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CHARITY

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 1, 1939.

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A Page About Hongkong Happenings

SHOW

Entertainment Tax Evasion: First

Case of Its Kind

SUMMONED FOR FAILING to pay entertainment tax on public admission tickets without the permission of the Colonial Treasury, the headmaster of the Chun Wah School, Au Han-shek, was fined $15 when he pleaded guilty before Mr, T. J. Houston at the Central Magistracy this morning.

Sergeant R.

Grainger, Treasury

Department, raid the care was the A. public show for Arst of its kind. charity was given at the Confuck Hall, Caroline Hill, on February 12, and the total timoint of tickets sold amounted to $98.35.

The tax on these tickets amounted expences totalled to $12.35. The

$84.15.

Hotter In Hongkong This Morning

Although yesterday's highest tem-

Sergt. Grainger ald the tax would have been refunded if the expensesperature in Hongkong: was 65, at 10 amounted to joe than 50 per cent of the takings while in this particular euse, after deducting $12.35 for tax, there would have been unly $1.85 for charity.

o'clock this morning the thermometer stood at 03, with dications that it further before the would advance end of the day.

An accompanying humidity of 67 A copy of the expenses modured per cent, was recorded this morning,

EARNS

$98-EXPENSES

Handbag Stolen From Woman

SIX MONTHS' hard labour was imposed on Li Ping-man, 21. unchployed, by Mr. H. Edwards at the Central Mugist- racy this morning for the theft ef a handbag from Trang Ng. married woman, at Calze Road, near Ladiler direct, ycsithuay, LI, who had a previous convic

constable tion, was arrested by after a clase.

Illegal Employment Of Factory Workers

ALLEGED ASSAULT

ON WIFE

Lyu Kam-yam of 12 Pence Avenue, Kowloon, appeared before Mr. E Ilimsworth at the Kowloon Magis- Locy to-day un summons alleging that he had assaulted his wife, Mrs. Lnu Kwan-yam of 591 Nathan Road, occasioning her bodily harm.

Mr. A. S. K. Lau, appeared for Mrs. Lau and in applying for a wrek's nd- journment of the case, told Mr. Ilm- sworth that defendant was in the habit of going to the complainant's address and using threatening lan- therefore requesting stunge. He was

com.

Mr. Himsworth that defendant be warned against going to the plainant's house until the summons had been settled.

The warning was given and the nd- journment was made.

$84

Boy Bitten

By Dog

KWOK YUEN-LAN, 5-year- old boy, was biten on the right thigh by a' deg owned by Mrs. Dei, at the Repulse Hay Hotel carage yesterday, Kwok was taken to the Queen Mary Hospital and the dog to Ken- nedy Town kernels for observa- - tion.

EUROPEAN SUMMONED

BY "BOY"

It is understood that Mr. M. A. da Failure To Pay Wages

Silva will represent defendant when the case comes to Court again.

Hint Of Bigger Navy Soon

HINT that Britain is preparing

Alleged

Mr. Burnett of 188 Nathan Rood, top floor, was summoned by his ser- vant Lai Po, before Mr. E. Hirnsworth Three factory managers in Kow-

at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day. The summons stated that Mr. Burnett foot were fed by Mir. Q. A. A.!

had failed to pay Lai, en February Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy

5, $146, bring wages due, and to to-day on summonres of having al-

have discharged him without giving in Court showed that a mum of $20 and the weather forecast was fine towed women to work in their fac

him a month's notice or a month's moderate north-castories after working hours.

wages in lieu of notice. had been spent on a tea party, whne | cloudy, with

Mr. D. W. Patlips, Assistant In- other vanessary amounts had been winds.

Mr. Barnett snid that the first part new submarine

1225 proof the summons

untrue. He Germany's spent on silver shields for the actor.

