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M NAY, DInro 17, 1924, commencing at 8.20 p.m. at No. 12 Pondit Terrace A Quantity of Tatumble Ucussbold Furniture.
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Tow Hatstad. (benterfield Couch! and Gumize, wk Dressing Room Suit Bewa Pendeta Bras Camps, and Ornaments, drets Curtains, etc. Teak ezlangan Ding Cable, Drossing tablo with beveled miror, Wabing stand, Doule und gle Mak Wardrobes with bevelle mir dors, Dinner Servico, Oluan wany, whé, eie.
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Hongkong, March 8, 1924.
NOT FORGOTTEN.
LAW
AN OLD SCOTTISH LAW MADE NEW,
Under a law made long before the Reformation,, in the 16th century 3,800 owner-tenants of freehold houses in Catchcart, a suburb of Glasgow, have received notice of the imposition of a levy of 10d. in the £ on the assessed value of their dwellings for the purpose of building a new church for the parish
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The levy falls equally upon all the owners whether they are men- bers of the Established Church or The Church will cost £27,000 and under this old act the Parish" Church Court, consisting of twelve heritors or property owners, may impose a levy upon all the heritors of the parish for the building or) maintenance of the Established Church. If the funds of the parish are insufficient the court has power to take civil proceedings for the recovery of the money.
FARES FOR PÚBLIC VEHICLES.
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Scots Proverbs.
LIBEL ACTION
KAISER.
EX
OFFICER WHO SLAPPED EMPEROR'S FACE.
The part of Scotland that was richest in proverbs was the West Highlanda. Next to that district, said Mr. William Traquaic Dick son, WS,, at a recent meeting of. the Scottish Text Society, pro- bably the most proverbial district was Fife. One of the commonest An extraodinary case in which and most quoted proverbs in the the ex-Kalser charges Dr. Von West Highlands was in Gaelic, a Der Heydt, editor of the Dert- literal translation of which read:
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Flying Tenders for Submarine
The United States Navy has decided to fit all its ocean-going submarines of the "S" "T" and "" classes with special small seaplanes. These pircraft can be struck down and stowed on board There were hills and streams, munder General Anceiger, with a submarine or patrol vessel with- and Macgregors, but when did the libel, was begun in the District out difficulty. Should any naval Clan Arthur come?" That plainly Court at Dortmund last month. Power in future warfare use under belonged to the time when the
Last year the "General Anzeiger water craft against merchantmen, persecution of the Clan Gregor the added danger of a flying began in the fifteenth century. published a series of sensational tender can well-be-imagined, for The Gregors then lost the whole articles-entitled From the life of there would be no longer any hope of their properties, and from that a Crown lunatic," dealing with of eluding the enemy by dazzle time they changed front the post- various aspects of the history of painting to disguise the course andtion of a very powerful clan to a the Holienzollerns.
Both the ex- speed of the ship, or by apparatus scattered and weak clan. That Kaiser and the ex Crown Prince for concealing smoke, except same peculiarity of proverbs re were freely attacked. perhaps, in narrow waters,, where ferring to a particular period
The present case, however con- the enemy would unsre to stay was wonderfully frequent. He cerns only one article reprinted sufficiently long on the surface to recalled that а long time
from û brochure by Admiral get the seaplane away. Thego, In
country district machine would not he used for in Fife, he made some remarks well-known story concerning the Persius, which referred to the the remarkable local ex-Kaiser and a bob-repping, but would prob- about ably for the tactics of the customs, whereupon a man of the seaplane tender or the German district said, "Ay, they're kind raider Wolf, which not only acted o'queer folk here not to be Falk- as scout and greatly, increased her land folk, ye ken." After a time range of vision, but also flew on he found the excuse for Falkland ahead and opened fire on her was general. There was only intended victim with machine one way he could explain it. guns, which generally persuaded Falkland was taken centuries ago her to stop and await the arrival of by the Crown as a suitable place the raider. It would also mean a
on which to build & Royal very considerable alteration in residence. While Falkland folk Our war-time ideas of anti-were noted in that way as being submarine patrols, as lite enft different, and he supposed rather like motor launches would afford superior to their neighbours, they small protection against machine themselves bad their own way of gun fire unless they had so much looking at it. If Falkland people
Dr. Max Frank, for the defence, steel armour that their speed found fault with anyone, especially replied that the proper time for would be seriously impeded for being old-fashioned, they put such a dementi was when the story Naval and Military Record.
it this way-"You're abint the first appeared, and not many years times; You should Introductions.
gang to after when the most important Frenchic." Frenchie apparently witnesses who might have been was considered an interior place, cafled to support, were either dead
With the exception of this or had been lost sight of.. Franchie in Fife, the other places of that name were in the High lantis, and Freuchie was simply a translation of the Gaelic word for heathery-moorland, heathery, in ferior place. There were scores of proverbs connected with Fife towns.
When introducing; say the name of the least important person first, or in the case of a man and a
woman the man's name first. The reason for this is that the whole formula of introduction is: "May I introduce Mr. So-and-So, Mrs. Dash-and-Dash?" although the "May I introduce" is generally swallowed. Unless you do not wish to know someone who has been in- troduced to you, you should-rive some sort of recognition when you pass them in the street or meet them
The Problem of Water-Power.
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1924
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officer; who is stated to have cont mitted suicide following incident on board the Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern on the occasion coast of Norway in the summer of of the Kaiser's voyage to the 1000 1897..
