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the present officially declared policy of walls, the inrush of water through the the Kuomintang. It was concluded that tightly fastened windows, the shaking of the Canton agent would not be committing the boors, the crash of a pane of glass himself if he cabled as far as I can or the collapse of a chimney pot, all aro
charitable construction that can be put The sale of furniture by Messrs. upon his conduct is to say that he was Lammert Brothers at No. 58, >Pratt obsessed by the delusion that Lord Building, Kowloon, which was to have KITCHENYE did not die as reported. He taken place at 11 am yesterday, was foresee there will be termination, magnified by the senses a thousandfold affected to believe in the myth that the Postponed until today at the same hour."
Admiralty were withholding the truth'
A Carnival is announced to take place about his fate. Els was supported in this
providing, of course, any chance of a termination appeared likely..
some
and seem to herald the end, for there is always folt, the possibility of the typhoon finding a weak spot, lifting off the roof and leaving the occupants exposed to the full blast of the storm and all its attend-
But the agent would have nothing to do with the first statement at all. Yesterday morning he sent off the second code "word, knowing full well" that the ant dangers. definite opinion given would be immed- Fear drives away all distinctions and intely forwarded to England.
makes even the humblest menial a wel. On Sunday afternoon we had an inter-come companion in the cammon danger, esting conversation with a British mer. The servants come in and are more than chant of many years experience of trade pleased to do so; for dangers shared are in China who had that day returned from not so hard to bear, apart from the fact Canton. He has been in Canton through that the main buildings lead greater WHISKY Sut the whole period of the boycott and security, if there is any such thing as a has been in fairly close touch with a feeling of "security in the midst of a number of the Kuomintang officials, with typhoot. There is always the useful per- of whom he has established a son ready with a jest, to mask the fear friendly personal relationship. He was he feels, useful because, momentarily he AWARDED 50 GOLD AND confident that the boycott was as good distracts the conscious mind from the
as over and that an official proclamation dread possibilities of the situation. to this effect would be issued in a very If such be the feelings experienced in few days. Thus we get two absolutely the more or less solid dwellings what contrary opinions, from two men, bath of mast be the mental suffering endured by whom should be in a position to judge those Chinese living, as mary of them the situation with some accuracy. Indo, in houses that offer no sort of resist such circumstances the only thing to be ance to the assault of a big wind. The dane is to fall back upon Lord Asquirt's European gets a severe head ache with well-word advise "Wait and Sce.”
the continual dia, the Chinese with a As we have held all along if
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at the Repulse Bay Hotel next Saturday avening. Dinner will be 4 par head, crack-brained notion by a Sunday news and fancy or evening dress in optional. paper, which, regularly devoted colprons There will be a late bus to the Hongkong to the ** Mystery of Lord Kitchener," Hotel at 12.30 am. Tables for the and ran it as a stunt" for mouths. Of Carnival may now be booked. course, neither the egregious Mr. POWER In the early hours of Sunday morning nor the newspaper could have done this a fire alarm was received front Exchange When the Fire Brigado ar. bat for the fact that there were large Building. numbers of foolish people ready to sived at the building, the outbreak, which swallow what they were
occurred in the motor house operating told Sundny after. Sunday with every appearance of the lifts, and was caused by a short sandour.
cirruit, had been already put out Some time back when Mr through the cutting of of the current Power was addressing a meeting in and the application of a bucketful of London on The Tragedy of the Hamp water on the affected part.
hire a man stood up and objected to Admiralty was concealing something school on the second floor of No. 2, a resolution which implied that the
A small fire, caused by the fusing of an electric wire, broke out in a Chines:
Street, near the Chineso about the death of Lord KITCHENER. There Bridges
Y.M.C.A, yesterday morning. Three were more than two thousand people in.
appliances were despatched from the that audience. Yet the solitary objector Central Fire Station, but the cutbreak found no supporters. Indeed, there were was quickly extinguished with the use" many people, almost in hysteria after arof a first-aid appliance, and the Brigade emotional speech by Mr. Power, who were back at the Fire Station within a cried, "Throw him out!"
very short time of leaving it.. The official"
story of the loss of the The enquiry regarding the pumping Humpahire disposed of the numerous station disaster of July 19th, when a legends regarding Lord KITCHENER'S big boulder, crashed through the roof death; and now that lif. Powen has of the No. 3 Pumping Station, Pokfulam,
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been exposed it may be hoped that no and caused the death of three Chinese
the Canton Government by that service threatens they can only murmur the
workmen there, was to have been resumed more will ever be heard of the subject, batore Mr. R. E. Lindsell, sitting as the whole movement "becomes farcical. equivalent of Thy will be done.”. The Kuomintang officials must know, this
But you never can tell.
