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on the psychology, mind-temper, conception-call it what you will
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1928:
NUDE BATHING'
THE SHY GUEST,
right. Evidently they had no scrupled in holding up the 800,000 tons of Alpping that were in the SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION PRAPS PRAPS NOT! various Australian ports, and in AT CANNES doing so they must have been well aware that not only were they doing much harm in many res pects but they were actually Jeopardising the food, supply of Nude bathing parties which are the whole country. Evidently they being held here by a resident who thought, they held the "whip has bought a villa equipped with hand and that their policy, vile a large bathing pool have proved as it was, could not fall. They immensely popular with many miscalculated grievously in two visitors.
Cannes, Aug. 25.
essentials, namely, in the con- Bathers of both sexes, some of demnation of public opinion, them well known in the social which soon brought volunteer world of London, have taken part workers to the support of the in this startling departure from employers: they also failed to convention which, it is maintain- realise that the masters, refused ed, is more beneficial from a to be tyrannised. The lesson of health point of view than bathing this deplorable strike obviously is with even that even highly organised'unione slightest of costumes or slips.
the lightest and
must not put might over right. A Plen for His "Pants." It is an offence against sound
The parties are held during the morality, and must not be toler-day and at night, and a guest des sted under any circumstances. cribed them in terms of warm
approval.
The Tramway Co. announce that the Special Quarry Bay Western Market cars will be withdrawn for the season as from Sept. 30.
The pool is very beautifully rather surprised to find that I was constructed," he said, "but I was expected to bathe naked.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, Is such a one to roam. She's put out" if she atays:
Indoors,MON
But elsewhere, she's "at home.""
Bertle: "Queer fellows, thess- poets! There's one, for instance, who speaks of 'an aching vold." Now, how can a vold ache?"
Gertle: "Have you never had a': headache?"
#
She "I showed father the verses you sent me!
He was pleased with them!” · He: "Indeed! What did he- Bay !!
She: "He said he was delighted. to find that I wasn't going to marry a poet!"*
*
A certain Bishop was consider- note from the vicar of a village in ably upset when he received this
his diocese:- you of the death of my wife, "My Lord, I regret to inforin
Can you possibly send me a sub-
stitute for the w
"I clung to my pants for a long time, but eventually succumbed to the prevalent opinion-which was in favour of "starkness." Mr. Victor Farmer, son of Mr. "After the first shock had worn and Mrs. W. Farmer, arrived by off I found the experience of the "President Lincoln" yester-bathing unhampered by any gar-brown paper parcel under her day from Shanghai for a short ments quite enjoyable, and no-arm, emerged from a chiropo holiday. He was accompanied by body took any embarrassing no dist's establishment and sald to his wife and family.
tice of anybody else."
The Assistant Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade CONTRACTORS' CASE begs to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the fallowing dona- (Continued from Page: 1.) tion to Brigade Funds:-Mercan- tile Bank of India, $100; ..
disease in the Colony, according to it and refused to go on.
4
A stout woman, ··
a large
a friend awaiting her: "Calls himself a chiropodist, and can't stuff a dog!"
...
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Customer: "I say, waiter, I ordered iced shortcake. Where is...... the ice?"
that he was entitled to consider Waiter: "Oh, that's the new ably more than 70 per cent. of the kind, sir; that's what it's short... Yesterday's return of notifiable contract price. He could not get of."
Very reports to the Medical Officer of little was involved, not more than The subject was things that: Health, comprised two cases of $380, and I consider that the de-happened during the late war and.. Enteric fever (typhoid), both fendants should have met any rea- the high price that four went to One man said Chinese, from the city and Kow-sonable demand of the plaintiff's was mentioned. loon.
in a liberal manner instead of in that before he would pay that sisting on paying no more than 70 price for flour, he would eat dry An Alsatian dog belonging to per cent. and by holding out in the bread, and before he would let Mr. F. J. de Rome, of No. 4, way they did. I consider the de- his children starve, he would Causeway Hill, was yesterday refendants are responsible for all work for now't.
