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Following
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TAXI.
JOE GRIMALDI ON THE STAGE AND OFF.
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BIG HAILSTONES CAUSE TREMENDOUS DAMAGE. DEATHS FROM HEAT WAVE.
London, July 5. Thunderstorms of unusual severity, both in Canada and Spot cotton continued to rise Europe, have caused loss of life IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that
on and after THURSDAY, the steadily during the past week, In- and serious damage to crops and 9th instant, A CONSTANT SUP-fluenced by gloomy weather reports buildings,
In Toronto three men PLY OF WATER will be Turned from the States, and although week- POSITIONS WANTED. on in ALL RIDER MAIN DIS-end cables stated that conditions killed and four were injured by had on the whole improved con-lightning during a violent storm. siderably, the market did not show The lightning put out of com- any marked response. A warm mission the lighting of a consider-THE TRAGIC CLOWN. clown was unassailable and he earn sunny period is how urgently want- able proportion of the city for ed to enable operators on this side part of the afternoon. Torrents of to negotiate with confidence, water flooded the subways and Things are quieter now than they many cellars were inundated.
Shortly after midnight have been for some time past, and it
July 3. Paris witnessed 27. is evident that overseas buyers are
For about ten greatest clown in the annals of theed, and his salary became his only that his son-his ed by the fact paying attention only to necessities a freak storm.
Broken in health and while holding, off and waiting for minutes great chips of ice beat theatre, made his Inat bow to the set. For a time he was comfort- strides in his father's profession decline in the market. This depends down upon the city and the light-public. to a great extent on both the ning was so continuous that it ap.spirit, almost too weak to stand, only child was making rapid of some gigantic bonfire was be promise to "act down in one scene at Sadler's Wells. During his pro- before his last audience. Then, Full board RELAYINg of the tramway weather reports and to the official peared as though the flicking he constrived to fulfil the announced and had been appointed chief clown bationary period young Grimaldi report on the acreage which is due
ing reflected in the sky.
amidst the in private dress,
lived quietly at home, his father's next week.
Crowds of people were caught The feeling of uncertainty exist-
through Drury Lane, he made his his position became secure he em- farewell speech."...To-night has barked on a career of dissipation down demand to a minimum. It is
seen me assume the motley for the and recklessness, and eventually, in be hoped that the coming reports
constables at skirmish with ก will go a long-way towards dispell- ing the state of lethargy which has overtaken the market.
TRICTS.
HAROLD T. CREASY,
EDUCATED CHINESE YOUTH available for immediate employ- ment. Will take up position as clerk on board a Liner. Will ac- cept reasonable offer. Please ap. ply Box No. 563, c/o "China Mail."
Water Authority, Public Works Department, Hong Kong, 7th August, 1928,
G.
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TO LET.
NOTICE.
FAMILY HOTEL-Victoria Gar- Quiet APARTMENTS and dens. SUITES of rooms. from $95, $110, $130 monthly, large commodious rogms, also
daily
TRACK.
ES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL
on
ed good salaries only to lose money in unfortunate theatrical specula- tions. When thirty-nine years old he became part proprietor of Sadler's Wells, which absorbed all One hundred years agoon June his savings. A bad scason fellow.
1828-Joe Grimaldi, the
rates; five minutes from Ferryut the junction of JACKSON Ing at the present. time has cut/unawares and rushed wildly for thunders pf applause which rang friend and companion. But when
next new Hotel, Hankow Road, Kowloon. Tel. No. K. 867.
8th
ROAD will be CLOSED to WEST BOUND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC from 9 a.m. WEDNESDAY, TO RENT-7, Middle Road, Kow-August, until further notice.
WEST BOUND TRAFFIC will loon near Peninsula Hotel. Three Large pair Rooms facing harbour, be diverted by way of QUEEN'S private Baths, Geyaera, Verandah. ROAD CENTRAL and WARDLEY Quiet Gentlemen's Boarding House. STREET.
TUITION GIVEN.
SPECIAL PHYSICAL CULTURE
CLASS.
