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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1919.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION,
THE LOCAL SITUATION.
Im her colinam will be found report
Hotel
TARDY TELEGRAPHY.
HOPE OF LESS DELAY.
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the nether drustic aetion De China Mail reporter paid a visit
te the Supes, the Eastern Ex taken by a London Hotel manage ment, in sequete of the Inek afsion Telegraph C. hoping to get kivien for visitors in Long good new ba the telegraphic service. Kuosting that the Hotel soution Speaking so the local Supdt. in Hongkong neute, a Phine Musket: Win! is the deby at reporter visited the leading faster teen on a tolerantie ! » Bandon? yesterday mal someglio che views er the immagerment ex the adfet fowie arvel posint of view. The fune
it is that there is so adiosuletel that the Busted nendationer
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About the same as a testman trom Baotich
LOCAL BOXING.
PROFOSED STADIUM.
That enterprising syndicate which has transformed the erstwhile Belle View Hotel into the attractive Ming Tuen Gardens are imbued with greater ambition yet as regards the greater facilities of the gardens.
THE CHINA MAIL.
TALK WITH A SPIRIT,
"SWAMPED BY 800FFERS."
SUICIDE AND SYMPATHY.
A ĦARD LUCK STORY.
He came to Hongkong to seek a friend, but failed to find him. Fia Apparently Sir A. Conan Doyle money was spent, he had beri-bari. is incurable. Speaking at a memorial He juraped off the Sai Tui steamer service held by the Spiritualists going to Macao, but warm't allowed National Union in the Royal Albert to down. They fished him out and Hall on April 27, Sir Arthur described emptied him of hilge, and brought The proposition is afoot, and has the results of a scance at which then before a Magistrute. He was received the favourable consideration spirit of a man of the 7th Division in hack nest. It was Mr. Huf- of the syndicate, to erect a boxing gave his impressions of the memorial chiax, and that gentleman had com- stadium at the Ming Yuen service held some time ago in the passion on him. Inspector Gorton Gardens. A local boxing enthusiast same hall. The seance, Sir Arthuruko spoke up for him birdly. Ho is going to lend his expert advice: sald, was held on the day after the given some good advice and $3
The Ming Yuen Gardens will solemn religious service to commemo-out of the poor box. afford ample room for a boxing rate the part taken by the first sevenz stadium. It is intended to have a divisions in the war. The first com- covered building that will hold some munication by the man was that he Pour dus their compare with pre-thousands of spectators and be a regretted that his friends at the table worthy venue for champion had been unable to get tickets for ship boxing contests of the Orient, the meeting, as they had tried to do. With so many sailors and soldiers The leader of the seance asked the shortly to be here, always a produc-spirit Have you anything more tive field for boxing talent, there will to say?" and the rebly was, "There no lack of attractive programmes was too much ceremony. All of us once the Stadium is erected.
What is clab
About live or six days. We link a telegram on Wednesday dated dine b
That makes seven
tatly adeptite. Visitors are arning here and experiencing the g preotest diffienky in getting a h As showing how short the networ kation, three weathernet slets. in tix sing note of a cloter videttua ager on Wexinesslay night, There are other inston this would be
the shoverage rested price
pobeg
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Before the war we need to get
hugh the same day. Does the fact place the telegrams ting the two hands
deny them t Fendret say anything that con- Bardell
Permanent residrate lapte hade the centisi light quichert the delay rised to her
right, mos there are
when more visitors wan
SARIY
AS NADY OT be ascertained there is no ies! and messages going and you inve ten of using the the trendiest it to five bays, it due to Enchon The Honghong hotel will internal proverente" Mona Bave solved to questben fel Que malle Has been repaired which
t as they will leave the Repulse
Bus Boost on W. We hope to get Bay Bhotel for Castle peresment tesi]
[back telenor pre-war recenzi of velsie
Foo 30 years we dents and distrus. Bery home we are need,
As announced in the China Mail yesterday. Corp. Victor Scott. R.E., our heavy-weight champion, and a
real good fighter, is coming back to Hongkong.
The boxing public dearly loves. heavy weight contests. The Navy have always provided capital exponents of the noble art who aspire to heavy- weight championship honours. and (Belong mawawe i havnagh ins à day,
with Corp. Scott Here to defend his How at frem.title, first class battles seem assured,
seerus by tull and a ele nose att lame, a curber o peryle wasnt poi Zorile peramcently tim Hotel hub, what deky is there on them?
More than the others, about the packagerwent hapa hoito decline, Į feeling hemel Personver
two days ger. conitumakbotica, doe visition,
t
Text is a cathte for the f'ensor.
