of eyebrows, and furnished night. The machine skidded and Tobacco Co., Shanghai, Canton herself with alluring crimson lips struck a wall. Mr. Stevens was an und Hongkong. The Rev. S. F.

he would get out on tip-toe just infured, but his companion received Chan offlisted.

injuries to his right hand. as fast as his powers of locomo-ric tion would curry him.

An Apparition.

The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of business.

It is not simply a ques: crope satin, and carried a bouquet tion of sex, for it is becoming of arum lilies. She was attend- 'Then, aguin, the fairy-like vision more apparent day after day thated by Miss Jennie Sting, a re- that he worships from afar on the men are clamourir not for the

turned student from America, Colony's dance floors--the shoe. woman as Nature made hor, but and Miss Agnes Pau, Jocal

curves

บ

snap

a dream of unmitigated rapture for a hand-made divinity. From Varsity graduate, as bridesmaids, in Itsolf, the delightful little the beginning of human history and they were, attired in dresses of a silk-covered ankle man has been reaching out for of pink, silk crepe, and light blue that sets his heart pounding to something beyond his natural the rhythm of subdued, soul- environment whereby he might crepe, respectively. They carried reducing music, lia Korgeous indulge an innate worship-impet bouquets of gladioli and colouring and flowing perfectioning instinct, and there le some dragone. Miss C. F. Leung wal flower-girl and. carried a basket In nauseatingly uncanny of dressmaker's art, sweeping, thing bowitching lines of bust and that, after two thousand years of of carnations. As page-boy, Mas- tor David Quan Foy wore a waist, artistic setting of perman-Christianity, woman has succeeded ent waver, the captivating mask in luring him back to long-for- costume of white ailk crepe. and Its perpetual fetching smille gotton paganism to a deity of -from head to foot and stem to paint and material form, upon the the whole thing is false: altar of which he is prepared to an apparition, soul-unnihilating in sacrifice his best friend should its fictitious beauty. He is wor-the necessity arise. shipping nothing more than an

Atorn

FINED.

NO MONEY FOR HIS

FARM FARE.

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Following his arrest in the city | RECORDED CONCERT FROM on & chargo of vagrancy, T. Wi- llame, an unemployed Briton, was served with a summons by the Hongkong Tramway Company ac- cusing him of evading payment of his tram fare in Connaught Road, and, when brought before Mr. Wynne Jonca at the Contral Polied Court this morning, was fined $10 and sent to the House of Detention on the charge of vagrancy.

The defendant was alleged to have travelled on a tram near the Wing lok, Street Wharf without a ticket and without means of payment.

la denying the charge, the de- aendant referred to another inct- dent near the Ming Yuen Gardens

7.00-10.30 p.m.

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7.00 p.m. Stock Quotations. Mail Notice, etc,

7.03-7.30 p.m. Symphony No. 6, in G Major

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when he was asked to leave the Selection p.m. Vocal Gems and

tram because he had no money to pay his fare. On that occasion he Bald that he was with a Mr. Forest and they were sitting in a seat be- hind Mr. A. Gillard of the Tram-) way Company.

Mr. Gillard, who prosecuted on vehalf of the Tramway Company. denied that he was on the tram at the time suggested by defendant, as be was out fishing. Producing the Free Pass Book, Mr. Gillard said the defendant had never been Issued with a pass.

The defendant interposed and cald he had had pass for nine months, when be worked for the China Mail and Messrs. P. M. Pinquet & Co.

Mr. Gillard remarked that the defendant was probably mixing up passes with monthly tickets. He did have a monthly ticket some Lime ago.

was

Referring to the incident near the Ming Yuen Gardens, the de- fendant sald that Mr. Gillard had apparently made a mistake in his dates. He (defendant) was with Mr. Forest and had been to the Taikoo Docks, where defendant formerly employed. He thought he had money, but when he put his hand in his pocket he while found that he had none. Mr. Forest also discovered that he did not have any money on him. The inspector asked them to leave the tram, which they did and they had to walk back to town.

His Worship pointed out to the defendant that he was only con- cerned with the incident at 6.45 p.m. on April 11 last.

any

The defendant replied that he know nothing whatover of such incident. The first he know of the present charge was that he was brought up from the city and served with the

Ho Hummons. was told that he was arrested for having no employment. -

Detective Sergeant C. Mottram Informed his Worship that

the defendant was arrested in town on the vagrancy charge and taken to Police Headquarters where he was later served with the summons taken out by the Tramway Com- pany.

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COMPANY MEETING,

HUMPHREYS' ARTICLES

AMENDED.

