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"The most famors character in This was the description given of an elderly, quiet-looking man, who was pacing the deck of the "Sonoma," at Sydney.
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TO-DAY'S RIDDLES
ETON HEADMASTER'S .CONFESSION.
said
When the Court resumed in the understand, properly to enjoy, ar afternoon, however, Mr F. C. properly, to be of any service to Jenkin, Counsel for the defence, other people and these were announced that the prisoner was three of the most important fucce prepared to plead "Guilty to the tions in life.
Personally, he could not find charge of robbery, it having been that things were getting any easier explained to him that this circum- stances surrounding his statement to understand. The political situa were not sufficient to establish a tion seemed to be becoming in creasingly complicated, and it was plea of coercion,
In view of this the Attorney increasingly impossible to form General said he was prepared to an opinion about anything unless withdraw the two further charges one was a trained economist with unlawful possession of arms and time to spare and requisite know published on a great many differ been preferred against him." of stolen property which had ledge to read many newspapers,
On the charge of robbery his ent languages and countries. Honour sentenced the prisoner to seven years' hard labour.
LEEDS AND LE MAR.
"TIT-BITS AND A PUNCH
OR TWO,"
Modern poetry was almost en⚫ tirely beyond his comprehension, and to study modern poetry he would feel it necessary to resign his connection with a great many Lassociations.
Dr. Alington, headmaster of At the Criminal Sessions yester Eton, in an address to members of Mr. Li Po-kwni prosided vestor:
day, before Mr. Justice Gompertz day at a meeting of this special Cor and a jury consisting of Messrs. the local branch of the Workers' Educational Association, a the mittee of the Chinese General L E. Hodge, A.-A. Tavares, Chamber of Commerce appointed in McKenzie, A. B. Ablong, Gibrary at Eton College, sald connection with the Empire Exhibi McLeod, M. E. Meunier and J. D. education seemed to be the thing Kinnaird, Lam Chuen was found which this country, like others,
when he tion to be held in London next year. guilty of robbery. At the opening required, and
country -"he.. meant every in- Mr. T. N. Chan, at the request of the trial, yesterday morning; dividual...
Without education he did not of the Chairman, detailed what had prisoner had pleaded not guilty"
to the three charges preferred think it: possible properly to taken place at the conference of the against him. joint Committes of the Chinese and British Chambera of Commerce Mr. Oban stated that with regard to the desirability of appointing one or two more commissioners to no company Hongkong exhibitors, the Chairman of the Joint Committee, The reference made at the annual meeting of the Hongkong said he would communicate the de- Automobile Association to the sire of the Chinese to His Excel preponderance of other than lenoy the Governor. Acting on the British-made cars in use In Hong-recommendation of the Chinese that kong, was to say the least, striking. There is no reason now why this the buildings most adapted to busi should be, and why any prospec ness and exhibition purposes would buyer of a motor can be thirty-two feet wide and twenty tive
wishes to sell jor one who
his 'mount and buy a British feet deep a telegram had been sent make, should not do so. The to England advising those respongi- Hongkong Hotel Garage can easily ble for the rangements of the "That is Captain Allen-E. F. arrange matters, and in addition dimensions. Mr. Chan said be bad
PERPLEXING ART, Allen-who has spent over 40 years provide a scheme that is very sen fully represented the views of the
Modern art as a whole was not sible, exceedingly generous, and Chamber to the Joint Committee,
easy to understand. When he saw In the South Seas.. He was used by should meet a felt want. The but had purposely omitted one!
reproduced in the newspapers the the late Jack London as the model Hotel Garage with commendable for the hers of his book, The promptitude announce that they point. At the last meeting of the
most celebrated picture of the year Cruise of the Snark. He could spin have been appointed the sole Chinese Committee it was suggested agents for Hongkong and South in regard to the Government's guar
he found himself entirely unable to None could afford to neglect any some yarns if he liked."
