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Sir William adds this valuable warning: "In the tropics, no und [fortunately I did not learn until HONGKONG IN THE EIGHTEEN- too late, exceptional physical
EIGHTIES.
COLONY'S EARLIER DAYS.
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AT THE QUEEN'S.
GEORGE ELIOTIS “ROMOLA":
SCREENED.
HISTORIC GEM DISCOVERED.
REPORTED TO BAFFLE VALUATION.
MEXICAN LAW AND SPAIN:
PROTECTIVE MEASURE
NECESSARY.
strength is required to labour mentally for many hours, and to take severe bodily exercise after.
So many motion pictures are
Madras, June 4, Madrid, April -The law re- wards. So that, tired with office made each year that in the grist work, I used to seek relaxation in of a year's film entertainment a respondent of "Swarajya" a gem ofrers who retain their nationality According to the Tanjore cor- Government which prohibits foreig contly promulgated, by the Mexican Interesting impressions of An lawn tennis (often singie) and production has to be superlatively rare historie and intrinsic value. from owning property on federal
ex-Governor,
subsequently in golf, the excite good for it to stand out in bold belonging to the old. Maharatta rul-soll has naturally had a deplorable ment of the game causing uncon-relief. Such a production sing family of Tanjore, has been ac affect in Spain.. From a sentimen- Some interesting comments onsciousness of fatigue, but produc."Romola."
a flm version of identally brought to light recently tal point of view Spain is the social life in Hongkongforty wards, I mention this as a warnIt is in fact a mile-stone, of film the Tanjore Palace and estate were law, owing to the considerable num ing complete prostration after George Eliot's immortal novel, for Valuables and historic relics of Nation most closely affected by this years ago are given in Sir William ing to others against this mistake, progress. It will be shown at the sold at a public auction, and, among bar of her subjects resident in that Des Voeux's autobiography, "My satisfied that but for it my career Queen's Theatre from to-day till the articles on sale, was a necklace Colonial Service," from which we would not have been prematurely Saturday.
consisting of various kinds of pre- brought to an end, and that in- have recently been quoting. Of stead of having been compelled to ly adaptable for screan use, and by a merchant for Rs. 4,000. This The story of Romola is especial-elous stones which was purchased a reception early in his career in pass the eleven years in compara- while it might be called a cos-was re-Bold to another merchant for Hongkong, the Governor writes: live idleness, I should still in all tume picture, the characters are Rs. 10,000 and odd,
probability have been rendering such that you have no trouble purchaser, in removing the precious useful service.
keeping their identity in mind tones from the necklace, came the chief fault with films that are cross a gem which is bluish with pointed out that it is particularly laid in the period of silks and a light rosy tint in the day me settlers in Mexice for some time hard on families who have boon plumes..
changing into blue when exposed to the sun's rays. It does not shine And who have inherited their pro- in a dark chamber during the day, Party from their fathers na is fro
quently the case, hut sheds a bright moonlight lustre
Our Social Life. "Those present had no incon- siderable share" of beauty; and dress, though not as extravagant as that to be seen at Melbourne entertainments, savoured more of
fashion and expenditure than
any I had seen in other colonies, even in the richer community of Sydney Speaking generally, people in the tropics spend much
more than elsewhere in propor- tion to their means. The Income of the moment, though often very precarious, is treated as if per- manent, and luxurious living is frequently, followed by extreme indigence. I would add, however, that when this occurs and becomes known, it is usually aided by an abnormal liberality."
In another place "H.E." relates this lively story:
in
REAL
An Escape from Scandal. "One incident of our social life
Hongkong
probably unique; and but for the presence of mind of my wife would have caused a very unpleasant scandal. A man of high ránk (1 forbear to mention his nationality) was travelling round the world with his wife, and having a letter of introduction to us, we asked them to stay at Government House. The lady was quite young and by' no means without attractiveness as regards both face and conver. sation. On the third day of their visit we had a dinner-party of some thirty people, when I took her in to dinner. her husband beng opposite with my wife at the centre of the long table. She was gay and bright, as seemed to be natural to her; but towards the end of dinner, while "I was talking to my left-hand neighbour, I suddenly felt pressure on my right shoulder. Turning round Baggage placed on board any ship.quickly, I was astonished to see that my partner's head was Baggage taken delivery from any quietly resting upon it in a hal- ship and delivered to any place sleepy condition. To say that I In the Colony,
was embarrassed hardly expresses my feeling My wife said after- Goods under Bills of Lading loaded wards that my face of perplexity
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would have been a treasure for an artist in caricature.
[To be continued,]
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Level and Storage of water in Reservoirs on June 1, 1926-
A
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL.
1925 1926: Tytam Byowaah... 23. Tytam
39,:
B. 18. 6 B. B. 17. 4 B. Tytan Intermediato 14:10 B. Lovel.
40. 4 B. 23, 8 B. Wong Nei Chung 406 B. 21:10 B.
Pokfulam
.:
The Gish sisters are together in this picture for the first time since "Orphans of the Storm,'
The second
and again they show that team with a brilliant halo of light in & work is an art in itself. Lillan, dark chamber during the night of course, is Romola, and Dorothy Many diamond connoisseurs have appears as Tessa, the little pea-seen this stone and declared it as sant girl who lives so happily omething which bafflur valuation. until she falls in love with the wicked Tito, and then is swept into tragedy,
26. 5. B. 20. 4 B. [Note: B. donotes "Below Overflow" cures are not in feet and decimals, Ronald Colman, who was the but in feet and incher.]
hero in Miss Gish's "The White Storage in millions and decimals of gallons.