Do your reply to the sender of a It will be noticed in the Hoteis nie wie hy use it if bir her cut down the fur real telegnete has yet been despatched! Quin to almost a mind meingi
with the Fines in eluhhting the hair! But supposing the Censor stops a Ser the loage and viser stake. telegram being sent do you inform This beaghs up the position o; the sender and refund the tuoney" ber-nccentualation. No hodam mentre If a telegram is staged by any realise that next winter will teaser-en sunde we refund the money 2 thousands of sales and for the und portion of the cable.” That isn't what I went. Suppost solders hems Whom me town they! will want somethen the dong the Genschere stops message do Toilets.
They wit not want to tell the would-be sender and Stick Fi
she very canteen refund the money? When out in town they will want a change. Shipping is expected to in-
That known only by the
en
For instance it would not do
Of light and middle weight there is always a plethora of talent, which should encourage the promoters to go ahead with their scheme.
more
JEWELLERS BEWARE!
felt out of it!
Thereafter the dialogue ran as follows:
THE REAL, RIGHT JAZZ,
Loudon has had many specimens of "Jazz" lately, and more than one jazz band has claimed an earlier tide than all others. It appears, however, that all we have had so far has been mere imitation, and that the real jazz band will only be heard shortly. The real jazz band consists of piano, clarionet, cornet, and trombone. The "We are very interested. Was tune is defined as a harmonious: there anything more? They melody in syncopated rhythm." But praised the dead. We are not dead. the business of the authentic jazz They did not see us.”
player does not consist merely in "Then you are disappointed?"-blowing an instrument. He must at certain times imitate peculiar noises "Yes, a bit."
the skidding of a motor-car or the screams of a naughty child. The most redoubtable dances are called Barn-door Blues" and Tiger Raz
"Some people surely felt that you ware here?""Many did, but they were swamped by the scoffers and
the unbelievers.
"Were most of those who passed away in the seven divisions there?" "Yes, they were there."
The jazz and the jazz band come to us from New Orleans, and the
The spiritualistic "movement, Sirname is said to derive from the ex- The only difficulty seems to be the Arthur said, had recently been pas pression used by niggers to approve size of the building. Some of the sing through a crisis of contention of a thing. "Jazz so" (we await con- careful kind have suggested and of argument, and many sensitive firmation of this). The. American building that will accommodate souls felt it very much that a matter origin of the thing is obvious, but in 3,000. Others, more which was so delicate, and concerned the days when Germans used to claim 2,000 to optimistic, but less cautious, boldly those whom they had lost, should be German origin for most things advocate a stadium to hold 8,000! exposed to that unseemly levity which musicians would probably have point- The China Mail hopes to give was so often the only weapon with ed out that the originator of the details about the stadium which their opponents could attack screaming baby as well as of bleating decided upon. when a definite scheme has been them. None the less, they were sheep was no less a personage than
fight. out., to
Though they Richard Strauss. had in: front. of them a whole Hindenburg -line of ignorance and prejudice, and plenty of theologi- cal barbed wire, they were going to sach through because they had a case which could not be beaten. They were not there that night to argue and to dispute: they got On Wednesday night or in the enough of that elsewhere. This was early hours of yesterday, burglars joyous reunion, because the dark tried to enter the premises of Messrs. days were gone. The Army was Sherrif Queen's Road. The padlock largely impregnated with spiritualistic was tampered with but the barglars doctrines. He knew of one brave THE Steamship must have been disturbed. Had Army Commander who was a good they succeeded in opening the Spiritualist and would rejoice to padlock they still had the other lock address his vanished in the Does your company pay all thewin the door and an alarm to deal same way as Admiral Togo did with. The padlock which was tam when he invoked his dead seamen, censors?
pered with has been replaced by a and out of respect for them, told similar one and another also for additional security.
erase, which mears twee shipping į to let a spy know bis messige was
then shore. All they will add to Stoppet,
de number airuly using the two Aduitted, but supposing it was Zateke, which are inadequate and bevat question, of espionage but not the caseletion to provide derogatory or considered by the Len roons for refreshtaents for any Sure detary to the Gourmor of inthus of men fund the Lay which other highly placed official world
must mate in a slot while. A nazo db - then? and prilitary cole never the Beauts off
Well you see it's out of our hunde, the whole thing is arranged by the they work help.
ty, looks us if the question will soon ari- as to whether it was wine to élos the lates, which had their particular patrons. Suely regrettable scenes as was recently witnessed as the Susak Canteen night huve been avoided in there been somewhere else for the men to I gone t
GARRISON TENNIS LEAGUE
No. 83 CO. R.O... ** A
RAMA
This match was played at Lyémia on Tuesday and won by the R.G.A. by 33 games. Scores --
Capt. huey and Sergt. Athorne, R.G.A., beat Pte. Roberts and Ite. Ricks, 7-2; beat Cpl. Ellarby and Pte. Cresdee, 6--3; best Cpl. Wool | man and Cpl. Hornacks, 8].