China for the well-known Arrol- antoe fund of $100,000 against
guess what it could be driving at Captain Allen was connected Johnston and Galloway cars possible losses incurred by Chinese British car. The price exhibitors, that the whole of that
opportunities they had of under- with the German ship "Elsass" a which made the sensational dash of these cars in Hongkong will be amunt must be absorbed before the
standing these things a little better. from Woolloo-moolloo, smashing the local equivalent of the Usted allocation of $50,000 by the Cham the title, Tit-Bits and a Punch He did not say they could not enjoy the Domain Baths, in August, 1914. prices ruling in Great Britain, Fur- ber for the same purpose be utilized, or Two Some years ago Miss without being educated, but ho did film comedy opposite Max Linder could be enormously enhanced by The "Eisass" reached Pago Pago, thermore the Hotel Garage has ar The appropriation of the Govern. Le Mar took the leading part in a say that their power of enjoyment and remained interned there till ranged with the Arrol-Johnstone meat, no stated at previous inset The sketch which Leeds and LeMar In proportion as a person was America entered the war. Captain Co, whereby a visitor to Great Brit- ings, was inado on condition that are staging at the Star is taken from. Aller, with his two sons, it was ain from the Bast will be enabled the Chinese Chamber nut aside that. It may be mentioned that this educated and cultivated, so much Sonoma", tried to purchase at list price an Arrol $50,000 for the same purpose. Mr. act was engaged by the Military were his powers of perception and Qoly an enjoyment increased. to clains this ship for Britain. The Johnstone or a Galloway car for his Chan said bo had made mention authorities to entertain the troops educated person had the full Elsass" had $2,000,000 dollars in use in the fiomeland, and on his of the Chamber's suggestion because Egypt with the Duchess of chance of making use of himself,
to the Far East to some misunderstanding appeared to Athol's concert party. Miss Le gold aboard in terracotta pipes return when she reached Pago Pago. Only have the car sent to the factory exist an to whether the vote of Mar, is introducing some new and of helping other people.
He did not mean that all educat part of this was recovered when to be overhauled and suitably gear $260,000 made by the Government songs, including “When the
ed people were helpful, but if they the vessel was taken by the Ameri-ed for Hongkong. In addition to cans when they came into the war. this, the car would be packed, in- in connection with Hongkong's re- Cherry Blossoms Fall. The act top regulate, good will-which sured, and shipped to the Garage presentation at the Exhibition was contains a surprise at the finish, for delivery in Hongkong, free of for the sole benefit of the Chinese something which it is claimed has no amount of lectures would give all charge to the owner. If all this or whether it was also meant for not been shown before, in China, them and had the desire to be of they lived, then it was perfectly is fut clear enough, the Hotel the assistance of foreiga exhibitors. What it is Loeds and Le Mar will good use to the society in which Garage will gladly supply further The Chairman of the Joint Com- not divulge, but it sounds Interes plain that any training of powers The variety act will be to understand or enjoy would help particulars on application at their mittee held the view that the ting. showroom in Padder Street. The amount was for both Chinese and presented at both the 5.30 and 935 them train others. scheme is such that it appears to foreigners and pointed out that performances, With the new Con- us to merit the success it deserves. nothing to the contrary bad been stance Talmadge picture, A Per- If the number of British imate care said in regard to the vote. A huid fect Woman the performance in use in the Colony in the future is explanation was expected from the promises to be one of the best pres not what it should be, the Hotel Government as to the traiter and sented for soms Ume. --- Garage will certainly not be to until it was received he thought it blame
advisable to defer discussion os to "NO WOMAN KNOWS." the compensation fund." LATEST SHIPPING NEWS, Chon concluded by urging that arrangements as to advertising and ascertaining the form and extent of the support from the Chiness, etc., should be taken in hand without delay.
stated on the
LORD NORTHESK.
GREETING TO DANCING-
GIRL FIANCEE.
Amid the plaudits of a New York crowd of spectators, Lord Northesk rin down the gangway from the White Star liner "Olym- pic" and fervently embraced his dancing girl fincée, Miss Jessica
Brown.