Brandon was almost broken- moved to Kennedy Town for ob- that followed.
No evidence of custom or rules bitten servation after it had,
of the Chinese race. But it is Fong Tan-loi, a Post Office mes-of any guilds has been-put before/hearted about his heavy losses on
senger. Fong received treatment me. It has been held that know the Stock Exchange, but he found there was plenty of sympathy at the Government Civil Hospital. ledge of the terms of the principal for him at the club. One member
contract is not sufficient to prove was particularly kind.
"Very kind of you," he began. "But it isn't pointers I am after
it's retrievers."
our duty to utter a warning to the Nationalist Government at the foolishness of trying to co-
A fine of $2,500 or six months' that a sub-contract agreed with the
"Cheer up, old chap," he cried. operate, even in the hope of avoid-hard labour was this morning principal contract to be bound by "You mustn't worry too much ing further bloodshed, with the passed by Mr. R. E. Lindsell on a the terms of the principal con- about a little bad luck. Come Northern Generals whose ideas Chinese charged with the unlaw-tract. Thus, if the sub-contractor along to my office in the morning
ful possession, on the Wai On properly completes his part of the and I'll give you a few pointery." are so remotely removed from wharf, of 35 taels of prepared non-work his right to payment will not Brandon, however, was; not those of Nanking. As we have Government opium, which accuseu depend on the certificate of the easily cheered.. stated, this love of peace (in not admitted he had brought, from architect, notwithstanding that it! is a condition precedent to payment fighting to a finish) causes fight-Wuchow.
to the principal contractor. It has ing to keep breaking out. Take,
Inspector Fowler, of the Socie-also been held that a clause in the as an example, General Lau Tsun-ty for Prevention of Cruelty to principal contract referring to dis- Roper's attempt, 1 journey; to wan (spelt Liu Tsen-wan in the Animals, charged the holder of a putes between the employer and the seaside in his second-hand Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1928. North). He held Swatow for the poultry stall at the Sookumpoo the contractor to arbitration will motor-car had ended in a fiasco- Market before Major C. Willson, not he Incorporated impliedly so. as Six times had it broken down en. old Kwangsi "feudal" faction. He O.B.E, this morning with failing to refer disputes between the con-route, and finally he had left it was ousted by the late Dr. Sun to supply drinking water in three tor and the sub-contractor to at a garage and finished his jour LOVE OF COMPROMISE
Yat-sen's Nationalists. Then he crates of ducks at the stall. His arbitration.
ney by train. He decided to try Haggling Over Trifles... to Bell it On the face of things, China's fought for the Cantonese Nation- Worship Imposed a fine of $10.
It is unfortunate that the parties "Sixteen words for four shill war is over but the time for alists who opposed; Dr. Sun's Among the passengers on the could not settle their dispute forthings, sir," said the clerk at the shouting at the advent of peace followers. After being defeated, M.M. Sphinx, which arrived with. It was a small matter and local newspaper office. That is
with 20 the charge in the Motors is not yet. Hosilities have ceased he led a small following up North here from Marseilles yesterday both parties were men.
was Mr. John W. N. Smith, for-years' experience. The defendants Sale' column." in North China; the danger, and joined the Northerners. merly on the University teaching had a heavy penalty clause in their "I don't want it in that hoivever, remains. "All the When the Nationalists entered staff. His name was mentioned contract with the building owners, column, groaned Roper. "Shove world loves A `lover."
a Shantung, he surrendered to recently in connection with large which was running against them it, in the agony column. That's saying goes but, we think, China, them. After the Tsinan Incident, British contracts for rehabilita while they unsuccessfully haggled its proper place."