30.
| Government.
I don't know..
They are paid by the Government, you don't pay them do you?
A THEORY.
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OCEAN TRANSPORT CO.
KOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
KISHUN MARU,"
From JAPAN.
them the issue of the Japanese Wa-CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
informed that all Goods ar be The spirits told them not to mourn, They are, not on our stuff.
The Manager informed a China because that was the one thing that ing landed at their risk into the Go People say that if there was more Mail reporter that he strongly sus cast a cold cloud upon their perfect downs of the Hongkong and Kowloon cable competition there would be *
pects a Chinese, well dressed, who happiness. The spirits also asked Wharf and Godowa 'Company, Ltd., better service and cheaper mates?
came into his shop on Wednesday them not to regard the vanished as 2 Kowloon; whence and jor from the Our company is probably the cris as having something to do with the things forgotten and done with, but wharves delivery may be obtained. one that has not increused its charges affair. This
in as still in the family circle. during the war. With all the pro- ostensibly to buy but although shown. Steering that has been going on wemany articles he bough: nothing. have not ruised our charges.
But he had a good look all round the shop.
Will the censombip soon be moved und will its removal improve the service?
I cannot say anything about the peersorship,"
A NEW PUBLIC CLOCK.
BY MESSRS. ULLMANN & CO.
E
man
came
THE POOR VICAR.
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Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before.
No glaims will be admitted after, the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the
As the shop was being closed on Wednesday two small Chinese were | CHURCHWARDEN'S PROT ST. [20th inst. will Lo subject to rent.
carefully watching the proceedings at close quarters. The Manager drove them off but they were unduly curious and watched from the gutter. This conveyed no suspicion at the time but in view of after events gave reasor for the belief that they were in league with the would-be burglars of the shop.
Messrs. Sherrif have
Toulay appears outside the pre-valuable stock.
A FIGHT.
B very
All claims against the steamer mast be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 25th bust, or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed and damaged Coods are to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined on the 19th int. a 10 am.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersign. ed by
DODWELL & Co., LTD.. seats.
Hongkong, June 13, 1919.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA,
The recent plaint of the Rev. W.V. Mason, vicar of St. Aidan's Church, Leeds, about his poverty, which he described as so acute that he could not even afford a new pair of boots, and showed that after meeting bis household expenses he was actually in debt at the year's end on the amount of his stipend, was referred Lieut. Munu and Bår. Greene
to at the vestry meeting of the R..A.. beat Roberts and Ricks, mises of Messrs. F. Dann & Co...
church. It will be recollected" that 7--2; beut Ellachy and Creeder, the well-known Puris jewellers a
Mr. Mason appealed for a generous S-I; beat Woodman and Horrocks, two-faced clock. One face inclines
Easter offering, adding, "and, then 6-3.
towurd both Queen's Boud to the
perhaps I may be able to afford both Bdr. Nicholls and Gnr. Perkins, East, und Wyndhaan Street and the
a new pair of boots and a holiday." R..A.. beat" Roberts And Ricks, other gives the time of day along
Despite the recent cases before Apparently his appeal met with a 7--2; beat Woolen and Horrocks, [Queen's Road to the West.
the Magistrates of fighting among substantial response, as it was 5-4: lost to Earby and Crescee The clock is of a well-tried type Chinese from the China Sugar Re-announced at the meeting that the that is in use by most of the railwayfinery, there was another set-to last Easter Day offering amounted to Totals; ni C. R.0.4, "A" 57 companies in Europe. It is worked night at Jardine's Bazaar about 6 £47, as against £25 last year. games; R.A.M.(. "B," 24 genies. by & special movement that ales P., we are informed by a reader Mr. C. Bynden Smith, one of the TE Steamship.