The dancer, dressed in a long black skirt and black hat, made her appearance early at the pier and watched the liner from an un- privileged position behind the She waved Customs barrier. frantically to Lord Northesk, who was standing on the upper deck, but for a long time she did not succeed in attracting his attention, As the couple walked away they were bombarded by questions from 1aquisitive reporters desirous of obtaining every possible informa tion concersing, the "projected alliance between the New York stage and the British nobility."
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The clever combination, Harry Leeds and Trixie Le Mar, made such a hit at the Star last week that they are appearing at Kowloon again. Commencing to-night, they present an entirely new act, with
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PLOT TO MURDER A WIFE.
One of the most extraordinary. cases ever before the Manchester Assizes has concluded..
John Kersic, a fireman, of Gill- street, Liverpool, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude" for inciting another man to murder Kersie's wife in order to obtain the newspaper insurance money.
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in "No Woman Knows," the Frank Connolly, said that Kessie WHERE THEY STILL DO IT. A number of conditions with re-attraction commencing day at offered him £100 of the £500 insur-
The other day, writes RF. W. R Wing Sang, U. M. & Co) from gard to exhibits, etc. had been the Coronet "No Woman Knows"ance money if he (witness), would drafted. The most important are: is a creen adaptation of the book areas in a white sheet, stand on Shanghai-Co.'s Wharf.
Chekiang, (B. & S) from Shang--
Exhibits must be shipped to Lon by Edna Ferber, "Hanny Her the staircase of Kersie's house, the Daily Mail, I met an old hal-B12.
entsin, don not later than January 16, 1994, self" Realism is the vital element and throw Mrs. Kersie over the sailorman back from the Pacific
in all Edna Ferber's works. She banisters.
coast of the States. He told me Huichow, (B. & S.) from Tientsin,
Twenty-four buildings, crected
paints life as she sees it. Laughter Swatow.-C34.
wap.C.J.L.) from Mike. entirely at the expense of the long and tears run the pamut of emotions necessary, use a coal hammer, was in the old peris-not much, for the See that she is dead, and, if that they still go in for shanghaing kong Government, will be available for Chinese at the Exhibition, rent her stories. Edna Ferber has the added injunction.
almost lived "Fanny Herself."
On the night arranged for the trade does not pay with steam- free. Of these eighteen will be for. The film version, No Woman crime Kersie supplied witness with beats whose 'tween-port runs are a business purposes and the remainder, Knows" is saf to be the most beer and methylated spirits in matter of weeks, but still just a for the demonstration of industrial human picture ever screened. It order to stimulate him. Connolly little for the convenience of the processes.
is a Universal Jewel production informed Mrs. Kersie and the
sailing ship masters. Treight expenses to and from and "Fanny Herself" has been police. England will be borne by the Hong-Interpreted on the screen by Mabel A prison doctor said that Kerste kong Government.
-Kowloon Wharf.
Lord Northesk said he was en- tirely in the hands of Miss Brown.seilles, whose prerogative it would be to fix the wedding day. He added that he had chosen her for his wife because she was a "real girl,"
Miss Brown-observed that Lord Northesk would be staying with friends, whose address she refused to give, while Lord Northesk re- marked that he believed she would take him for a few days to Buffalo, where her mother resides, and where, presumably, the marriage will t de pluor;
STOOPING GIRLS.
-LONGER, SCHOOLDAYS BLAMED:
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Andes Mara, (OSK.) from Moji, Porthos, (M. M. Cic.) from. Mar-
Saigon.--At Lake Gilpen, (Pacific Mail) from Minila--C16.
Kalgan, (B. & S.) from Bangkok, Swatow.-BIL.
Kaijo
Maru, (O.SK.) from Keelung, Swatów-Co.'s Wharf
Keemun, (B, & S.) from Shang hal-Az.
DEPARTURES..
for
Porthos, (M. M. Cie) Yokohama, Shanghai-June 20.