There were Coroner with a jury, at the Central
and we refuse to believe that they would
UNBOUNDED CREDULITY. people quite ready to believe any cock. Magistracy yesterday afternoon. Owing to the typhoon, however, the enquiry was and-bull story they hoard during the
**adjourned until to-morrow afternoon. impracticable from the outset. If they 'THERE appears to be bardly any limit war. They believed in that "Russian proclaim now that the co-operation of to human credulity. Some people are Army of 150,000 that passed like phan- the Customs organisation is "essential apparently mentally constituted so that toms through England in 1915. Mme. they will simply cover themselves with they are prone to deceive themselves, or Heart's safe, supposed to contain ridicule and make it patent to the world efse are willing victims of deception by great wealth, had nothing but a collar the vessel's arrival here from Amoy on that they have been insincere through others. The way large numbers were atud or, two when it was opened. But her way down to Java. The drug was out. The co-operation of the Customs bamboozled over the alleged discovery of she had lived in style on her fraud, even cunningly concealed in a secret chamber cannot be secured in such a matter with Field Marshal Lord KITCHENER's grave among such a matter of fact people as in the chain locker, and a long search out the express sanction of the Treaty
in Norway is a good case in point. As the French. Then there was the Drace bad to be made before the drug, which Powers. Surtaxes collected by the Canton
Government itself, after the goods have
passed through the Customs, are in an altogether different category. They may be illegal. Their imposition may this protests. But at any rate they would be preferred by the individual merchants to the exactions of the strike pickets.
There is one other matter which we feel we should bring to the notice of I readers without emphasising too greatly
already reported in this paper the case. Even servant girls subscribed part
A big seizure of spium, amounting to 3,100 taels, was made by local revenue officers on board the Dutch steamer Tjilboet on Saturday night, following
was known to be on board, was discover- ed. No arrests were made, but two Chinese members of the crew hate sines absconded.
British Admiralty published a full ac of their little earnings to finance the long count of the less of the cruiser Hamp campaign to prove that the body, of
hire off the Orkneys with Lord furniture dealer buried in Highgate.
The result of the competition organised KITCHENER on board, as the ship was Cemetery, London, was not in the coffin by the Asin Advertising Company, in proceeding to Russia, and thus disposed at all-that it contained.some substitute connection with the forecasting of results of the rumours that were current in for a body. The credulous had been led of the Hongkong Baseball League matches England to the effet that members of the "by an elaborate and fantastic and during the season just concluded, is as follows:-1st prize, 20 points: E. crew of the ill-fated vessel were washed utterly fraudulent tale to believe that
Oxmund; 2nd prize 19 points: J. a, Duke of
Xavier, A. V. Remedios; 3rd prize 17 ts significance. It is generally under on the coast of Norway and were the furniture dealer was stood that the pickets are being disband buried in that country. The bodies of Portland who had been leading a double points: Charles Wong, L. J. Guterres. British sailors were recovered, it is true, life as a tradesman. The opening of the Also ran:-16 points: J. J. Gutterres, ed. Yet on Saturday afternoon pickets crowded upou
one steamer in Canton but they were men who lost their lives coin settled the matter, and effective C. Xavier, Em. Remedion; 15 points: A. So. with Tang; 14 points: A. A. Guterres, F. harbour in such numbers that they in in the Battle of Jutland. The official police proceedings followed.
the Tichborne case. The Claimant was Barretto; 12 points: P. Remedios, J. commoded the Customs officials and the record plainly said that none of those on nnloading bad as a consequence to the Hampshire had been washed ashore, a national figure, and the country was Guterres; 10 points: G, Chue; & points:
A. Marshall. dived into two camps over him. as alleged; indeed, it was impossible that such a thing" could have occurred. But Mr. FRANE POWER, a person who has appeared at various times under
A HONGKONG merchant received yester-suspended" for the time being. day morning cuble from Canton announcing that his agent there saw no
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No doubt the man with a clever tale, which is told with an air of assurance, will fad plenty of dupes. Fables about buried treasure seldom fail to attract the
At the Central Magistracy yesterday morning, before Major C. Willson, Chinese was charged with receiving an electric fan belonging to Mr. G. A.
