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fused to materialise, however
aroused by the frequent visits of the French gunboat with Bathing parties,
The new school building pro- TWO grosses, the second storey, being almost completed. This with the club and new shops and private residences lend an air of pros perity to our little port.
There was a further exodus of visitors at the end of the month Mr. Johnson has come to No. 1, and later on will reside in 3A,
Mr. and Mrs. Soltau left yester day from No. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Ricard's place at BA has been taken by Mr. and Mrs. Egan and family. Rev. and Mrs. Rogers left- aomedays earlier from, No. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Hensley and family also have left and Mr. Farmer and house party at No. 7 have re- tired, in favour of Mrs. Maas and friend. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrier are prolonging their stay at No. 8 but Mrs Watson has left. Mr. and Mrs. Davies, who have been at No. 10, are back now in their own home, No. 4. Rev. and Mrs. Thomas and family are staying on for a week or more in No. 18... Some of the returned Mission aries from Canada are staying in No. 22 before going on to their work in Indo-China with their families. One of these, Mr. Irwin, conducted the service on Sunday last, preaching a helpful sermon on the text "Be Strong in the Lord." The previous service was taken by Rev. Thomas, of Hainan.
It is likely that these services and other activities will soon be
* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 192
BEQUESTS
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BISHOPS LEAVE LARGE
ESTATES
GIFTS TO CHARITIES
P'RAPS PRAPS NOTI
He was a good cook, and the explorers were trying to persuade: the winds with them. him to make the long flight into
4.
The Rt. Rev. Wilfred Gore Browne, Bishop of Kimberley and "Oh, Rastus! Come on and gof: Kuruman, of Bishopsgarth, Nothing's going to happen to Kimberley, South Africa, left | you.” estate of the gross value of
"But what it Ah gits up dar and £30,088, with net personalty wants to come down in a hurry ?!" £29,966. He left
Why, didn't you know the plane was equipped with eleva tors ?"
£2,000 to the diocese of Kim berley and Kuruman;; the furniture in his private chapel "Elevatahs! Hes, hee, hee! and dining-room, his book Dem elevatahs sure to be gwine cases, and motor cars to the up jest when Ah's a-coming down! Bishop of Kimberley and Kuru. No, sah, boss! Not me!" man for the time being and his
Ever read that fable of the successors in office; and he ex- pressed the wish that every wolf" a clerk asked his com priest in the diocese should be panion occupying the next stool... invited to choose a book for to his in the office one day. himself from his library, and "I fancy I have," was the re should be offered to the Dioce used to make mugs of the people that the balance of his. library ply, "Isn't it about a chappie who-
£500 to Bishop Balfour's And then, when they all ran out, san Library, Kimberley.
of some village by crying "Wolf 1* Fund for the Church of the he laughed at 'em. But one day Province in South Africa (Eng when a real wolf came along, noTM, Hish Church); £500 each to the body took any notice of his shout- Superior of St. John the Evan- ing because they had been had' gelist, Cowley, Oxford, and the too many times, with the result. Superior of St. Michael's Home, that they lost all of their flocks? Bloemfontein; £100 to the "That's the yarn," said the first. Superior of All Saints Con-speaker."Now would you be vent, Colney, Herts; £200 to his lieve it, it's something like that housekeeper, Ada Trigg, if still with me!"
in his service, and £100 simi-In what way? queried the larly to her niece Alice.