Tjikembang. U. C. J. L) for
Batavia.-June.20
Persia Maru, (T.K.K.Jfor Osaka, Keelung–Juno 20
Fushiki Maru, (O. S. K.) for Kee- lung-June 21.
-June 21.
Swatow—June zi,
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IDEALS IN BUSINESS.
"DOING RIGHT BY THE PEOPLE"
representative:··
A large and gathering of business men met at dinner at the Royal Albion Hotel.
Whiteley's, acted as host, Brighton, when Mr. John Lawrie, managing director of Willam
Members of the Incorporated As
sociation of Retail Distributors
-present included representatives
of England, of all the leading business houses Mr. Best, who proposed the health of the host, referred to My Lawrie real sportsman, Car, 19
Julienne Scott, heading an all star suffered from mental and moral Sound ports it was a prosperous as a genial: Scotsman who was a
The Government will provida, cast. third clues fares for all Chinese going to England to attend the Ex- hibition in addition to maintaining ARTISTS AND CLOTHES them during their sojourn there.
The question of wages for atten- "SARTORIAL HORRORS" AT dants sent to the Exhibition came
up for discussion. It was stated
---THE ACADEMY.
that tibia was a matter between the A representative of the Tailor and
But when I was last in the Puget
degradation as the result of methy-business. The boarding-house mas lated spirit drinking,
BALLOON RACE.
STORM TEARS THREE TO
PIECES.
ters the crimps-had a fixed tariff of eighty dollars a head blood- money, and also they drew a month's advance pay for each man which was signed for by the
man's mark.
Lord Dalziel, who supported the toast, referred to Mr. Lawrie as a great organiser and a man who had done much for charity.
In reply Mr. Lawrie, said that the gathering was a very remarkable one: "I don't suppose there is fine. It was a simple matter. A sailor other place in the world where we It is a meeting of the mansions employers and the attendants, in Cutter, who bag paid his annual Bad weather seriously interfered man at a loose end might go and could find such a gathering, he said which the Government should be visit to the Royal Academy Exhibi- with the annual balloon race orga- live in luxury at the boarding of England that are daily in com naked to help.
tion, says that, the artists, while nised by the French Aero Club. house for a month. At the end of Intending orhibitors are asked to expending meticulous care on nai- Twenty balloons were assembled that time a ship was found for him, petition with one another, and that give an approximato estimate of the forms and robes, show a dimogord on May, 14 near the place de la and he joined it, not often willing competition is serious and sovere Sun Li, (Po On) for For Bayard. spe needed before. July 16, so as of accuracy, vorisimilitude, or even Concorde to be filled with gas. But ly, but after his drink had been Everything that we know is pitt to enable the Chamber to make probability id depicting mafti. He violent gusts of wind made the drugged, or he had been battered into our own business, and we are task of the soldiers in charge of the into stupor by the fighting man of up against each other for six days
of the week; and the house, Kwangse, (B. & S.) for Shanghai, arrangements in advance.
here as friends, yet we can mee Exhibitors should give the Chan- There is a wanton avoidance of operation most difficult, Swatow.-June 21. Since children have been re-
Sunning, (B. & S.) for Shanghai, bets, before August 15, a full inven- essentials and a singular perverty Balloon No. 3, belonging to M. Once we shipped three change" All we big business houses quired to stay at school until they
Swatów. June 21.
tory of the quantity and value of of treatment. The afect is that of Blanchard,one of the favourites was haled bands. We were sailing have the same desire," continued are 14 years of age, a large number
Fooshing, J. M. & Co.) for Shang- the goods to be start, and also in multitudinous pilfite in a chamber the first to come to grief. Made of from Tacoma with four, and they Mr. Lawrie, "We want to do what of the older girls are found in Bed-
form the Chamber as to the ram- of sartorial Loom Burlington thin material, the gasbag was une were handed up over the rail five is right by the people; we want to fordshire to be stooping and round-hai. June 21.
