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(From Cher the Correspondent.)
LONDON, July 27.
WARNINGS
We bare grumbled much because when air raids on London were in prospect we were not warned by the
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Authorities. So the authorities made
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old Courts of Love When my
-VISITORS AT THE HOTELS,
wifà be unfaithfult", a married lore the deepast. If a scoundrel be
HONGKONG HOTEL redeemed by the love of a good woman, Me S. Aitken MHC van can he be socially regenerated" "if Me C. Alcoberadaa alan
a husband departing for the ware loaves Mr G. E. Anderson De F. T. Regi his wife his shirt to wear unth his Me W. Andrews Mr and Mrs M.-F. return.", what is she to do when it is Mrs Do Angelino and. Kline,
Mis A. Laill worn out before the end of his infant...
Mr J. H. Baring Me O.. campaignat
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MFG. A. Nelson Mr. J. S. Nicolson Osen
THE SHORTAGE OF LABOUR, This question of the predominance of tests with ayrena and found they labour amt the demands that womens sra women, reminds me of the shortage of wore, droned by the rear of the now able to make and to issist upon. traffic. Then, on Sunday morning, Perhaps the labour trouble they made us all jump, just at that illustrated as well as any by reciting the hour when the calmness of the day of case of a coal aferchant of Plymouth rest tempts us to steal another sixty and be caught two men, his own Mr W. G. Bmwell Dr. Marriots
this week. He is a special constable minutes of blissful slumber. Suddenly, employees is turned out, in the act of Afrs C. Campbell bangbang went six explosions in stealing ena! Carrying out his ohriqui
Mr H. E. Maslin scores of localities, and great was the day, he took them into custody and appleman Mr-3-R- Ma
Mr Gea 34
Mr J. Mason
Maybere assembly of pyjamas on the paramentappeared against them in Court. The Mirfico. L. Courtenay Mr B. A. McLomb
* men were convicted, and it then bacame Mr M. Courtney McNeill
He R. B. Meksy within two shakse of a lamb's tail. We necessary for him, as an employer, to Mr J. D. Courtney Accommolato in the connecting Steamer from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in did not stand upon ceremony in our plead for a fiue instead of imprisonment, Mr.
Mr F. M. Crawford. Mr H. VEN
Meiden Hongkong at the time of Booking.
since he could not fill their places," A
Mr. going, we simply went.
1. Curtan
J. aferoaki Women and children sought refuge the comedy it had to be paid by the Mr F. F. Desmond Mr and Mrs C. D.
As was duly inflicted, and to crown Mr and Mrs. W. B. Miss L Miller
Davenport
Mr GH. Mallin in the basements while men in odd employer hefore the men cunki be Mr. D. E Donnelly Neill garments perambulated the #treets released.
Mr my and a kel What the, etc!" Then
Mr W. Evans they learned that it was only a The death of Tom Cannon at the age] Mr CW, FalkES UEFA..Pococic warning and not
bombardment of 7 removes perhaps the best known, Mr
Mr E AL from the air, The officials, with jockey of his time: Never perhaps in delightful irony, had issned orders to rise to such a height of honourable Mr W. W.
the history of the world did a jockey tice three haval rockats from every firefluence,"
Ren racing corres
3. Miss MI. W. Mr J Gale (station in London whenever an air raid pondent. "Heat Lord of the Mr M. Canjoin
Capt. H. Roop: MI N. Ross was threatened, and had given no notice kanor of Stockbridge and patron of L. Men Gersenhoff Mr J. Russell
two livings. His mansion at Carlogs Mr Y
Griffin Senderson done in the quietest hours, and the public got so much of a note that now they are complaining about the success of it, at much as they complained of the failure of it in the earlier days To arid to the irritation, there was no raid that morning further inland than Harwich, Since then further arrang ments have been made for better observation and warning poste, en for the future we ball have plenty of epportunity for taking to our vanita and cellars when the Boches come on An aerial visit and lay eggs the airmen term it-on-the surface of the metropolis.
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Round the World Tickets and Through Tickets to New York in connection with the Principal Mail. Lanci
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thereof to tho' public. So the thing was just about on a par with the one Mr J. born Mr and Mrs F. N
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be peaupied until its lesse expired; the fir F. B. Hamilto famous Denebary, so celebrated in the Kra S. S. Hamilton period of the Day family and Lord Dr J. G. Banna George Bentinck. Stockbridge race Mr and Mrs W. A. Miss A. Square course was Cannon's freehold, and Hannibal until about 20 years ago one of other G. mort aristocratic neunions old Mr D. 4. Howitt there for three days, the first day being
C.P. Templeton Hildreth and Mr and Mrs. Evane
Thomas governess devoted to the programme of the 31 W. 1. Hodge Mr. F. G. Thompsch Bibury Club. When that Club ramoved Mrs A. E. Hodgins Mr C... Thompson to Salisbury, there was no more racing KrA. Shelton HooperMr. R. Thomson at Stockbridge, but Tom Cannon's rot, Me
Mr A. f. Toot Hope T. Cannon, Jati, continued to train Capt. L. Hussey Mfr. T. Williamson burses there. This son, in 1888, won Mrs LC. Ingram, Mr 17. 17. Wood
Me C. Zanz ensational rate at Goodwood, beating Mr. J. Jacobsen Mr W. C. Zieback Bismarck on a half bred mare, the pro-r M. R. de Journe!
