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COMDR. HARTFORD.
H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S HIGH APPRECIATION.
"THIS DELICATE PROBLEM."
Comdr. G. B. Hartford, D.S.O., R.N. (retired), received the follow-
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928.
YUNNAN SNOW.
FALL OF SIX INCHES IN
ONE NIGHT.
HEAVIEST FOR YEARS.
Yunnanfu, Feb, 18.
P'RAPS-P'RAPS NOT!
Poultry, Note-Clerk: Me-get married? Why It's all I can do to feed my canary.
After an unusually mild "win- Chief +Clerk: That's -the
ing letter on Feb. 24, before leav-ter and ten days after the begin-trouble: you have too many can- ing Hong Kong, from the Hon. Mr.ning of spring, Yunnan has been aries. You'd better get rid of your E. R. Hallifax (Colonial Secre- visited by a very severe snow-flock and get yourself one good old
storm such as has not been hen. | tury) :---
experienced for years.
Sir, I am directed by His Ex- It started with hail and rain An Old Hand.-She-Tell me, cellency the Governor to express on Feb. 17, turned to snow in have you ever loved another? .. to you, on the occasion of your the evening, and must have He- Why, yes, of course, dear. resignation from the office of De snowed most of the night, for in Do you think that I'd practice on puty Superintendent of Police (Re- the morning there were six inches nice girl like you? nerve) his high appreciation of the of snow on the ground. services which you have rendered to the Police Force and especially Ito the Police Reserve:
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Communications must be very} Strange Expression.-"Why that difficult in the country outside strange expression on your face, old the city, but in the capital itself, man?" His Excellency regards the num, things are somewhat better, as "Oh, I was just thinking." bers and the efficient state of the each person or family removes Police Reserve as a proof of the a little of the snow in front of his success with which you have han premises; and as we have good died this delicate problem. His stone roads in most parts of the Excellency also considers your city the water is able to drain voluntary assumption of these ar- away very quickly, duous duties to be a splendid ex- ample of public spirit and zeal.
Thank All Ranks,
On Feb. 3, Commander Hartford sent the following to the Hon. the Captain Superintendent of Police:-
Sir-It is with very much re- gret that I find I am compelled, owing to private affairs, to tender my realgnation from the Police Re- serve to date February 10th, 1928.
I should like to take this oppor- tunity of recording my sincere thanks to you and to all ranks of the Hong Kong Police with whom I have come in contact for their sympathy and help in all my work in connection with the Police Re-
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MISS V. CAPELL'S PUPILS AT THE "STAR"
DESERVED APPLAUSE,
Burglars Executed,
Enjoyable.-Hostess (to gloomy youth)—I hope you enjoyed your game with Major Swift. He's awfully clever at cards.
Youth I should think he ist He started by telling my fortune, and
now he's counting it.
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As She Is Spoke-Two little girls
"I'll be father," one of them
We have been longing for rain, but snow did not come into our calculations and those of us who are fond of gardening had were playing "house" already sown our seeds for the spring, and many young plants said, "and will come in and ask if were coming on nicely. We are dinner is ready."
"All right, go ahead." hoping for some sunshine now to
"Is dinner ready, dear heart?” melt the snow, so that it may soak into the thirsty ground, and she asked.
"Fathers don't say that," said give the plants a chance to re-
the other one in disgust. "They Last week we had an epidemic say. "Why In-isn't dinner of burglaries in the city, and ready"?" nine men were caught and shot. -Our own correspondent.
.cover.
SPECIAL JURORS.
53 APPOINTED FOR THE COLONY.
LIST OF THE NAMES.
There are 58 names in the
His Fear!-Blackstone-That's a wonderful little daughter you have, old man. Do you realise she's a faithful Ikenoss of your wife?
Webster-Yes; and the way she's beginning to ask questions, I'm afraid she'll soon develop into a "speaking" Ilkeness!
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Warder: The prisoner wishes to
list of Hong Kong special jurors be employed at his own work, sir. for 1928. The names
Prison Governor: "Quite right, follow:-
are 15
J. M. Alves, John Arnold, T. Arthur;
B. D. F. Beith, W. H. Bell, T. H. G. Brayfield, N. S. Brown; J. W.. C. Bonnar, J. P. Braga,
Allan Cameron, A. H. Comp- ton, A, G. Coppin;
but what is his work?"
Warder: "He's a flying man,"
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When dad got home at 1 o'clock,
He had no key, by heck.
So father rang the doorbell, and His wife then wrang his neck.