Slater, again demonstrates that 1028 1926. he is an actor of fine bearing with a repression that is most pleasing, ......... 128.48 248.85
17.
4:27 and rather flattering, to the 122.02 105.00 620.68 744.89 audience. William H. Powell does 36. 4 the villain role with suavity, and 23.50 you rather like him after all; a
fascinating performance.
Tytam. Tytam Byewash Tytam Intermediate ... Tytam Tuk Wong Nai Chung.. Pokfalum
Total
0.98 14.70
893.98 1,223.04
Consumption of water in the City and Hill District in millions and do- climals of gallons during the month of
May:
1026 1920
country.
Although It is recognised that the
law in question has been enacted as large, increase in the number of a protective measure, owing to the
shores-of Central America, it is foreigners who have landed on the
of the Spanish Government, the first Through the official mouthpieco lance in the contest has been broken by a reference in its columns to the German law promulgated on July 22, 1913, paragraph 25 of which says that German subjects will lose their nationality when YU YAH-CHING'S PARTY
they acquire that of any other coun **RETURNED.
try, by if they solicit in good time the permission of the German' Shanghai, June 14-In view of authorities to adopt a different telegram having been received
nationality while maintaining, how. rom Mr. Yu Yuh-ching, Chairman ever, their original nationality- f the Chinese General Chamber of the German-this will be allowed, Commerce, to the offeat that the although, of course, they cannot arty now travelling in Japan will make use of the privileges attach- e due at Shanghai, at noon Tues-ing thereto except when they aro
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lay, the Chinese Chamber has not in the country of their adop-23rd June, 1926. . * lanned to give a grand receptiontion."
welcome the returned business-
men.
There are gorgeous settings, 8 wonderful use of shadows, a real completeness of feeling för, old; | world grandeur, and meticulous) The raception will be in the form detail in the working out of art of a dinner to be given on June objects. The inspiration, of 7. All local Chinese public bodies course, was
present in that the av been notiñed to the effect that story was laid in the Florence of any one who wishes to participate Renaissance, but nevertheless then the meeting is requested to pay director, and his technical experts in advance as dinner fee. ' are deserving of the greatest. praise.
Just beauty, however, is only one feature of “Romola”—it has also great drama.
Consumption 297.45 261.06 Extimated population 301,250 101,000 Consumption per head
23.7 per day (gallons) ..
21.8 Constant Supply in the Rider Main Districts during May 1926 excepting the Rider Maii Districts West of Gar den Roud to which an Intermittent Supply was given from 26th.May. Districts during May 1926.
Constant Supply in all Rider Main.
KOWLOON WATER WORKS
LEVEL
1025
1326 Kowloon Gravid-
24,0. B. 6.11 B. Shek Lai Pui Re- Under
servoir. Construction 10.11. B, Storage in milllons and decimals ...
of gallons.
1926. 1924 Kowloon Gravita-
tion ***
146.35 292.00
Under Shek Lai Pu Re-
Construction 32.53
326.32 Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions and decimals of gallons dur-Journal comment;-- ing the month of May,
tiona
Borvuir
Consumption
May 1925 and 1920.
1026 1928 79.80 12.88
COLONY'S HEALTH. Laat weck the Medical Officer of Health was notified of the follow- .ng-cases of disease in the Colony:
Diphtheria: 1 from the city, 1 rom Kowloon, total 2, 1 death.
Enteric fever: 8. from the city,
.: 2 deaths.
The tale embraces an attack by pirates on a Fifteenth Century sailing ship in the Bay of Leg horn, as one of the atirring scenes while the burning of Savonarola, the greatest preacher Florence,
(All cases were Chinese). and perhaps the world, has known for nearly two thousand years, is There was also one death from historically correct. He had de influenza, which does not come nounced Pope Alexander VI. in avithin the category of a notifiablo series of violent sermons and was disease. generally regarded as a martyr. The following is a Trade
the
"Another picture that raises in- teresting opportunities for apocu- Estimated population 160,100 185,200 ation as to what the public is Consumption per head
capable of appreciating is per day (gallons) - 17.2 15.1 "Romola." It falls into Full Supply in all districts during select group of finer and better pictures. Something to flaunt in the faces of those who say pictures are seldom worth while. That Total Rainfall to 31st May 23.52 in. such entertainment can be de- in 1926 and 30.36 in. in 1928.
livered is an indication of the pro- H. T. CREASY,
Water Authority.gress that is being made in
cinematographic art."
The Government Analyst's reports show that the quality of the water is satisfactory.
"Quickly perceiving the state of things, my wife pushed back her Public Works Department. chair and got up, thereby causing the ladies to leave the room... "In doing this she affected absence of mind, us dinner was not quite finished, and ice was at the moment going round. 'Malaging. to get the poor lady on to her feet, I gave her my arm to the door, where my wife took charge of her, and at length with some difficulty. induced her to be led upstairs to
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room. The whole affair, though it has taken, long to de- scribe, occupied only a minute or two-indeed, was settled so quick- ly that, as far as we could ascer- tain only three, or at the most four, people saw what had hap- pened. Even one of my staff, sit- ting at the end of the table, failed to do so; and the husband seemed
totally unconscious of anything
Mr. M. DHUNJI leaving extraordinary except my wife's
for Bombay and that Mr. C. premature departure. Needless
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On Monday, there was a fresh ase of enteric fever, the patient being a Chinese from the Kowloon district
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