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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1920,
INTERCEPTED LETTERS.
MAGGIE IS GETTING ON.
PEAK SCHOOL PRIZE GIVING.
The Peak Club was the scene of
a very pretty gathering on Thursday, Jan. 22, when His Excellency the Governor kindly consented to present the prizes at the annual prize giving of the Peak Schoo
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THE CHINA MAIL
HONGKONG UNIVERSITY
NOTES..
RESTAURANT CASE.
Sergt. Cockle of No. 2 Police Mr. John Fenton, one of the newly Station, this morning, charged before Pointed Tecra in English, arrived Mr. I. R. Wood, the Chinese keeper by the Glen..rade last week. of a Restaurant situated at No. 189, University a very welcome visit just a European otherwise than with Mr. Fonsy-Fane is paying the Queen's Road, with selling liquor to now. He has kindly consented to meals. Arts during his briel stay in Hong- give some lectures in the Faculty of
kong.
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The defendant pleaded "not guilty.*^* The sergeant giving evidence sild that he was standing outside the It is with very deep regret that we shep talking with P. O. Silcock of learn that the Professor of English, HMS. "Alacrity", at about 11.40 Prof. D. Wright has been con- yesterday when he save two fined to his bed this week, even Pro-soldiers and three civilians enter theOLER ROOMED FLAT, top of in-shop. They stood at the counter for from April tat to October 31at 1921 Princes Building, faily furnished, a while and then were conducted For full particalars apply tɔ Gruwan ♣ to an inner-room by the defendant Co., LT and given seats round a table. The defendant then came out, and open- battle of whisky (produced) and took ing the show case, he removed the
fessors are not immune from fuerza.
Mr. N. Teesdale Mackintosh, gave a The Registrar of the University, lecture to children at the Helena May Institute on Wednesday altemoon, en-
peare.
to regard the plays of Shakespeare as
RACE BOOKS.
T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, January 23, 1998
Ma Dear Kirstle, Were still going strong on Graun' Opera. We went tae the Seterday nicht performance, an' ma word. A Proceedings opened with a report think that mair nor hauf a* Hong.
of the school year read by the Inspec- kong wis there. The place wis
tor of Government Schools, Mr. packit.
Ralphs, after which the small fy An* they opera folk were reigned supreme for about an hour. real saun. They were at the rand presented a bestan' the actin' and the singin
little programme.
most entertaining Cine must say for the very young was first cles They pit on Caval Jeria an * Pagliacci-the best yin wis members of the rising generation that Cavalleria. The finest voice o the they seem to be entirely devoid of whale lot wis that of the lassie whay self consciousness or nervousness wis filted by her loon fur a slip and that the volume of sound they
a thing wha wis married et forth in chorus or in solo, merited titled Thirty Minutes with Shakes it inside and placed it on the table THE onis Authorised Edition of the 40 8 cairter. It wis awfu' the frequent applause, with which dramatic, "specially when the son is fond parents greeted each new item...
There were quite a number before the men Winess waited RACE BOOK is that Published biddin' guid bye tae his mither afore
Looking round at the audience, one the Director of Education and Protes after a while, the men rose to IS COPYWRIGHT UNDER THE
of old children present including be gangs aff tae ficht a demel wi could always tell which perform ser Warren. The Registrar prefaced go. Witness then entered the inner ACT OF 1911.
to Beo the bottle opened, but by Maur. NORONHA & CO., WHICH the cairter, wha's as jealous asing young, hopeful belonged to them. his lecture by urging the children room and picked up the battle from anythin his fachty wife. An' by the look of mingled anxiety and
the table. One of the scldiers told juist afore the finish there is a lassie pride coinciding with the entrance and rins in shoutin' that the fickle chiel is exit of their particular offspring. kilt. If A'd been Santuzza, A dinua think A wad hae tel't the cairter lad. seein' that he wis sich a big strappin' felleh an" her ain sweet-heast wisna. She should hae let him gaun-boucht | a new good the neist week and let the ither wummen try an' keep him awa frae her then. They didna ken hootae tackle the men folk at a'.
The ither play wis no bad, an' faur Doggie."