Dr. Hahn, representing the ex-Kaiser, stated that the case had been instituted in order that the story, which was widely published particularly in British newspapers, might be contradicted once for all."
officer at present a bask clerk in Mr. Hans Pauli, a Germán ex- Dortmund and the first witness to be heard, evidence. He stated that in 1897 gave sensational his brother (now dead) was an officer in the German Army. stationed at Dortmund, where he mixed freely with German naval officers, among whom the incidents. which had occurred in connection with the voyage of the Hohenzol lem were the common subject of discussion.
One of the great problems in the electrical world to-day (say's the Scientific American) is that of elsewhere. Remeinber that the woman must always make the first developing the latent water powers sign of recognition, and also of the country through a con- that the man sic is walking ordinated scheme, which will
prehensive and thoroughly co- "THE WORSE FOR DRINK.” with must take off his hat,
His brother had repeated the whether he knows to whom his develop the maximum amount of stories companion is bowing or not. If you Power with a maximum possible According to his version a certain in question to him. stop to speak to your acquaintances distribution at a reasonably low Lieut. von Hahnke was on intimate it is rude not, to introduce your
cost. For some years, there has terms with the Emperor. One day been presented- for consideration on board, the Hot enzollern the companion. It is abominably bad. manners to speak with a cigarette wat is known as super-Power Kaiser was laughing and joking in your mouth, and1 am sorry to scheme, which covers the leading with his officers. He was apparent see how much it is done (says a
manufacturing section of the ly the worse for drink, stated writer in the Daily Chronicle. The country lying between Canada the witness, and was behaving and Washington, and reaching quite freely. The Kaiser appeared reasons for shaking hands on some occasions and not on others are a
from the Atlantic coast to the to have been ticking Lieut von little obscure. The general custom Alleghany Mountains. This plan, Haluke, who retaliated by play- seems to be as follows:-When carried out, will develop the fully slapping the Kaiser's face. you are introduced to a stranger River, of Niagara, and of the instantly. He sprang to his feet water power of the St. Lawrence The Emperor's attitude changed when you are unlikely to meet other lesser streams and rivers; and left the room without addres- handshake. If they are people will establish large central
sing another word to the lieuten- whom you are likely to get to know power stations in
the neighant. That, afternoon Lieut, von it is more polite to shake hands.bourhood of the various coal holds. Hahnke pet with his end. There A man introduced to a woman and will gather into one great was some talk at the time of a seldom shakes hands with her. If consolidation the present widely-court of honour," which was you are introduced to someone it and steam-electric power plants officer to atthe with his life for the scattered, private, hydro-electric, stated to have ordered the young. is more polite to rise, from your It will feel the aggregate power insult which he had offered to his chair, especially should she be older than yourself.
thus secured into one great system Emperor. Modern Hypocrisy.
again a bow is more usual than a
of distribution, from which the
users will draw their power as and that there could be no question The witness's brather told him where it is required. The economy thus secured represents the annual regarding the manner in which saving of over 150,000,000 tons of Lieut von Hahnke died. He land- coal.
ed from the Hohenzollern and took a cycle to the top of an incline ending at the summit of a cliff. Then, mounting the machine, von Hahnke allowed it to carry him. over the edge of the cliff to his dooni. Count Klatam-Gallarmund, formerly a naval officer, and for pine years attached to the Kaiser's personal staff, denied the truth of the story.
An outstanding milestone on the road of life occurs in early childhood, writes Phyllis Clark in the Evening Standard. It is the transition from unconscious pride in one's simple achievements to the adoption of a false modesty. with regard to them. "Mine is best," we were wont to assert when comparing a drawing, a pięce of needlework, or any other childish accom plishment with that of a sister or companion, while he or she would invariably retort, "No, it isn't as
The Kaiser, he stated met with good as mine, until there came a
an accident to his eye on the day- day when we realised was it
in question while walking on the instinctively, or with the help of
promenade deck of the Hohen- the child's chief guide, semi-
zollern. It was a windy day, and conscious imitation of grown-ups? PERSISTENT RHEUMATISM. spar struck the Emperor's head,
tha to boast of one's own new Dr. Williams' Pink Pille Drive It
wounding his eye. Lieut VOD prowess and belittle another's is
Out of the System.
Hahnke, the witness maintained one of those things that are not
met his death accidentally. done. Rather should one say, "Ob, weather pas hears the cry enemy, With every turg of cold or damp mine's rotten," while extolling Rhe matin, bas turned to torture said the Kaiser had caused a Cross-examined, the witness the efforts of our rival. So safely me!" So it will, while people continus memorial to be erected on the past this milestone did we travel, so their futile attempts with outward ap scene of the tragedy and made well did we learn the lesson of plication to sure this deopacate disa speech when it was unveiled. self-abasement, that it can be under, of the load.
was quite an pigeonholed along with Gray's it out by replenishings c'esses the extraordinary mark of favour.
*Tain your ayabean you must drive This he said Elegy and not biting our nails oure Rheumatim beynt all power of The defence then applied för and remembering to say "Good returning again, as it docs after mere permission to read translation moming" and "Thank you," as burinol tro:timent.
of articles concerning the case one of the things we have, never In fummerable instances De Williams which were said to have
Pink forgotten it, but the practice has often in its ry wore forms, fecutus appeared some years ago in Truth"
Pili hayo expelled Xhoumbtiam. berome a dally habit and second they make pure and good the po ened but this was refused in the absence nature. We have lost the honesty blood which is, ita caute And not only of original copies of the paper. of childhood. We are hypocrites, do they do this, bat at the same time The President of the Court read a Ta our hearts of hearts we still they build so the norva, strengthen the long series of evidence given on belleve that we are beautiful, or digestive nd other organs of be body, commission by officers who were
isver though other people may reinvigorate the whole syem
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Faslo, dvorywborci
The hearing was adjourned.
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