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A. W. Davidson, W. Aald you applaud so vigorously when Friend (at a French play): Why Dowley, R. M. Dyer;
that comedian made his speech be-
A. H. Ferguson. John Fleming; fore the curtain? Grimble, A. S. Gubbay;
W.G. Goggin, K. W. Greig, G.
Dr. Moore happens to be the DANCING DISPLAY. senior of a long and distinguished line of medical officers who have served the Colony efficiently and faithfully. He arrived in Hong Kong exactly twenty-three years ago to-day and was appointed an assistant medical officer of health. Theatre, Kowloon, last evening, The audience at the "Star" He has acted as medical officer of had a rare treat, there being a Victoria Gaol, of the infectious large number present for the final diseases hospitals, the public dancing display of Miss Violet:
Capell's clever pupils. mortuary; as superintendent of
There were many outstanding the Civil Hospital and Lunatic items in a copious and daintily a Asylums; medical officer of Kow-ranged programme. The whole. loon and the New Territories, performance was characterised by medical officer in charge of the preparation.
a charming idea and much studied
Victoria Hospital, and
The item by the "Chicks" de- P.C.M.O. in addition to his ordin-lighted the audience. Many of the Lay Kam-fat, C: Little, W. H. A. Lammert, P. Lauder, ary duties. Except for a period unrehearsed items being intensely Logan;
entertaining. of two years and four months
C. G. S. Mackie, F. R. Marsh, during which he was engaged on Rachel Wong and Helen Ho pre-
The waltz duet by the Misses G. Miskin; Military Service and the ordinary pared the audience for many good den, T. E. Pearce, F. A. Perry, P. W. Parker, W. L. Patten- absences on leave, Dr. Moore has things. These young ladies were J. A. Plummer, Pui Tso-yi (Tsu- the music for a pantomime. The The orchestra were rehearsing spent twenty-three years of his warmly applauded.
yi Pel); life in the interests of the Colony, bers in "Two Strings to His Bow"D. O. Russell;
J. M. da Rocha, R. Rodgers, of his instrument, was responsible flautist, betraying little knowledge
as
The trio of very juvenile mem-
F. C. Hall, H. R. Hancock, Ho Kom-tong, Henry Humphreys;
J. E. Joseph; .Kan Tong-po;
J. H. Taggart, D. Templeton,
Spriggins (confidentially): So French. What did he say? that folks would think I understood
Friend: He said that the re- mainder of his part would be taken by an understudy.
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Judge Cluer, at Shoreditch, to a man: order; do you? Man (hurriedly): Your wife consents to this
Oh, certainly if she does.
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the rehearsal and, fixing the culprit At length the conductor stopped
with a bleak eye, demanded:-
"Mr. Smith, can you play any,
and, as all who know him will was a tribute to the work of the J. H. Seth, J. O. Sheppard, for some appalling discords. testify, has spent them to the teachers and this item was very A. F. B. Silva-Netto, R. Suther- best advantage of professional The tit-bits of the evening, how-
popular.
land; Mr. and Mrs. A. Rahim and Mr.
duty, and Mrs. Y. A, Wahab wish to ex-
Moreover, he is young ever, were a wonderfully clever P. Tester; prees their warmest thanks to their as senior. medical officers rendering of Pavlova's "Dying relatives and friends for their at-go-he is not yet fifty--and has, Swan" by Miss Helen Ho, who is tin. tendance at the funeral, floral God willing, many years of future; the "Jester" selo by a dainty and graceful dancer with little Miss Jean Stewart, ruptur-1
tributes and letters of condolence
ed's illness.
23 YEARS TO-DAY.
Little Miss
Wong Kam-fuk, Wong Kwong-thing in addition to the goat?"
DISCHARGED.
OPIUM IN COAL HOLE.
HIT WITH A CHOPPER.
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"Why are you late this morning?" demanded the master.
"P-please, sir," stammered the boy, "I went fishing for bandle- snitches."
"Bandlesnitches?" exclaimed the master. "What's a bandlesnitch ?" "I don't know, sir: I didn't
"Weil-er-let's get this matter
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No Bones For Him-Host (to.
amall boy)-Which part of the turkey do you prefer, Bobby?
Bobby (passing his plate timid-
In their recent sad bereavement, sterling endeavour before him. Special thanks to Mr. and Mra The local Government,, no ously received and most empha- R. E. Hoare, Superintendent of the doubt, have good and aufficient! tically encored. She showed a Cosmopolitan Docks, for their kind reasons for giving this post of for one so young. A very clever delightful freedom and abandon and valuable aid during the deceas-P.C.M.O. to an outsider. There solo doll dance by Miss Mavis the Central Magistracy yesterday catch one.”
Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at; are also, as we have indicated, Glendinning and an extra by the afternoon, the two Chinese ar good and sufficient reasons why sword dance with bagpipe accom- No. 287, Hollywood Rond as the cent, a man went into
game young lady in a Scottish rested, in a charcoal godown at tiong Kong, Thursday, March 1, 1928 it should fall to a man on the spot, paniment were well rendered and result of the discovery of a quan- and explained his wants to an Anxious to give his wife a pre- a big store particularly when that individual received very enthusiastically. Antity of illicit opium hidden has proved his worthiness to fill extremely clever and dainty dance amongst the coal in the premises. assistant. it. The main consideration is-who displayed dancing technique possession of 89 tael tins of the be interested in something in silk was given by Miss Rachel Wong were charged with the unlawful dividual, persuasively, "would you "Well, now, sir," said that in-
or should be-the welfare of the of a high order. The regretted demise of Dr. Colony, and in this connection we
drug, valued at $900. The various ensembles by the One of the defendants was stat-stockings?" J. B. Addison at the comparative-fail to understand how a doctor troupe were skilfully rendered, the ed to be the proprietor of a coal The customer coughed behind his ly carly age of fifty-three leaves from Ceylon, or Mauritius, or item and a most effective finale coolie. After evidence had been
Flower Ballet being a very pretty shop, whilst the other was a cargo hand. the Colony without a. Principal some other Colonial possession, Civil Medical Officer. The posi- however adequate his qualifica-we deservedly applauded for that there was no guilty know of first, shall we?"
Kathleen Whelan heard, the Magistrate decided of a present for the wife disposed tion is being filled at the present, tions and record of service, can sian dance, and mention must be dant, and they were discharged,
very effective rendering of a Rus-ledge on the part of either defen- as it has been in the past, by Dr. perform the job as satisfactorily made of the effective duct by the W. B. A. Moore, the senior officer as a medical officer of proved com- Misses Violet and
Phyllis Capell, of the "regular" Medical Depart-petence who has been among us the artistic effects of this dance ment. The time is opportune, we for nearly a quarter of a century,
being most striking.
A Sanitary coolie named Wongly)-I like the ment, submit, to confirm Dr. Moore in in the past we have seen really programme, when all the perform- Hospital yesterday suffering from The scene at the close of the Chik, was removed to the Tung Wah the post. This, we would point brilliant members of the medical ers wore presented with beautiful injuries to the head inflicted by an were in a picture palace. out, is by no means a personal profession in our midst who have bouquets and other gifts dear to ex-Sanitary coolie with a chopper, "Father, cried little. Abe, "I'm submission. Our opinion is, and attained all the Colonial service memorable one and the promoters wood at Kowloon City. The ex- of lemonade?"
the hoart of juveniles, was a while he was engaged in chopping so hot. Will you buy me a drink always has been, that the "plums" has to offer them and have then were entitled to the applause with sanitary coolle has since disappear- "No, my boy," said Isanc; "valt of Government service should go to the best-qualified men. In the departed or gone into private which the whole of an extremely ed.
clever performance was greeted. practice. We have a crowning matter of the senior medical example in the Colony, to-day, a officership, however, there is in surgeon whose skill is known the Colony a strong feeling that, throughout the Far East. He all other things being equal, it rose to the position of "Novem- should be filled by a member of ber Two" in the local medical ser
Aalight motor accident was and lived among us, one who is yet, and then his activities were that, at about 250 pm yesterday $1.25.5 the profession who has worked vice, which was as far as he could reported to the Police to the effect
2.80 p.m.
Police Tactica-A Scot who had familiar with the difficulties directed into another channel. Road, with a Chinese servant girl
applied for a position es patrolman on the London police force, was peculiar to Hong Kong, and not Now is the time, we submit, to as passenger in her car, ran off
being questioned, at: Scotland Yard." to a person from another sphere ask.
ourselves whether the prac
the Taipo Road near Man-Chang Particulars of reductions in the Suppose, Macfarland," asked the of activity, however, sound his tice of wilfully throwing away Street Into a paddy field. The car rates of cables from Hong Kong officer, you saw a crowd. congre
was overturned but the occupants to Canada, United States, Mexico, gated at a certain point on^^^ your redentials and whatever he may really excellent medicos should were none the worse for the ax-Central and South America, etc., beat, how would you disporse, it have done in some other centre continue. Is it in the interests of perience, only receiving severe, via the Pacific, will be found in quickly and with the least, trouble 7.
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