who sold the fan to a Chinese clerk in Mr. Hyder was absent from Court owing to being on ambulance duty. Defendant, a solicitor's office for $19, pleaded that it was handed to him by another man who had just been sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for theft of clothing. De fendant was sent to prison for one month, and order was made for the fan to be restored to the owner without
full consideration of all the known facts, the Colony have a feeling they would Lord KITCHENER's grave in Norway, and of those romantic yarns are able to get
It was a message sent after Most people who have newly arrived in different names, claimed to have found attention of thousands, and the authors Hyder, knowing it to have been stolen. and must not be regarded merely as a like to experience one of these violent he cabled the story to the Prime Minister money to finance mythical expeditions to light expression of personal opinion. outbursts of nature. There is something We will relate the circumstances in which titanje about the thing, which emphasises in England. Moreover, he announced non-existent islands in the Pacific where it was dispatched and our readers may the insignificance and the puny force of his intention of having the body exhumed pirates were supposed to have concealed IN FRONGKONG BANK ANNEXE judge for themselves.
the individual by comparison. Just as and conveyed to London. In due course gold and silver taken from rich mer When Reuter's agent cabled to London the average person likes to s20 the coffin arrived. It was covered with a chant ships in the olden days. The daily on Thursday that the boycott had ter-highest mountain, the most active voi Union Jack, and was conveyed from lives of most people are governed by minated the Hongkong merchant. wrote cano, the largest city, the biggest water Waterloo Station to the premises of an
routine many lives are dull and drab payment. to his Canton representative asking for fall, so he wishes to experience the big undertaker, the procession through the and a romantic story, or a story, of
When the case, in which it is alleged definite information which might be Best wind and, of course, survive it in streets being watched by thousands who mystery, is always acceptable in print. fight took place between a Chinese telephone labourer and Mr. T. S. Jeffrey forwarded to his Home office. He con order to relate his experience to his less stood bare-headed. In all the circum-When it is presented as a happening in and Capt. W. E. Weston, master of the sidered that following Reuter's message fortunate hearers. It is not a laudable stances the authorities thought it desir-delight and keep anticipation of some- Nihill at the Kowloon Magistracy, aff "real life the crowd swallow it with 45 Ling Nam, came up for hearing again yesterday afternoon, bofors Mr. J. H. B. near enquiries were bound to be made and he ambition, involving as it must go much, able to hold an inquest, but when the thing even better to come. The Powią 14. Gordon Leack representing. Mr.
wished to be in a position to answer destruction of property, but it exista con was opened it was empty. them. He therefore drafted out two nevertheless as a fact.
Farn had a fairly long run. Those who Jeffrey and Capt. Weston, requested his I statements covering the situation and
coffin was new, and it was evident that believed it must now feel rather foolish, mound that Capt. Weston was unable to Worship to adjourn the case on the One experience, however, is generally it had never contained human remains. They may reflect that even the, Admiralty leave his ship while the typhoon iguala added, a code word for each, instructing adequate for a lifetime. After it is over. Thereupon it was removed to the Lost could not have prevented the terrific attend Court. Mr. Leo d'Almada, repre were hoisted and could not, therefore, his agent to cable, not later than one is fervently thankful that the country Monday, the code word which he thought to which one belongs and to which one
storm that drove back the Hampshire'senting the Chinese, was not present. His best summed up the prospects.
hopes soon to return is not visited by
We learn that Mr. Powan, the author escort of destroyers and this gave her fred Friday at 2.15 p.m. for the next Worship granted the adjournment and
The first statement ran:
such terrifying exhibitions of nature's of what can only be described as a no scouts to discover the German mines, hearing, power. It is the overwhelming force of gruesome boar, arranged with a cine But in spite of this exposure and many the elements that engenders the feelingmatograph company to have a film story another, unreasoning credulity will con of helplessness and resignation after all made out of the alleged discovery of tinue to be a human failing. possible precautions have been taken. It Lord KITCHENER's grave in Norway, and
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is just this mental attitude which is char-te transfer of the remains to England. acteristic of the Chinese that bumility. But by now he has every reason to feel The first statement was made pur and patience, that spirit of fatalism with. posely vague in order not to embarrass which they confront not only sorry for himself, as he has earned the the Canton agent in any way. It was fiercest attacks but also the mor Home Office peremptorily ordered the nature contempt of all right-thinking men. The thought he might believe the boycate economic and physical catastrophes in
The Hongkong Interport Golf team are was breaking up, but that an immediate their lives.
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TWO LOTS - SOLD.
Two lots of Crown land were sold at a public auction held at the Public Works New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1092, Department Offices yesterday afternoon. situated at Kowloon Gity, containing about 1,033 square feet, and with an annual Crown rental of $4, was sold to Mr. Lá Lau Chuen, on behalf of Mr. Siu Yuen, at the upset price $1,550,
Inland Lot No. 2014, situated at west of Inland Lot No. 2366, North Point, with an area of 22,500 square feet, and ad annual Crown rental of $232 was sold H. Bell, on behalf of the Stass Building, at the upset price $23,500 to Mr W Ltd. A.P.C.