Soshu Maru, (0. S.K.) for Takao, ber of attendants accompanying ex- Houso might be a rollection of Bur. able to withstand the force of the minutes before we got under way pay as good wages as we possibly shouldered.
hibits. The Chamber ha full dis- lington Arcade, but it mirrora old wind and was soon torn to pieces and locked in a sail-locker. When can; we want to see our people Andes Maru, (0. S. K.) for cretion as to the goods to bo dent clothes from Ibo New-Cut. There Then balloon No. 4, which had no they came to, Flattery was lost happy and contanted, and we want officer to be-probably due to the Bombay, Singapore. June 21. had also has this power to reject is ecsroely-suit soen which would protecting nets, to save weight, was astern and our next port of call to see our country prosperous great rate at which many of the
Unda, (A. P. C) for Shanghai whosoever they regard as super fetch a song ces catery or a short torn in two.Soon afterwards balloon ninety days ahead
No.7 was thrown against a tree and girls have grown and the seating June 21.
One was a litile Maltese seaman nurgararies, S
lived plant, if sold from a suburban completely destroyed. The fourth who knew the ropes, and turned to accommodation in the schools is
Large shipments should be home.
The lion tamer was different. He not satisfactory for the taller girls.
--MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS,
arranged by exhibitors thomselves, Concerning Humorist and Dono victim, No. 8, was seriously dam without demur. The others were
aged, dem? Before the war many of these
dead different. One, who stood over six i did not fight; but whonovers atomm- but the Chamber is prepared to ship ghue going out for the Derby, 3031, Last of all, balloon Tault, bearing feet in height, was farm hand blew up he was too ill to work o taller girls used to leave school and go out to work after becoming
the puber 14, was caught by the who had made Tacoma with his | bad leg.-koek Romani Prince" is small parcels, all junk freight to and the writer says: Thơ 1.. Từ B 13. In 1914 the average height of expofed to arrive here from New York from steamers to be refunded to the The trousers worn by the table wind as the garbag was half-filled pay for the very night ho Then after eighty seven days,
leavers" was under 4ft. Ilia., but on June 23,
Chamber
lad who leads the horse are the and, breaking the ropes which beld had fallen, The third-it sounds we made Durban. The lionetamer 023 TOVIRAL for Klatter, last year almost one in six was sft.nd Donaire Lot Shanghe Excepting too, wine and tobacco worst in the Academy, en the artist it to the ground, escaped and was far too good to be true--but the had been held to his bunke, abs Girls of this age," says Dr. on June 2) for this part and in due here ones hinta will be exempt from im. wings 100 to 1 choice. He gets soon lost to sight. It had no pilót third as longer in a cheap loss cripple for seek
the effect of armour plates, raiber on board, less
sooner had we The Chamber doen not hold itself than nether garments.
PARADOREN B Those two men did not want to jumped on the wharf responsible for breakages, pilferage Webster would have done much Singapore boy was killed in be: sailo We persuaded them, while wo asked each othe or hoes in rouard to exhibits, baller
Penang by a circus elephant on The not persuaded nicely, ran. Nobody wanted to cato
tent was lady like Less than three wee
· The Chamber is not concerned
hat would have wards, but af the buoys,. with either Iosata sulained or pro
if their Nova Scotiaman heaven help.. fits made by exhibitars.
This is said by the school medical
2in, or more in height.
Hardman, "are apt to overgrow their strength, and if the sitting space is at all cramped and the desks have not suitable backs the only way for the girl to rest is to Jean forward AGGRE
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Of the portrait of the headmaster June 11: It is alleged that, in spí “Rugby School:he muf oscarningsíthe lad had been tea The coat has no geams, and the animal, which chased him.
A sub-committee of eight was merely a serion of billowing rolls of bay stumbled and fell murd appoitited 58,2u into the foregoing painty Wewankt wager that the elephant caught him and
meeting on Monday afternoon – mitter baş led the biron for lessar-hha’with his tusk, which penetrated malang undell end gaf or Juan Wallpproved the conditions will be fault than hope of which the artist his heart. The animal was one of i will be subisch 60 1616 vida, nia. --- Moairs
plated among the merchants. has been m
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