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OTHTRÁLNE OPEKIAN.
The China Mail.
六拜禮
February 28, 1920. Temperature 55.
八廿四二年-
BLISHED Rainfall 000 ch.
Bumidity 95,
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1920.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
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No. 17,855.
BUSINESS NOTICES
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ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,
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Marine and Land Engineers, Bollermakers, Founders, Maine Boat Builders,
KARBOUR REPAIRS CALL FLAG "Z". HOLE. ÁGENTS JOK. “KELVIN MOTORS",
#zowa 25 Werke. K11; Manager K.329; Harbour Rogineer E.150;
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(Tax Ever GARAGE).
Motor Cars for Sale and for Hire. Motor Bus Service to Repulse Bay Hotel
• WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS.
NEW PIERCE ARROW CAR. FOR SALE, Agents in South China for-
Hudson, Essex and Dodge Brothers Motor Cars, Denby Motor Trucks and U.S. Tyres.
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TOL 182.
KALOTHERMINE.
A SAFE AND SIMPLE APPLICATION.
Has been used with conspicuous succee in the treatment of Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Sprains, Bruises, Boils, Burns, and in all inflammatory conditions where local trentoient, in required.
ANTISEPTIC and ANTIPHLOGISTIC.
Easy to use and entirely supersedes the old-fashioned LINSEED POULTICES, BLISTERS, FLASTERS, &c.
SOLE AGENTS:
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HONGKONG and.. CHINA.
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26th to 29th February.
"Genuine Reduction
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TAILORS
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TAILORS
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DONNELLY & WHYTE.
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WINE MERCHANTS.
(Reuter's Service to the China kể cit.)
PAISLEY BY-ELECTION.
LONDON, February 25th. The following was the rouls in the Faisley by loosion :---
*
Mr. H. H. Asquith (Liberal)... 14,738 Mr. J. M. BigGas (Labour).............. 11,002 Mr. Maceras (Coalition Union-
ist)
........ 3,795
Liberal majority over Labour 2934 Liberal majority over Co-
Unjonistertypani Maverint, 10,041 (The figure at the General
Were
Sir John McCallum (L.)
J. M. Biggar (Co-op.)...... John Taylor (Co, N.D.P.) ....... 7,201
7,542 7,436
106 L. majority over Co-op.......... "L. majority over Co. N.D.P... 341,
an The late Sir John McCallum was
triend
EARLISH TELEGRAMS.
(Reuler's Service to the Ching Mail)
MAYAS REVIEW.
|I
February 28, 191, Temperature #6.
日九初月正申庚來藏年人國英華中
THE WEEK'S CHAT.
The blessed sun is out again and everything in the island is lovely.. The trees are beginning, to sprout, she birds are chirping in their juita tion of song birda in ocher lands, and A Havas memagą kaya;—
hear the scissor, grinders grinding The French medical-men, M Lorman eight days before their time. I believe and
Commanden have just perfected a the Chinese have a theory that this combined X-ray and kinoma apparatus
Pants, February 2örd
which permits the timing of the interior sound starts on the 18th day of the of animals and showing on the screen all first moon, which is the day of Ching | the movements of the various organs.Che, or the feast of the excited inseers. M. Millerand Paris yesterday for love all their funny names for London B Berthelot, Director of the
French Foreign. Cha who has been carry-easts they are usually so suitable, Electioning on negotiations in London during Mand so expressive of conditions of Milloranda abeoner, met the Premier at nature. Can one imagine anything. Folkestone
The Daily Mail ays that the return of Excited Insects "2. The least of the more expressive than the Feast of M. Millerand in fly to have early. results. His absence delayed decisions
first rains or the day of great best. which may now be made
The 17th day of the second moon is) At the meeting on Saturday, of the the "teast of pure brighness,Ching Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affair Ming and falls on Monday, April 5. important, an affectionate and a sympathetic Commission, M Millerand rave a full Easter Monday, with which i am cold.
of Mr. Asquith. It may be added
Briand declared himself in favour it always coincides, that according to the latest mail news from lanation of the recent negotiations. Home, if Mr. Asquish was selected by the of allowing the Turks to retain Constan Paisley Laborals, there were good grounds, for tinople. believing that an affcial Coalition candida se would not be put forward. The Coalition stood aside from the contest in East File when the right hon. gentleman was defeated at the General Election and the victor, Colonel Sir Alexander Sprot, was returned as an independent Unionist. adopted in December, 1915, with the approval of the leaders of the Coalition, was, accord-
especially the working classes. PARIS, February 22nd. ing to the views expressed in well-informed
The Ambassadors, Conference has decid- men folk strip and go abour with quarters, likely again to be followed in the event of 3ir. Asquith going to Paisley.ed on the repatriation of German prison-practically nothing on, but no marter Therefore, Mr. MacKean might have beeners in Siberis on condition that the rehew the women work in the swelter- patriation of the Czecho-Slovak, Yugoing heat, they are always modestly standing without official, backing.