M'me BARONELLI, ARTISTE,— School of dancing for children and adults. Special Physical Culture class for Stout and Stiff Ladies. Address 91, Ashley Road, Kowloon (Back of Star Theatre).
don.
HOME TUITION.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Captain Supt. of Police. Hong Kong, August 7, 1928.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public. Auction
the
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shelter.
Glass Houses Shattered,
were
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on
In the Rhineland a heavy thun-last time-it clung to my skin as derstorm, accompanied by fierce took it off, and the old cap and Cheltenham, received a severe blow Intellects." From that time until Enquiry from India was on the rain and hailstones as big as wat bells rang mournfully as I quitted on the head which "dlaordered his
nuts, raged on the night of July
A SIMPLE NATURE..
he died-five years before his A few lines of grey 3, doing damage to the fruit and
A life of hard work and sobriety; father he was the verge of small side.
have vine crops. shirtings were reported to
Several buildings
a sentimental and protracted love insanity. been booked with Calcutta for July-were struck by lightning.
Grimaldi's wife died three years the last August shipment, as well as several
On a market gardener's estate affair; a simple nature, subject to small lots of dhooties. Bombay and
financial and blow. The melancholy clown had Karachi have shown some interest near Trier more than 2,000 panes profound despondency under the after the son. It was
of glass were broken. Another burden of many in whites and greys, the former also gardener cleared away several domestic disappointments; a quiet loat practically everything and life in a cottage at Finchley rather everyone. dear to him. Even his having enquired for prints. The barrowloads of broken glass. upcountry markets have fallen off
A terrific gale or wind from the than revelry in town; a passion for unique collection of four thousand long country walks in search of insects had been wantonly destroy- to a marked extent, what offer have! come to hand have been chiefly for northwest suddently struck Ber butterflies; a man of great feeling ed by burglars. Worst of all, his
lin causing a vast amount
and sensibility: these do not accord health failed and his lega became Roofs prints, but only in negligible quan- of damage.
He died in 1837 and with the once popular idea of paralysed. tities.
carried away, trees were up-
private mirth-maker's
life. was buried in the next grave to China Business.
wires were rooted, tramway
Grimaldi's "Memoirs," edited Dibdin, who had written so many The improved conditions in China torn down, plate-glass windows
the by
im of his songs. and to be held on MONDAY, the have not as yet resulted in more were blown in and there were and
illustrated Grimaldi, the ideal clown, the This outlet has numerous narrow 13th day of August, 1928, at active business.
escapes from mortal "Boz,"
was the inventor
nt p.m.,
the Offices of
been particularly quiet during the falling tiles, timber, and scaffold by Cruikshank, contain little of original "Joey,"
humour, but relate many of the of that famous phrase with which. an aching heart-he Public Works Department, by past week. Singapore and the Faring. TESTOVER STEVENAGE. W within an hour from Lon-
Order His Excellency
of
East are also quiet at the present At the Tempelhofer Aerodrome serious, even tragic, adventures-often with In healthy neighbourhood. Governor, of one Lot of Crown as is also Egypt. South America roof was lifted off one of the which befell the unlucky man whose greeted his feverishly expectant at Mong Kok Tsui in the is regarded as giving some grounds sheds and crushed two aeroplanes mission it was to send crowds into audiences: "Here we are again!” SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL Land
LADY'S PETITION. Young Joe, aged three, made his BOYS.
A few Boarders received Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of for optimism in the near future al-in its fall. A large passenger paroxysms of laughter. In the House of the Principal, In-75 years, with the option of renewal though business remains very res-aeroplane lying out in the open
For at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the
was lifted from its anchorage, first appearance at Sadler's Wells- dividual care and attention.
The clown HUSBAND'S STORY ACCEPTED
BY THE JUDGE. Demand from the Continent has overturned with great force and as a monkey on a chain. Surveyor of His Majesty the King,tricted at present.
(his father) would swing him for one further term of 75 years fallen off somewhat together with destroyed.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
London, July 12. Home trade.