works yet another face to the elk who was passing by on a tramcar. churchwardens, protested against the
* PERSIA MARU,” that inside Messrs. Ularn's This affair was on a smaller scale, style of the vicar's complaint. It STEMER ARRIVED FROM SAN shop. The clock will prebuddy be about a dozen being concerned. The would have been sufficient, he
FRANCISCO, JAPAN PORTS, Play at Happy Valley and won working tomo
lack of numbers was almost made thought, to have given a bare state
Friday 13th June. by R.A.0.C. by 25 games. Scores Ahas Mail aman had a chat with up for by the determination of the ment of the facts, without putting
R. Bindk and Sab Con. Hard the ager whout the clock. He parties. Sticks, bamboos, stones and them into a form which inevitably Contigueer of cargo are hereby: no- ing, k. A.D... beat Lieut. Hooper said it was nach commented up were no Police on the spot at the reduced to ridicule, and had made for countersignature and take immed
fists were used with freedom. There left it open for the whole thing to be tified to present thair Bills of Lading and Q.M.Sergs. White, 6-4; best by tourists that there are no official
time. Serpt, Lacey and Chunger Middleton, clocks in Hongkong. They think the
the vicar of St. Aidan's open to be fists delivery from alongside steamer 51 best Gunners Newhard and (bverminent should provide electric-
pilloried in the Press of the country for the Company's godown, whers all Jones, 7-9.
why-lighted clocks in all the prin- |
as the poor parson who could not cargo impeding immediate discharge Capt. Mann and Staff Sergt. Prior,cipal streets. Thereupon Messze.
afford to buy a pair of boots. He will be loaded at Consignees' risk, R.A.0.0., beat Hooper and White, Udron did what they could to sup-
accordingly made a protest. He did Storage charges will be assessed on . bent Lacey, and Middleton, ply the deficiency and put this public
not think it was dignified, and it was cargo remaining undelivered"on"and 6-3; beat Newham and Jotas, -0.convenience outside their shop..
certainly not in keeping with the after Saturday, June 21st Staff Sergts. Gibbons and Hough.
high traditions which they were ton, R.A.0.C.. beat Hooper and
entitled to have respected by those White, 6-4; kest to Lacey and
in authority in the parish. Middleton, 4-5; beut Newham and Jones, 7-2.
R.A.0.0. v. 83an CO, R.G.A” " B.
Total: B..1.0.C., 58-gumes; 83rd Co. R..A., 38, games,
JAPANESE OPIUM
SMUGGLERS.
ARMED ROBBERY IN TOWN.
BIG HAUL OF JEWELLERY,
No. 8 Hiller Street, Second floor. Was the scene of unother urmel
robbery in the early lauts of yester
H.K. TENNIS LEAGUE.
Queen's College v. Chinese Re- creation Club "B" Played on Thurs day 12th, at Q. C. Queen's College Q. C. Ground won by 67 games to 32
'games scores -.
Kay and Forster, Queen's College, Beat Mlok and Cheong 10-1, beat Choa and Cheung 8-3, lost to Wong and Ng. 5-6,
السلام
Crook and Ismail, Queen's College,
All broken, chafed and damaged packages will be landed into the Company's godown, where same will be examined; on Friday, June 20th, at 10 am.
No clebos will be recognized after the goods have left the steamer or godown and none will be entertained presented later than three weeks unnatural after arrival of steamer.
No Are Insurance whatever will be
T. DAIGO,
BOWEL COMPLAINT IN
CHILDREN." beat Mok and Cheong 8-3, beat Choanald watch for any
GHING the summer months mothers and Cheong 9-2, lost to Wong and looseness of the child's bowels. When Ng 47.
Yvanovich and Rumiahn, Queen's College, beat Mok and Cheong 65, beat Ng and Wong 10-1, beat Choa
STOMACH AND, LIVER TROUBLES.
Two Japanese employed on board day inoming. the Tuson More were remanded by it appears that two wanci occupy-and Cheợng 7-4. Magistrate Hutcheson this morningiting the floor in question were soundly on a charge of attempting to smuggle fúsleep when a souple of armed ints- 186 tale of opium into the Colony, creanta formed an entrance and cover- Defendants were also committed to ing one of the occupants of the too stand their trial at the Supreme with a pistol demanded her Teays, Cours, on a further charge of at She complied, and the men-opening O end of misery and actual suffering tempting to bribe & Revenue Officer box underneath the "hed stolicans by disordea of the stomach and liver, nfd may be avoided The first accursed: We will be disconcy and jewellery to the value of by the use of Chamberlit's Tabist charged at the Supreme Court. $1,750, and effected their escape Give them trial. For exle By All (Laughter.)
unimpeded.
Chemista and Storekeepers.
given prompt attention at this time effected: serious crmith may be avoided Cham- hersin's C and Diarrhea Remedy. as always be depended upon. For sale By All Chemista and storekeepers:
Manager.
Hongkong. June 13, 1910.
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