The weather report issued by the spector of Factories and Warka a naval extension in reply to

promcuted. that a Royal Observatory stated

The manager of the Sun Hingamme was made by Mr. Geoffrey had paid Lal $5 but the money had strong anti-cyclent veove

Veovers China, Weaving Co., of 141 Kru Ki Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary been refused and had been thrown Korea and Japun.. It is meving slow-takeh Kowloon, WALA fined $10. the Admiralty in the House of back at him. Lal had been under a ly eastward, and pressure is now Ten ween were found working on Commons recently.

month's notice os from February 1. highest over the sea of Japan. A dei premies at 9.30 p.m. on Feinbary

Replying to a number of questions, The reason, continued Mr. Burnett, pression has developed over the

Mr. Shakespeare slated that in for his discharging Lal was because northern Loochoo Islands, and I will " The manter of the Man Sant Bomber the German Government aims of money had been missed from probably move edward. Pressure Weather C. of 110-140 Kiu Kluntated II. M. Governmcat that they the house at various pe

fled $20. remains relatively low over Siam.

Street, Kowloon, was

I decided to exercise their right, curagement. On 3, Mrs. Twenty- women and two young ander the Anglo-German Naval Burnett was given six $10 notes, the

ages of 14

Treaty, gradually to increase sub numbers of which were consecutive. Later, Airs. Burnett discovered that | Company at 9.20 p.m. on February 8, marine tonnage from 15 to 100 per of the notes, kept in a drawer Was missing. The amager of the Tack Hing cent. of Britain's.

The increase of German sub- under luck and key, Keitling Company, Kowloon,

marine tonnage, Mr. Shakespeare The police were informed of the thelt Hoed $50. The Company had a con-

added, did not affect the overriding and although they interrogated Lal, condition that the total tonnage of the thief, was not found. the German Navy cheuld not ex- rand 45 per cent. of the aggregate tonnage of the British Common- wealth.

Policeman To Face Charges

Altached 10 the Water Police Station, Kowloon, a seaman named Tsang ling, appeared before Mr. E. Hmsworth at the Kowloon Magis- tracy to-day on charges of aiding

other and Luetting three

men to

obtain money by false pretences, and

extortion.

The case was adjourned to March 9. at 2.30 p.m.

Tang was alleged on February 10 board a junk at Use Younati Typhoon Shelter, to have afted and

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Stole Lard From Bakery

the

piret around

years were found working

in the

was

A baker named Sit Ho, 39, of theviction last year for a similar offence. Marcet Balery, Nathan Road, Kow-Thirty-two women were found em- loon, was charged before Mr. 1. alused in the Company at 10.45 p.m. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magin February U. tracy this morning with larceny of four pounds of Purico lard from the Bakery.

Sit admitted the charge and was

abetted there men, not in cusody, to fined $10 or one month's hard labour. obtain $1 from one named Cheung Det-Sergeant Cochrane sald that St Sze, by false preteners; Tsang was had been working in the Bakery for also alleged, with another not in custody, to have extorted from Wong the nine months at a salary of $20 Mul-ti h sum of money by month threatening to accuse him possession of a mauser pistol and 45 rounds of ammunition without licence.

of

the i

Mr. Hansworth: "You have a good jb, you have a good pay, what do you want to steal this fur? #1 The Defendant: "I saw that there was some surplus, so I just took

SIGN READS "BEWARE |

DEER"

some."

CHINA

The

St. David's Day

ceremony The first

of the

SL,

the

David's Day celebrations took place at 11 o'clock this morning when Mr. E. W. Davies, president of Cymdeithas Dewi Sant (St. David's Society), and Mr. E. Loyd-Jones, vice-president, laid a floral tribute at the foot of the Cenotaph.,

The wreath

a picturesque, symbolic pruduction. It consists of a FORTNIGHTLY representation of the Welsh Dragon, picked out in red dahltas en a and white of ferm foundation

wrea

is

jor

one

since his

The case was adjourned to March for hearing.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Mr. A. V. Alexander (Soc., Hill- sborough): What steps are the Bord take Admiralty proposing to inmediately to protect British ship-Chinese Y.M.C.A. Arranges Ding and British interests against; March Campaign

this increased threat?

"""Perhaps Mr. Alexander will awall the presentation of the Navy Estimates when clearly we take account of all factors of naval development in any part of the world," replied Mr. Shakespeare. "The Admiralty cannot agree that the exercise of a right by a Power with which we have a treaty is a threat to us or to anybody else"

Kept Opium

The thirtieth annual membership campaign of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. will open with a dinner to the team captains and members at the Central Branch Building, Bridges St., at 6.30 The principal speaker p.m. to-day. will be Ambassador Hsu Shih-ying.

social programme has also

been arranged.