DIE
The course-
the
Just now, with the sun gladdening the earth after a long retirement be" M Clemenceau, who is travelling up Nile, visited Luxor and Karma hind smuggy clouds, the world seems dined with Field-Marshal Lord Allenby, full of the promise of spring. True it H. Clemenceau is proceeding to Khar- is only a semi-spring, just as the toum
Summer when It comes will be i super-summer, I always feel sorry for Chinese women in summer.
The
GERMAN PRISONERS IN SIBERIA,
ARTIFICIAL DAYLIGHT.
Fairley
Blave and Foles apta priority. a town of great factories, enjoyed politically the reputation of an stronghold of Radicaliam, Eus Labour has made
Etrides here, and at isa head- quartery in London the result of the coming
moral cer by-election was spoken of za “ sainty." Labour monat to make a strong bid for Paisley, and was in no wise daunted by the fact that ita chief opponent was a statesian of the eminent of Mr. Asquith.]
BRITISH TRADE OUTLOOK.
LONDO, February th Sir Auckland Geddes, in a speech at the British Industries Fair which was yesterday visited by their Majesties the King and Queen, arged that the fair since its inauguration in 1915 had entirely changed in character. It was no longer a case of
of providing an opportunity to the
buyer to
to fill up a gap, but of presenting an all parts of opportunity to buyers from the world to secure goods of any class
Visitors to the Leicester Galleries. Leicester Squares W., oa. December 20, were most interested in a de- "monstration of the new artificial daylight," invented by Mr. George Sheringham, the artist and designer. The apparatus is extremely simple, and consists of a high-power electric light bulb, Etted with a cup shaped opaque reflector, the inside of which is painted a silver grey colour and throws the light against a screen shaped like a patol. The screen is lined with small batches of colours, arranged according to a formula wicked out.By Me Sheringham. The light thrown down from the screen- shots colours eftigst as well as full,
hoy desired. The Government win chayght, and better than any templating further development, namely, howrooms on the Contineat, and else where,
Sir Auckland Geddes laid stress on the fact that the only way to win back the pre-war commercial I prosperity was by the development of the export trade. At/pre- sent the home market was almost too attractive; profits were easily made and buyers were clamouring for goods, bat there was an overseas market on which British trade must rely for the continua tion of its prosperity. He suggested the advisability of businessmen netting aside a considerable of their goods
for sale oversets, and parded by
announcing that the Government was contributing £100.000 to guarantee the fund of the British Empire Exhibition which will be held in London from May to October in
1921.
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IMPERIAL STATISTICS.
LONDON, February 25th, At farewell dinner to the Oversea delegates of the Imperial Statistical Con. férence a letter from Colonel Amery was
ad emphasising the necessity of the full- est possible statistics as regards trade, mining, finance, population, Agriculture, cret of living, labour and migration, in order to develop and utilise the resources of the Empire to the fullest extent. He was sure that the deliberations of the Conference had greatly contributed to wards the attainment of that end which he would do everything in his power to further.
AMERICAN RAILROAD BILL..
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WASHINGTON, February 2nd. The Horse of Representatives has approved the new compromise on the Rail road Bill after a dekaté lasting four jó, hours.
"
WASHINGTON, February 21st, Representatives of the Railroad Bro- therhoods, who recently conferred with President Wilson, called at the White House and presented a petition to Presi
the dent Wilson, protesting against passage of the Railroad Bill stating that the labour provisions in the Bill were wholly unacceptable to railroad workers.
UNITED STATES -IMMIGRANTS.
New Yona, February 22nd.. Speaking at the dinner at the Bulgrave Institution given in connection with the celebration of the Tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, Mr. Marshal; the Vice-President, declared that immigrants ought to be required to learn English before becoming electors.
NO LABOUR PARTY.
WASHINGTON, February 2nd. Mr. Samuel (lompers has written to Mr. William Mitchell, the Labour leader in Indianapolis, that the formation of a political Labour Party will be detrimen tal to the interests of Labour,
NEW DRY DOCE IN VANCOUVER.
Oraw, February 22nd: The Government has decided to subsidize the construction of a new dry dock, at Vancouver which will be 700 feet long and
will accommodate the largest vessels run- ning between Canada and the Orient
other arrangement of artificial lighting.
FIGHTING COCKS.