other, in surprise,
"In this way," was the answer. The Rt. Rev. Edward Noel
of Moreton-avenue, "Every time a match was on I
brought to a close as the numbera are thinning out. The weather was rather rough for some of those who were moving and there Hodges, Was some alight alteration in the Harpenden, Herts, successively told the boss the usual tale, and launch service on Saturday, but Bishop of Travancore and Cochin. the last time I got off for the cup all are enjoying the cool change. Assistant Bishop of Durham, of match he told me straight that If We congratulate Rev. Lowe and Ely and of St. Albans, and latter my grandmother had another family on their escape from capty Rector of St., Cuthbert, Bed- funeral he'd 'fire' me! Well, to ture by the pirates on the Fu ford, and Archdeacon of Bedford.morrow is my grandmother's
Self-made One: My man, you
The Chira Mail. The idea was not too big because river. The gang, it seems, had left estate valued for probate at funeral!" (Every evening except Sunday.it was tackled resolutely and planned their capture. Rev. 746 gross, with net personalty
Lindquist, who has been on a £624, Annual subscription, excluding sensibly; the civilian element did brief visit to Wuchew, has now Mr. Frederick William Mack, of should work work! For 10 postage abroad, H.E. $36, payable In advance. Local delivery free.) not spoil the show because there returned. Two of the house Woodlands, Meads-road, East-years I was never in bed after owners who have been away on bourne, and of 22, Minories, FC Ave. An hour's work before break- furlough have returned to Chins, tobacco merchant, chairman of fast, then five hours, work, then the Rev. Tipton (Et present in Mesara. Andrew Chalmers and dinner, and four hours more Shanghai) and Dr. W. Cadbury Co., Ltd., and a director of the work, then
Loafer to Ling Nan University, Canton. Inyoka (Rhodesia) Tobacco Ltd.,
(interrupting): "Say, Our Own Correspondent. left estate of the gross value of guv-nor, where did yer serve yer
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CANADA'S W
WEMBLEY
About the Grand Tattoo itself there is little to say at this stage beyond to repeat the obvious; it was a success. It has "come off," and that is all there is to it. At the moment it would, of
course, be difficult to gauge the degree of its success, but if the report of last night's performance, as publish- The Empire Marketing Board ed by a contemporary, is anything National Exhibition at Toronto, participated in the Canadian
EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD
HAM EXHIBIT.
£146,690. The testator left
Hospital His little boy persuaded Isaacs-
$250 to the Tobacco Trades tein to visit the circus, and a large Benevolent Association; and poster. caught Ikey's attention.. 1,000 $1 Ordinary shares in "Fader" he cried, "give me Andrew Chalmers and Co., Ltd., penny to see the Bea-serpent." to his brother Reginald John "Vasteful poy,....... exclaimed his “as a token of my appreciation father,vy should you may a of his assistance to me in busi penny to see the sea-serpent?"
Here's my magnifying glass--go": and find a vorm."
ness.
AFTER 20 YEARS
addressed to the Newspaper Ento go by, the Grand Tattoo is the the greatest permanent exhibition most successful thing that has in the world, which opened re- ever been attempted in thecently:
The Canadian National Exhibi- Colony's eighty-and-odd years of tion, which celebrated ita existence.
fiftieth birthday this year, is an annual display. It has a perman- ent home at Toronto 350 acres in LADY COWDRAY & VILLAGE area. The indoor exhibiting space amounts to no less than onc and a half million square feet. Visitors flock to it from all over
A new school in the village of Canada, and the fortnight during Dunecht, Aberdeenshire, was
Annie, Viscoun which it is open is a national fes-opened by
"Hong Kong, Friday, Oct. 5, 1928.
AN ACHIEVEMENT
Senders of telegrams are in formed that, owing to faulty cable connection, telegrams to and from Shanghai and beyond are subject to delay.
to telegrams Shanghai
:SCHOOL
tival. Last year nearly two mil. tess Cowdray, who had
The teacher was giving a lec ture on natural history, and had brought a glass bowl containing goldfish to school.
"Now," she said, “can anyong tell me what a goldfish is "Yes, teacher," replied a little girl, who had been watching the goldfish oating round in the bowl; "it's
a sardine that has got very rich.
