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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 1912
the owner himself, were former FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS. ly deserilad ne menials, that: members of
to any
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A CHANCE FOR EVERY
AMATEUR.
Notices
Victoria
The proprietor of the "Hong Dispensary
kong Telegraph" has decided to continue during March, his offor tf two prizes for the best photographs submittel to the editor by amateur photographers, during the month.
Give Everyone a Chance.
Pictures of active life, then, pictures of still life, pictures recent or pictures Laker months g, pictures of life or scones in Hongkong or pictures taken in any part of China, pictures taken
(Opposite the Clock Tower.)
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was the moinic or household. In this 1 1466 a Duchess occupy- ing en official position at court The Rev. A. Smythe Palmer, was a menials A curious mis- lestaring atthe London Institution construction as to the meaning of on "Literary Bundors," said that an ordinary word ones caused a ho intended to deal mainly not see in the House of Conions, with grievous mistakos which in the North, the old English challonged righteous indignation, word "hind," monning a furn It La beon decided to widen but with bovuos or oversights labourer, was still in use, and a the scope of the competition. To A Vainable Remedy for colds, Breachite Asthma, ned all Discsso such as elicited only a smile. It North country member frequently restrict it largely to active life in the Chest and Lung. PRICE was comforting to know that great mado uso of it in a spech. Thort-the Colony excludes many ama- $1.00 per botte
tours who are not yet experien-
THE men had blundered, because it upon Mr. Joseph Arch, the agri-ced in this class of work. As the showed us that they were not too cultural labourers' representative, whole purpose of the competition VICTORIA DISPENSARY. far exulted above ourselves. Thus who only knew the words to timulate interest in photo-lloughing, is: Feb, 1912. Shakespeare bestowed a sea const applied to a dcor, was indignant felt better to remove all restric
graphy in Hongkong it has been on Botenia, and Sir Walter Scott at what he thought the insult to tion and to represented the sun as setting his class and complained that the Bust. Dickens, forgetful of they had been compared by the fact that Captain Cuttle had hon. member to a four-footed but one hand, made him put his boast. He added that they were two hands to his mouth for human beings. liko himself, "view-huilon." It was a curious honest seas of toil, and so on, Inot that other people's mistake and asked how he would ke atomo-nny picturo, gonoral or "always" scomod so absurd-und-into- called maristocratic local-may-bo-sent along if it NOW SHOWING
excusable while our own wife VC gont. It took some time to possesses interest at all. With
the competition of so D'al and excusable. But let not any appease the good man's night-prehensive a character there is n one be so bold as to claim infollibi cous anger. The lecturer, next chaven for any amateur photo. lity. Pope Sixtus V. personally proceeded to show that Phoenixgrapher in flongkong to win one sunintended with great caro an Park, Dublin, lins nothing to do of the prizes. The rules of com edition of the Latin Vulgate with phenix, in spite of the otition appeared in the issue of which was, he declrod, to remain representation of that fabulous the standard text for all time. Sbird with which Lord Chester- confident was he in his accuracy fiɔld adorned it; that thoro nover that he decreed the ponalty of was such a bird as the' phoenis | the grouter excommunication although it figeres as a sort of against anyone who should pre-cross batween a goose and ́à sume to make the slightest al horon in the official coat-of-arms teration. Alas for human frailty! inventyl in rovent times for A very short time after it was Liverpool, and that Leighton issued the book was found to Buzzard les nothing to do with contain over three thousand mir-any buzzaril, the "Buzzard " taken. Often a writer in pointing being a corruption Beau dosert. out the mistakes, or supposed Several instances were mentioned. af blynelers arising out of mistukes, of others, only succeed-mistrations of the Bible,|| ed in advertising his owa. Youre notably the fact that Moses ago the late Dr. Jatham bought was out on Puportant now edition of with horns,
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commonly
represented us in Michaol Angelo's statue at Rome, where Johnson's Dictionary in four appeured like a Greek satyr vohimes, whereupon a westly This was due to the fact that. papor, the "Ruler," published the expression lo had a roview of it by a well-known horned fars" figured in Exodus. Tho real meaning of the liebrew man of letters, who eritic-|
passage was that his untenazed ised
the
introduction voiy shed a ray of light. In Oriontal severely, ying that it was languages the rays of the son tally at variuney with Dr. Were commonly spoken of as hons. Perhaps the mistake that Johnson's views. It happened had had the most appalling con- that the introduction was roally sequenes was that which was re Dr. Johnson's original prefacesponsible for the Indian practice roprinted word for word. The of suttes, or the burning of wi- ridicule brought upon the unfor-dows nlive. It was due to a mis tanto paper which made this par Licular blunder had so damaging an effect that it had to put up its shutters. The fact that words in
course of lime lost their original mening had been the cause ol
conception of the meaning of a word in the tig Vado, which en- joined that the widow at her hus band's funeral should go first to the "altar," not to, tho" fire," Thai one little mistake had condemned millions of women to a cruel death.
Home University Library. Thanks to the editorial, efforts morous blumlere. In tho diary of Sir John Bramston he says, [of Professora Murray, Thomson, speaking of the fatal illness of and Browser, and Mr. Horbert sher, the appearance of a new Charles, which was due to some batch of volumes of the Home. sort of apoplectic seizure, that is University Literary has become Majesty had a "sound" fit. Anjong of eagerly anticipated events ominent physician, Dr.J.W. Ogle, of the publishing season. Messrs, in delivering the Harvoinn. Ora Williams& Norgate will, we learn, issue the fourth sot of ten volumes
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com-
March 6, 1912. ngres to enter tho photographie comp stition on the oxpress understand- ing that the oditor's dc- cision shall be final, and that he may, at his dicerc- Lion, use the print cont he pwith either in tho "Flongkong Telograph" or the "Weekly Telograph."
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