The defendant was fined $10 or ten days' hard labour on the summons for evading payment of his fare on the tram and ordered to be committed to the House of Detention on the vagrancy charge. Sergeant Mottram said the police

Two minutes were suflicient to would have to take up the ques-cover the busines at this morn-

defendant tion of sending the away from the Colony.

GOVERNOR VISITS

CANTON.

SIR WM. & LADY PEEL ENTERTAINED.

ing's meeting of the Humphrey Estate and Finance Company Ltd. The meeting was held in the Hong- kong Hotel to confirm certain amendments in the Articles of Association of the company, agreed to at an extraordinary general meeting held on April 2nd.

The chairman of directors. Mr. Henry Humphreys, presided. Other Canton, Apr. 17.

directors present

were

If Excellency the Governor of Messrs J. Scott Harsion, J. M.

L. J. Davies and Hongkong and Lady Peel, accom- Alves,

J. L. panied by their personal staff, paid | Quie

share- (secretary). The an unofficial visit to Canton yester-holder orcaent were Messrs D. E. day, arriving by the morning Clarke, J. D. Humphreys, W. C. train, which reached Canton at Lee, II. R. Forsyth, and J. H. Sith. 11.30. His Excellency was met at The Chairman after outlining the the station by British Consular purpose for which the meeting had officials, and representatives of the been called, formally moved the Canton Government, and then pro-confirmation of the following re- ceeded to the British Consulate- solutions: General, where he attended a quiet! (a) By the deletion of Article luncheon party, of an informal 81 and by the substitution of the following Article to be known as It was unfortunate that the first | Article 84 in its place. visit to Canton of His Excellency (84 Each Director other and Lady Peel should be marred than

Director by inclement weather. However, shall be paid out of the funds of having expressed his dealre to see the Company

remunera- tho afghts of the city, both he and tion for hia

Borvicos tho Lady Peel were driven around the sum of $2,000.00 per annum end town, escorted by a motor-cycle such remuneration shall be deem- section of the Canton Municipaled to accrue de die in diem and Police, smartly attired in the now be payable by half yearly, instal-

monts. motor-cycle police uniforms.

nature.

the

ex-officio

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Hia Excoliency and Lady Peal (b) By the invertion of the dined at tho Provincial Governor's nguro $10,000.00 in the place of. Residenco on Saturday night. the figures $10,000.00 in the fifth Amongst those present were the line of Article 105. Mayor of Canton, the Commis-

2 That the foregoing resolution sioner of Public Safety, the British shall be retrospective and shall Consular staff the Governor's take effect from the 1st day of staff, the Chairman of the British January, 1932. Municipal Council, Mr. E. R. H

Mr. Lee seconded the motion and wife, the Senior British Naval which was carried unanimously. Officer, and Major C. Wilson, O.B.E., V.I., Superintendent of the Shameen Municipal Council Police.

Eastern Mr. Denis H. Hazel, A luncheon party was givan in his honour on Sunday, at the director and representative of Messrs. British Consulate which several William Sykes, Ltd., of London and Chinese

Banished for 10 years on April 8 Kowloon Magistracy, this morning"}} officials and

Horbury, representative of Messrs.. Jeading B. Dallmeyer, Ltd, London, and this a routh named La Hung Detective Bergeant Moran, Hirs Shameen residents attended.

with vary. Bghtly so far, on BMI Mesars. Brown Brothers, Ltd, London, only 18 years of age, was discovered ship remarked that he had been de Later in the afternoon, His Ex- has satabilahed his headquarters at Ignoble Interests.-Youre, by a banquet at the Kam Ling colleney* left for Hongkong on Hongkong, with offices in the Ajin Nathan Rond by a Chinesa deteo- of kin' ugo, but ha did not al

five on Saturday afternoon. He was realise It Senianos of niis H. M. 8, Tarantula ---Our Own Cor- Life Building, 14 Queen's Road,

charged before Mr. Fraser at the hard labour, was imparkā.. respondent.

man,

The brido's mother attended in creation of black silk crepe trimmed with cream coloured lace. Mr. T. P. Ng, Manager of the Fook Tin Sun Co., Shanghai, dig We are back to the age of devil-charged the duties of best idol, a creation of silk and paint worship, woman as the high prica- whilst Mr. S. P. Ng was grooms- over an artifically-reconstructed tess, glorying in her new-found man.

A reception was held at Lano, form, under which the woman her- power to exploit man's rail lous self lies hidden like a snail in its instincts in the promotion of her Crawford's Restaurant, followed ahell.

Own

To my mind, there is something | etc., devilishly wrong about the whole

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Restaurant, West Point, in the evening.

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