The Eastern Extension, Aus-lion people passed the turnstiles given a donation towards The two ladies were at a dance, In every sense of the term, it tralasia and China Telegraph Co,,In response to the invitation of the cost of its erection and one of them commented upon seems, the Grand Tattoo has Ltd., announce, with reference the exhibition authorities, who and the site upon which it stood. the ability of the other THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD. proved a success and all connected beyond normal working and have placed section of the Gove The Viscountess said that the "Yes," said the latter, "I feel with it are to be congratulated.re-established: 19:ernment building, free of charge, late Viscount Cowdray and she that my feet will determine my
re-establisheduler at the board's disposal, the Em- had wanted such schools estab-destiny- If anything that had to do with
remarked: her com- it was hear perfection; we are. A dinner dance (with supple pire Marketing Board is staging ahed for the last twenty years, Then,
mentary suppery will be held at an extensive exhibit. It covers an and had formulated certain pro- panion, sweetly, "you must have told, it was the arrangements the St. Francis Hotel begin area of approximately 1,800 jects that were not acceptable to a great future, dear!" made by the public utility com- ning at 7:30 pm on Sunday, ed to illustrate the various means ever, one had proved acceptable. square feet, and has been design the authorities. At last, how-
landlady having kept a panies and the police As one October 7 instead of the supper by which the board is seeking to It was no use having universities boarder for three weeks, began to enthusiastic reader put it this dance as previously arranged."
further, in Britain, the marketing if they did not have good village be anxious about getting paid, so of Empire produce from home and schools:
Len
lustre
to every Occasion
King George IV
The Scotch Whisky of Good Taste
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Sole Agentr
GANDE PRICE & CO. LTD.
St. George's Buliding, Ice House. Street.
morning:"You simply have to The master of a trading junkoverseas. She and Viscount Cowdray had resolved, to have it out with him
"Look here, sir, she said, "you must either pay up or get out.
Thanks, awfully," he replied. The last place I boarded at they
do nothing yourself if you want to was brought before Commander
Sections are to be devoted to been determined to have at go to the Tattoo beyond getting B. Newill, D.9.0., R.N., at the Home Bominion, and Colonial Dunecht the very beat village
Marine Court this morning on into a vehicle labelled for that to charges of leaving the port exhibits, and to the board's school possible because it bad destination. Then you keep quiet without a clearance and with activities in scientific research been their motto through fe and in course of time find yourself failing to renew his licence. He and publicity. These sections are that whatever they tried to do made me do both.
The long procession had just... in your seat. No more excellent and $8.50 on the secondar
ellent was fined $5, on the first charge grouped about a central should be done with the highest Court of Honour which reideas. By that she did not mean tribute could, in our estimation,
calls the entrance hall so extravagance, because that was passed, and out of the cheering be paid to the efficiency of the Taking the opportunity that greatly admired by Canadian what they had always abhorred crowd a small girl emerged with travel arrangements, policing and the shop fokis were busy, a Chin visitors to the Government build. There was so much needed in the a tearful little brother clinging to
ing at Wembley; we world that one could not afford her sleeve marshalling of what was a huge goods shop at No 176, Queen's
est entered the lp Cheung, plecerat acction in which to throw away a farthing How Becoming aware of the little crowd last evening. Of course it road Central at. 116 p.m. yester Canada herself is taking a part to spend a shilling was a great one's tears, the girl turmed abarp-
is a replica of the pavilion which, responsibility as somebody had ly on him has to be considered that competi-day and stole $20 from the shop under the auspices of the Empire worked hard for it. Garn, you ain't never satis
till behind the counter He was tlon between the transport agents caught by a foki, who handed him Marketing Board; has lately be Viscountess. Cowdray's request fed l she cried. You've been was keen and that the publle over to the police This morning come a notable feature at exhibi- that the pupils might have a holl kicked by a Gin'ral's 'orse, shoved would have obtained nothing like Major C. Willson, Q.B.E, sentenctions in England.
day ad that she could over by a Hem B. send them in motor-coaches to see V.C., and now yer the Prince of Wales when he came grateful, I calls it!" to lay the foundation stone of the new Royal Infirmary at Aberdeen, was granted, amid cheers.
led him to one month's hard laa
bour
the same adequate and satisfac tory service from any one agent enjoying a monopoly all of which At the Central Magistracy, this goes to heighten our staste for morning, a Chinese who was found in possession of ten coun- monopolies, which,
bas terfeit Straits bank notes each of nothing to do with
$10 denomination was sentenc to six months
betacle
basahown us all:
labour,
defendant wBSIT
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