For three days a heat wave round, at chain's length, with the Three utmost velocity. Here he had his
In the Divorce Court to-day, One evening the first mishap. Business in yarns has been very has prevailed at Detroit.
The "monkey" was Mr. Justice Bateson diemiseed slow during the week. There has persons have died, and scores
the pit, but escaped with costs the petition for nullity hurled into been less enquiry and the uncertain have been treated for prostration. chain broke.
As the result of drought in ty in the American section with re- gard to the short time movement many parts of Mexico cattle are serious injury through (to quote made by Lady Sharp, formerly has made itself felt. It is reported dying, the crops are being burn- "Boz") "being flung into the very Mrs. Armstrong Bredenham, ou are being arms of an old gentleman who was the grounds that the marriage that further schemes are receiving ed. up, and farmers
A few years The allegation was denied. attention in case the Federation faced with heavy losses. Condi-sitting gazing at the stage with was not consummated.
His Lordship said that after fall to reverse the recent ballot de- tions are worst in the Central Intense Intereat."
States, the granary of Mexico, later Grimaldi had small parts at cision at their next attempt.
where the corn crop has almost Sadler's Wells and Drury Lane. seeing the husband and wife in been ruined. The weather burcau Frequently he was engaged at both the witness box, he had come to similar on the same evening and had to the conclusion that it was the has not recorded a drought in its 80 years of exist-run from one to the other, which husband who was telling the
he la reported to have done in eight truth.
The parties were married in Forest fires have been raging minutes; from Sadler's Wella to in Sakhalin for several days past the Haymarket took him a quarter London in April, 1923. The re spondent is 53 years old, and the jand are assuming menacing of an hour.
dimensions. The coal and oil MISHAPS AND MISFORTUNES. petitioner 57.,
Differences arose, and in Nov. LAMMERT BROS. TUESDAY, the 14th August, 1928, region is affected. "Morning
At the age of nineteen Grimaldi married the daughter of one of the ember, 1924, a deed of separation Post."
proprietors of Sadler's Wells. His was signed, whereby the husband courtship had been long and anxious paid his wife £9,000 in full settle- ment-of all claims, in addition to account of the difference in paying certain amounts that
But a reputation for were owing. social status. hard work and steadiness turned the
Particulars apply to:
MISS RUTH CULLEY
(Camb. Higher Local). (Camb. Teachers' Diploma),
MISS GERTRUDE TURNER (National Frodel Higher
Certificate).
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HE Undersigned have received
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THE
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A Large Quantity of MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
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August 7, 1928.
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His happiness was of In the following short duration.
Joe was dis-
Mr. I. Asbeck. year his wife died. Cleveland, Ohio.-A Cleveland tracted, and his mental condition Messrs. N. Brandel, Leo A. Blok, Yet he at-Mr. and Mrs. Bachrach, Mrs. Filma, Cotton, Cotton Piece Goods, coal magnate offered a million caused great anxiety. Paper, Account Books, Cigarettes, dollare (£200,000) to Cornell tended the theatre as usual, "chalk-W. H. Bateman, Miss D. Bateman. Fish Plates, Dog Spikes, Bolts and University in his will provided ing over the seams which mental Nuts, Steel Clips, Iron Gates, the University would agree to agony had worn upon his face, to Ware, abolish the College club system be, hailed with bolsterous applause Joists, Stanchions, Old
Mr. A. F. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. the merry Christmas panto-
Fred Harris. Motor Car Tyres, Old Wire Rope, and the co-educational features of in
mime." Iron Plate, the curriculum.
Mr. S. J. Kirkland, Mrs. J. Underwear, Vices,
The millionaire was asked to Teak Hatstand, Bookcase, Glass Wire Cable, Glass Ware, Plank,
His second marriage was the out-Kavanaugh, Capt. G. H. S. Kellie.
A Lt. P. Leite.