The campaign will be continued and the first throughout March five days of April. The goal is

Divan $30,000 in membership fees anri con-

tributions.

CARMEL, Cal.

number Havond

of the

The campaign chairman is Mr. State highway officials have found China Fortnightly, the Central News dahlias.. It has a purple edging of

Lo ΤΩΝ, 48, unemployed, was Lum Chi-feng Twenty-one teams it necessary to post warning signs Agency's news magazine, has been violets.

The society was also represented charged with keeping an opium have been organized, twenty of them along the new Carmel-San Simeon issued.

It contains a special article on by Mesdames K. Cooper, R. Edwards, divan and possession of 14 tacis of captained by men who are prominent coast hirhway, reading: "Beware of] Deer. Numerous automobile ac-China's powers of recuperation. by and W. T. Lewis, and Messra. D. prepared opium in a Sat at Welling- in the church, business, professional, eldents have occurred as a result of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, as well as Davies. E. C. Thomas. W. A. Jones, ton Street, before Mr. R. Edwards nt and educational life of the city. One deer jumping out on the highway news about China's finances, Indus E. R. Price. T. A. Hughes, W. T the Central Magistracy this morning team is being lead by a woman, the and Die efforts of autoits to vai tries communication, public health, Lewis, D. Morgan Richards and R. and was fined $850 or four months' mother of one of the students in the

hard inbour. service and, of course, the war,

Ettwards.

them.

YOUNG Bank Assistant Promoted

CASHI

when he got rid of NIGHT STARVATION

I HAD EARLY TEA HALF

AN HOUR AGO 1 MUST

GET UP WISH I DIDN'T

FEEL SO DONE UP IN THE MORNINGS I'M GOOD

FOR NOTHING

ALL DAY,

LOOK HERE YOUNG MAN, YOU'RE

| LATE AGAIN THIS MORNING, WHAT'S

| WRONG WITH YOU LATELY? YOU WERE ONE OF OUR PROMISING

YOUNG MEN ONCE!

SORRY, SIR, BUT I'M NOT FEELING WELL. I'M ALWAYS

TIRED AND... ..1 SUPPOSE I'D BETTER SEE THE

DOCTOR

AT THE DOCTORS TIRED, WHEN YOU WAKE UP) NO ENERGY ALL DAY-LOOKS LIKE A CASE OF NIGHT STARVATION, ENERGY IS STILL USED UP DURING SLEEP YOU MUST REGAIN IT I STRONGLY RECOMMEND HORLICKS, REGULARY LAST, THING AT NIGHT.

mou

Y.M.C.A. school. She was third in the campaign last year.

tains are Bishop R. O. Hall,

are The u-pul,

Mr. F. N. Chow, Mr. Dr. Li Wang Kal-ming, Mr. Hu Ho, Mr. Lau Gai-joe, Mr. Wen Yue-bun, Mr. Wu Ham-jun, Mr. Lee Cheng-yue, Mr. Lau Hai-po. Mr. Lee Chúng

tong, Mr. Chan Tzc-yeung. Mr. Lee Wai-hon, Mr. Lum Yan-wing, Mr. Lau Chung-him, Mr. Ko Min-tao, Mr. Lum Chec-ming, Mr. Lum Kwai- fong, Mr. Cheng Sing-ng, Mr. Cheng Kwai-cheong, Mrs. Pong Sul-kai,

VILLAGERS' FIGHT

Serious injuries were received by Chu Niu, 44, a villager of the Ngau Mel Village, Lukinachau, in a fight with another man yesterday after- noun. His assailant ran away after the incident, while the report was made to the Police by Chu's wife.

Chu was later sent to the Kow- in Hospital in

unconcious state, and his condition is regarded a dangerous.

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THE MIXER

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2. MONTHS LATER

THEY HAVE PROMOTED HIM I KNOW BECAUSE I SAW A LETTER FROM HEAD OFFICE ON

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