tion work in conjunction with the over s trivial matter with the The we with her quarter of the world's he surreptitiously hoisted the Nationalist Government,
plaintiff for five or six weeks. The wealthy baronet has not people, loves a compromise. In Northern, flag again. When the
In my opinion the remedy lay always been wealthy, neither had spite of signs of encouragement, Northerners launched their for-
A Chinese woman named Ng with the defendants. It would he always been a baronet, and, in spite of very sensible action by lorn hope at Chefoo, he was still Wong-chi, living at No. 64, Bon-have been better for them to have for that reason, he was prone to ham-atrand West, was this morn-paid the plaintiff every cent he keep rather a sharp eye on his members of the Government at pro-North. When it suited his ing fined $50, before Mr. R. E. claimed rather than allow the money. He had noticed for some Nanking, we say bluntly that we purpose, he turned Nationalist Landsell, for having failed to com- penalty clause in their contract time that when the bottles of are disappointed at this, not en- and expelled the Northerners with an order of the Second with the building owner to come wine were brought in they were tirely unexpected, turn in the war from Chefoo. Now he is Natión-tember 12 ta abate a nuisance by find that the defendants committed to have been, and, accordingly, he Police Magistrate made on Sepinto operation. On the evidence I not quite so full as they ought to end war in China. To make alist once more--because he has cleaning out a water closet ata breach of their agreement with requested his butler to do all the our view clear, we will analyse the got what he wanted, which is, No, 25, Wongneichong-road. the plaintiff by refusing to pay him opening in his presence.
a reasonable amount for the work "I notice, he said sternly, "that':- position. The Nationalist Army, some territory to batten upon
Mr. Koo Ying-fan, formerly done, There may, of course, have when you draw the corks in the led by General Pei Chung-hai, is just as in the old days. And he Nationalist Minister of Finance been difficulties such as local cus pantry the wine is extremely marching home. The Man is the kind of “enemy" that the and one of the leading members of tom, rules of guilds and the like, decollete."
The butler looked surprised and churians, having definitely fought Nationalists are shaking hands turned to China after a tour these have been placed before me Extremely decollete, sir?"
the Canton Government, has re-but no evidence with regard tasked for the Nationalists, are now with prior to celebrating their in- abroad, arriving here yesterday and in the absence of such evi- good friends. The Northerners, complete victory, under General Chang Tsung-
chang, however, are to be allowed
to remain in a small area which
will serve as a bufferstate be
The Shipping Strike.
The very serious shipping
on the M.M. "Sphinx. He was dence my view is that it was a sternly still rather low in the Yes,” replied the baroasc more. met by a number of Canton off-small matter which should have cials. Mr. Koo announced his in-been settled amicably in a few neck." tention of going straight on to days.
Nanking, the Nationalist capital,
Writing Preferable.
tween China Proper and Man strike in Australia that has been by two detectives in Portland. in contracts of this kind it is most and this is the sort of stuff ne
churia.
If strife is over, why should
Young Jones was a motor maniac through and through, On being stopped and searched In conclusion I would add that
ed to pretty Ethyl Coates, playing havoc or threatening to street, a Chinese was found to be important that there should be got off his cheat when he propos-
in possession of an electric torch some memorandum in writing statEnyl, darling, will you marry" : play havoc with the country's He had also a handkerchief tied ing the terms agreed on as clear ne? Do not, I reg of you, start the Northerners be permitted to
o suddenly, ought not to have retain their arms? if there is shipping during the past few round his leg. At first he offer ly as possible, the more so in view
weeks, is a peculiarly flagranted $870 to the detectives and of the fact that labour contractors celerated so quickly, but the that security which warrants
Indication of the tyranny that then, later, handed over a $10 are not usually man of substance very sight of you causes my heart the Nationalist Expedition turn trade unionists are apt to wield note. At the Kowloon Magistracy and liberal education. In cases of to miss You are such a delight--· ing right about face, why is a when they are, so inclined. That yesterday, the man was charged this kind it is not desirable to en-ful little model, and your head- buffer state needed? In spite of workmen should organise unions with offering a bribe and was or deavour to incorporate the prin ights, dazzle me so that I'm in..
capable of braking. China for legitimate protective purdered to pay a fine of $50 or, in cipal contract In a general ways
arling, thi the daunting of the N
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