OLD ENGLISH GAME SHOW IN CUMBERLAND.
The show of the Cumberland Old English Game Club, held at Maryport on January 10, attracted a total entry of 900, including 412 game. One of the most interesting classes was that for cocks not exceeding 5 lb., a favourite fighting weight, At present, says a correspondent in The Times, there is a tendency to breed Old English Game for size and colour, and cocks have been exbibited up to 9 lb., the weight of a Christmas chicken. The old cockers held that blood, and not blubber, won mains, and there is no doubt that the old-fashioned fighting type were more, active, stronger feathered, better muscled than their larger modern descendants. Fighting for generations bas developed the breast muscles of Old English Game, and this, together with their pheasant- like favour, makes them the best of table fowl, and, "although no one would keep the breed to market poultry or eggs, yet reared for the owner's table there is no fowl like the game fowl
The modern craze for colour “breeding is condemned by possessora of the old fighting strains who occa sionally try their courage and activity. Some of the best of the Cumberland fighting strains are greys of shades, rarely seen in shows; the old-fashioned "polecats," "threatle breasts," and " fig pudding breasted," are never sent to exhibi tions to compete with the modern fashionable colour
In the Cumberland cocking families the secrets of feeding to fit cocks for the battle are never divulged, but have been handed down from father to son for generations. In most
cock breeds, however eggs are -- used largely, and maw (poppy) seed, meat, and other stimulating food is employed. The result is an intense combativeness, and the cocks, when ready for the tray, will fight a dog or a man almost as readily as another cock."
Old English Game in Cumberland are practically all reared at walk." "A fariner is paid an acknowledgment, and the game Eve in the 'helds away from other poultry hens nesting in the woodsand hedges and rearing their own broods, for a Cock hatched under a barndoor fowl is of little use for fighting. Many are killed by foxes, but the "grept vitality of the survivors justifies the system."- Farmers are always ready to receive game low! atwalk, as they hold that they pay their own rent" by the destruction of injurious Insects.
are.
encased in tight clothing, so tight as to hide, every suggestion of femininity: in figure or form. Apart from the heat it is rather rough on femininity to be deburred from all the little cou- queries of dress which with Chinese women have to be expressed in feotling little ornaments in the hair plastered down and oiled until it losses all semblance of nature. Chinese people are more like birds, than we Chamricle, with his brood of drab wives, the resplendan: peacock strating before his modest and de- mure hens. are not unlike the male and female in China The men are so magnificent in their flowing robes. and in the past wore long hair and gorgeous jewels, while our men have to impress us with their manliness and good taste in refraining from any-. thing in the nature of coxcombry în dress. Our women on the other hand are anything but modest. It is all very well to say that modern fashions have introduced immodesty, but that contention will not hold with any one who has any lamiliarity with picture galleries in Europe, where even one's respectable ancestresses wore dresses that while cut long as to skirt, were anything but high as to the bodice.
Western women always
did and always will, 1 suppose, do overything to enhance and display the charms of nature. Bare necks and arts are to-day accompanied by a display of leg, formerly politely called limbs, these lightly covered with Bay and transparent silk stocking. If you measured up the actual amount of body covered and uncovered on the modern women, the sum would come out square. Compared with women in London and Paris, European women in Hongkong are distinctly modest, in practice and in theory. They mostly come from the intensely respectable lower middle class, the back-bone of stability and the domestic virtues. They pretend to be rather daring and reckless, but woe beide the man who presumes on that pretence. A little while ago, I heard them go into per- fect horrors about a young girl who had appeared at a big ball in an even- ing dress held up by shoulder straps, instead of a camouflage sleeve of geor- geite. I immediately had visions of those terrible creations, of skirt and frontal corsage with the back bare, such as one sees in Revues or in fashion papers; but when I actually saw the offending damsel wearing the dress under, discussion," I found the whole thing pretty and simple and withal' most decent, the only trouble was that she was a bit too thin th that style of dress.
Innovations are not welcomed over here. New styles, like new music and phys, only come to us when they are has beens" and worn thread. bare at home:
Once in a London shop, 1 asked.
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stuff, that was left over after the sales and he said, "We send it back to the manufacturers and they send it to the colonies"
Hongkong
over.THREE-QUARTERS of a CENTURY.
WILKINSON'S
We mot spak boo-highly of
For the sake of my credit with the local trades people will qualify my story by saying that he probably lied and that their stuff is all, perfectly new and perfectly up-to-date: I am beginning to loose my nerve, so many people seem to resent the things I the write about them. and it I do not make a mighty effort, to resist fear. et unpopularity. I shall find myself in
met
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