Capt. R. June
perty of his father. Tib's son, Curzon, very nearly won the Derby, won by Lord Rosebery's Sir Visto.
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Parhaps the worst pleased men in the Shotover, bis son' Mornington won the Tom Cannon won the, Derby on country over these arrangements are the Derby on Flying Fox for the Duke of police"special" and regular forces Westminster, and anotherson, Kempton, Mr D. K. Blair around alter the rockets have been bred Leopold de Rothschild or St. Amant, who are given the duty of tearing won the Darby for the late Mr. Mr and Mrs. U. T.
Freakspear warning the people to take cover.. Now Tom Canon was brother to Joe Mr and Mrs. A. E.
Cannon, of Newmarket, the pair being Carleton. it is gravely proposed in the papers sons of an hotel keeper at Eton Mr & Mrs E. W. Cary that these guardians of the peace Prosperity.never turned his head. The Mr J. Compton should proceed on their married way races he won were legion. Apart from MeA. David working great rattles such as boys in the classic races, he rode Bendigo, winner Me and Mrs Dabois country has to stare say the crows. of the first 10000 Eclipse Stakes. S. H. Elis decline to set down the comments of in 1886, and the next year he rote the police on this proposal.
Ormonde in the famous Hardwicke Mr F. W. Evans COURTS DE LOVE.
Stakes, beating Miating and Bendigo. Mr 3. Evans He has left a good name behind him. Rey. Featherstone Not only was be a finished borseman, Mr L. Forster but he made some finished horsemen Mr Denman Fuller out of his apprentices the late Jobs Mes E. Gaudiot Watts and others."
Women Bru now taking such prominent part and have so much more freedom than before the war that it is gravely suggested that Courte of Lore should be revived; such na rán when in the wars of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the fair sex took control of the mural course of society. "In the land ruled under the Salic law" writes
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The visit of the Queen to France has Rev. G.H.G. Griffithra Staple Smith · brought over here the story of how the Mr and Mrs B. A. Mr S. R. Smith Highlanders were curtseyed to-a story. Hale
Rev. Tope one correspondent women established long kept from our ears. A correspon Mr F. B. Johnson Major-Gen. Ventris tribunals composed solely of their own dent said the Highlanders, "who object Sir Ellis Kadoorie Mias Ventris sex, and under their charming sway to anybody but themselves getting the Me T. Kring came the dour survivors of the lengthy regulation salute, threatened to curtsey Mr and Mrs A. Mr G. E. Wetton
Lt. Col. John Ward campaign There is no precedent to if the women followed their example." the jurisdiction of the Courts of Love.
Col. Young, LE This was Greek to as until it came On one side they touched Utopia, on out that it was a joke that was the another they countenanced a freedom aftermath of a succession of incidents, of morality far beyond the license "Somewhere in France," when the secorded by the Churches; and they women in field uniform arrived, for tamed the rude warriors who were bus. several days they received curtseys bands and lovers, whilst they also from the Highlanders, until a pretty countenanced a democracy in love such strong hint from above stopped the all even in our own time it so rare as to joke. arouse horrified comment when any mesalliance is perpetrated. Today, when women are to the fore as never previously, when Russian girls, with cropped hair, are forming Amazon battalious, when the race-bearers are working as ardently as the race-makers for the future: of civilisation, one may be permitted to wonder of Courts of
Dr and Mrs W. Mrs W. G. Passmore
Chockson
Mrs Love may not receive a twentieth-
"MMEDIATE ENTRY, four very
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Mr and Mrs Biefort before the Courts of Love. Today, House Street, opposite the Grand Hotel, Mr Davis preside over Poets' Court, or Lady would not Misi Elizabeth Asquith recently reconstructed.
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Sim Dinis Manners, hold high state with to the Manager Hongkong Ice Co. Ltd. Mr and Mrs HammesMr. M. Sleigh conscious dignity? Would not Me.
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Bangkong, August 1917. 2003 Mr And Mr. Wm." Mr 3.3 Stalke charity, consent to extend her criticism of portrait painting! Cannot Miss Christabel Pankhurst hold a Court of Rovge, and Mia Ethel Levey one on August Society Lady Warwick bas", shown an ardent desire to be
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