A very small boy recited "My He was quite unconscious better nor the yin we saw afore of the audience and gazed about with Rigoletto. The singin' wasna quite an air of supreme indifference saying as guld as Cavalleria, but Rigoletto, the words he had been, raught, and hadna a took in wi" either o" they supplying suitable action. yins on Seterday. The wunman intion and enunciation on the part b! the The recita- Pagliacci was a terrible Airt, an' had three chosen performers, was an ex- an awfu' time seein' various men cetlent display of memory test and when the guid-man wisna lookin' clear enunciation, but comparing it But he wis tae blame fur ne lookin'with the result of specialized teach-least it should give a good account of After sich a guid lockin' quean. Weing that is procurable nowadays, one itselt in the Basket Ball League now are gaun tae yin or twa mair alore could not help realising that the child started in Hongkong. they gang awa, but A dina ken rer's elocution is apparently part of which they'll be for Wullie is fair the ordinary school curriculum. Voice bookit nos wi' engagements. A'm juist wunnerin' if Wullie's dates are Production like dancing is a special lovers of literature and the drama next-
a' wi' his ain sex, but A'm na shair.
arrangements far the comfort o' man.
a national treasure, handed down to witness he had paid $3 for it, and Of course the babies received the
them to guard, and reminded them asked witness what it had got to do thar the plays were originally written with him. Witness then revealed tiny tos sang "I'd like to be a Sailor story of the Merchant of Venice, defendant to greatest admiration, and when the for Boy Actors.. He then told the his identity, and bold" with appropriate actions. modi-illustrating it with a number of lased him to return the $3 to the
talking the THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON. fied by individual interpretation of the teen slides. Evidently Mr. Mackin-soldier, but the defendant denied that the counter, ask- part, by a few original souls, the aptosh is an educationist as well as a he had received any money. There
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were no glasses or plates on the table. THE THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY lecturer in English, and Mr. Barney, did not turn up in Court. and he HOLDERS will be held at the Off
The sergeant said that the soldier. ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE- the newly, appointed lecturer Biology-arrived
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Hot Messrs. JARDINE, YATHESON & on the "Suwp. His Worship remanded the case CO., LTD. on FRIDAY, February 0.
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1920, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directma and the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1919.
The Basket Ball Club is the latest Union. With Har, Dr. Claud Severn club to be affiliated to the University
Sling as its Captain, it should seon as its Vice-President, and Mr. Harry make itself known in the Colony at
The University Union is offering a most attractive programme to all
TO-DAY'S "ADVERTISEMENT.
G.
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SANITARY BOARD OFFICE, BONGKONG.
form of study and the effect of the monib. war must have been felt in, Hongformances of Two of Lord Dunsany's OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS.
It is producing three per- Yin bad turrn turrns oot zuid expect fully trained and up-to-date pry 13 and 14 and a Matinee on TAKE Notice that nader No. 3 of the
keng, so that, of course one could not plays at the Theatre Royal on Febru mair nor ol'en. Wellie an some teaching during the past few years. February 18. his cronies a" went out the see the But now there will be many women
Tickets entitling the
Domestic Cleaclincas and Ventila new hotel that's at Repulse Bav an' "They had a real graun' time. Wullie migrate from England and parents
looking for work and
purchasers to the right of Advance tion Bye-Laws (as amended), overy. ready to Booking are now on sale, and can be domestic huilding or part of such build- tells me that the place is fair mar should insist that Hongkong children Registrar of the University. A lec- City of Viatoris, and the Western vellous, wit a scrris o' up-to-date of the better classes. who attend rare open to the Public is to be given
cbrained at Moutrie's or from the ling within the Central Division of the Marrk ye, he didna say a werd Government Schools, should have on February 2 at the Helena May. aboot the superior sex, juist fur the equal opportunities for highly special Institute on Lord Dunsany--the Man comfort of man.
sars of the University. There is no Domestic Building used as a Shop But A'm shairized teaching
and his Plays by one of the Profes of Austic Road or those parts of a Reservation or in Kowloon south
doubt that the University Union has UEce or Godowe, must be cleansed a most attractive Building as its Head and limewashed throughout by the quarters, and it is now in the posi-owners during the months of Decem tion to take a distinct place in the ber and January literary and educational activities of the Colony.. If the public will give
the
wommen
onyway.
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es that afforded in
there'll be juist as muckle- not Government schools, in all parts of mair-comforts 'fur us, fer its aye the world.