Mesars. J. M. Major, G. N. de Cabinet, Chesterfield Couch and Dried Shrimps, Beche de Mer, Sul become a member of the Cornell ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER. Armchairs, Roll and Flat Top phate of Ammonia, Lumber, Flour, Club, and replied in an open letter
Links, to the President of the Univer- come of another stage mishap. Desks, Typewriter Tables, Filing Chemical, Shocks, Cabinets, Typewriters, Surveyor's Cassin, Galvanized Sheets, Flat alty saying that he was ready to pistol was accidentally discharged Cus-Instruments, Table Fans, Carpets, Bars, Matches, Square, Round and give a million dollars, but he re-in his top-boot, and while the audi-Man, Mr. and Mrs. H. Machado,
Rugs, Curios, Brass Ornaments, Flat Iron, Pipes, Salt Fish, Force fused to contribute ten cents to ence laughed heartily, thinking it Miss M. S. Massey. Tennis Racks, etc., etc.,
lain, Coal, Bentwood Chairs, Wine, the present miafit. University A good joke, Grimaldi continued with the inside of his boot on fire. Teak Dining Tables, Sideboards, Pears, Sardines, Raspberries, As with its caste system and 'sexy playing his part in great agony
etc., characteristica."
"I refuse," he added, "to get Miss Bristow, an actress at Drury Dinner Waggon, Ice Chests, Glass paragus, Apricots, Plums, Ware, Crockery, Kitchen Gear, etc., etc.
steamed up over Cornell with its Lane, nursed him attentively for a etc.,
large mass of unwelcome mis-month and soon afterwards she
Dr. Tau, a member of the Central ard time for the 120th meridian, placed women called co-eds. Who became his wife.
In 1803 a mysterious incident
Sunrise, Sunset. can get the date of the Norman Invasion or the French irregular occurred which greatly upset the Executive Committee of the Chinese East of Greenwich, is as follow:→
His brother, a sailor, whom Nationalist Government, gave a verbs fixed in his mind when, a clown. bare-kneed 'cutie,' all scented up, he had not seen or heard of for lecture at Brussels on July 9 on August
of the University of Brussels. is sitting just across the alale? fourteen years, suddenly appeared "New China," under the auspices No one without the resistance of at the theatro and asked for Joe. After an historial review of the The first greetings over, the clown Galahad! Over twenty-five years' Practical] Woman's main purpose in life resumed his part on the stage. On revolutionary movement he describ experience in America curing the is to get a husband. After four the conclusion of the performance ed the tendencies of the new Go- Bick with: Chinese herbs, is now academic years she understands he went to change his clothes, hav-vernment established at Nanking. no language but that of If I were ing arranged that his brother should The new Chinese Republic, he said, Hurrying would be a Federal Republic. Ita within your reach.
from King, and no music but a wed-go home with him. If you are suffering
down from the dressing-room he policy at home would be directed to Catarrh, Kidney, Stomach trouble, ding march."
made his way to the spot where he the education and training of the 17 Dropsy, Indigestion, Castritis,
had left his brother. He was not people and to economic development. Eczema, Blood Poison, Diabetes,
there. The doorkeeper reported Its foreign policy would be, no pact Bright's Disease, Lung, Constipa
that a man had gone out a few with Soviet Russia, and the speaker to repudiate tion, Tumor, Ulcer, Hay fever,
minutes earlier. Joe rushed off in went on vehemently pursuit, but could see no sign of his any Bolahevik
So far China.
as external rela Bri-Malaria, Nervouances, Rheumatism, Coughs, Thrast Trouble, or other
brother. Nor did he, or anyone,
advocated International co-operation ever see the sailor again. It was tions were concerned, Dr. Teu assumed that he was murdered by
welfare of the world and its peoples someone who knew he possessed based on mutual confidence for the The Chinese Minister was present about 3600 in cash. ma
THE BITTER END.
at the lecture, and the lecturer was Grimaldi's life was full of die introduced by the Bector of the appointments. His reputation as a University of Brussels.
THE CHINA
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On View from Thursday, the 9th file, there is hope for your relief August, 1928,
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STAINED GLASS.
£27,000 FOR WINDOWS.
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