We have to realize that carly educa- that coont when it comes tae whaur are ye gaun furtion is the basis of success in life. ye're holidays, an' A think that the There are to be changes in the per- Repuke Bay hotel folk wall ken that sonelle of the Peak School and it is much aboot it." An' auld Wright c'hoped that the new principal will be th Cheena Mail tella me 'twas a one whose training has been thorough its efforts the support they deserve, woman body maun hae furaisht it, and who holds certificates which would we shall soon; begin to realise that enable her to occupy a similar posi-this is a Varsity Town and we Onyway, A'm gaun oot tae the tion in a primary school at home. place masel sometime sune, an' then Mrs. Main has had an excellent Entertainments of all sorts. We feel may expect University lectures and A tell ye a' aboot it. As Hamish record in this Colony and many child- an' Jean were not tae a tea-pairty ren who have gone from here to all support from the Colony. Those sure that such a scheme is worthy of an' A had naethin' tae dae' A went schools in England, Canada, Austra of us who remember the Oxford Union oot tae the picturs, tae the Coronet.lia and Africa. remember her with and the joy of attending the weekly Ma worrd, they had the whale place afection and gratitude. Her former Debates there, and the annual per- a freshly pented, nice greeny colours, pupils have all held their own in their formances of the O.U.D.S. will leave an' no content wi' that they has new schools and a credit to their no stone unturned to ensure the suc flooer designs an' lots mair fine pent- carly training. worrk on the top of the nice green
next month. cess of these dramatic performances pent. But they've made a different place o" the Coronet a-the-gither, an' a change fur the better, fur folks wull ke tae sit in sic' a nice clean and fresh lookin' hoose, which gies an awfu' guid show o' picturs a' the
time.
The dancing displays were pretty and one or two of the children were graceful and courtly in their move- ments.
CURE THAT COUGH. The French songs were feature of the afternoon's entertain.
5 great foot mat that you have WHEN For have a troublesome cough, ment, and the rendering of Hiawatha: have in but it des mean that your consumption or that you are going 10 by a small girl, with Indians in full largs are threatened, and it is just A rig giving living illustrations was awell to be on the safe side and take. pretty thought.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy before it Storekeepers. is too late. For sale by all Chemists wal
Kowloon folks are sittin' up an' takin' notice. Ma worrd, they've forrmat a Resedints' Association,
Before giving out the prizes, His an' it looks tae me tae be an' Excellency the Governor made an ap- awfu' guid thing: an' they've preciative speech, dwelling in the gotten the best wishes o' Mag- good work put in by Mrs. Main and gie tae their venture. A they've the gratitude of the Education De- got tae dae noo is the keep on wpartmem to her for carrying on for the guid ideas they've stairted wi' long after she was due to retire. He an' they'll no gang wrang, but its no also expressed his appreciation of the afore time that somebuddy did some fact, that such excellent educational thing Noo that we tae votes an a facilities were at the disposal of re- that at hame, A'm thinkin, it wadna sidents in Hongkong and said that his be a bad idea tae start a W.S. P. U. own children would shortly be pupils here, but A hae ma doots as lae at the Peak School. whether ony of the wummen aboot here wad tak ony interest in it, ither; than a place fur mair gossip than can be had at the Helena May. (There's an awfu' lot o' Beanies oot here, but A've kep' clear o' them so faur.)
We're hatin' real graun' weather oot here juist the noo, sunshine, an'
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bonny skies, an a fresh breeze wia China Mail Steamship Company :- wee nip in it, but some folks are never happy. There'a Wullie's freen January 19, 100 yards off the Kageno The s.5. "China ran ashore on Tammas, wha's gaun abook wi" a whale hire of bees unner his banner, lighthouse at the entrance to Nagasaki but A think he'll be a' richt by Seter Harbour and is resting on a reef under. day. Its an awfy' peety that folks from there alt. Passengers, baggage the "foremast. There is deep.water hae tae work at a', isn't it?
We're gaun tae the practice dance and mails are ashore, and cargo, for the Engineer's Ball this evenin', specie and bullion are being dis- an' then we're gaun pot tae a dinner charged as rapidly as possible. pairty. Nane of ye're common social Interviewed by a China Mail repre evenins' for
It'll be the sentative. Mr. Ritter stated that her firrst time that Wullie has been had received no information that would oot me this week-isnt it dislead to the belief that he s.s. "China". graceful? But we canna help it, would become a total wreck. Asked seein' that he's sae weel likit by a his opinion as to the telegrams from his freens, and they tak him tae teas Shanghai, Mr. Ritter stated he had no As a havna been near Hongkong confirmatory information, but it was fur a while, A'm goun there this quite possible, owing to local cable mornin', the hae a look at the shops, delays, that Shanghai might be "get-
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had been received as to the cause of
Tell Bella that the young chiel the accident. A'm keepin' für her is still waitin túr a wife wi' siller.
Ma kind regards,
MAGGIE MACKAY.
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