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BOXER INDEMNITY.
ARREARS PAID, UP.
[Our Own Correspondent].
Shanghai, February 4. The Boxer Indemnity arrears for January 1912 were paid over yesterday.
LOAN TO CHINA.
DETAILS CLEARED UP.
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Shanghai, February 4. The details of the Loan con-
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SHOP-LIFTING.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUSSDAY, FEBRUARY · 4, 1913.
SCOTLAND AND SCOTS- his face resembles that gentle
brute's.
MEN,
Tribute
"Under sentiment, however, Consul General Wilder's Shrewd the Scotchman becomes another. man; sentiment will unlook his sturdy bosom and, being inexpen An interesting speech was de-sive, is wach resorted to. To the livered on January 25 at the Scotch sentiment finds its most Burne Night Banquet" at the delicate flowering in the alleged Astor House, Shanghai, by Consul harmonies of the bagpipe or in General Wilder. Dr. Wilder was a dish of haggis. Men of other introduced by the chairman, Mr. races grow tendar on less incen- Stephen, as one who had been tive but to get a Scotchman senti. greatly benefitted by marrying into mental he must be hit with a the Scots race.
club. As to the bowl of the bag- pipes, pitted against the music at Chinese theatres, I agree with the indignant Chinese that compari- son absolutely disproves any com- mon origin of the two races. It
Dr. Wilder began by saying that when the Committee, asked him to be present be hesitated, for he recalled the prejudice against the Scotch.
He should perhaps except those was, to be sure, sweet muxio at
who have married into the race,
HIGH CLASS
B BB
Lucknow, but you must remember POUCHES, CIGAR &
yet these grow thoughtful as they that those who heard it were rate of interest ie five and a half recall protracted debates con-almost unconscious at the time.
ducted along those chastening Concerning Haggis, lines of "precision, painful detail, "As for hoggia, I don't wish to accentuated axioms, hair-splitting find fault with the food placed logic and freedom from degrad before me, but I submit that it ing humour that characterize the is not beautiful to look upon; operation of the Scotch mind now that we have a new Munici- from the cradle to the grave.. pal Council, it is to be hoped the "One wakes up in middle-life Board of Health will be forced to to find himself surrounded by do its duty in this matter. "Even This morning, at the Police sons who have inherited the ter- the hotels on the Yang-King-Pang Court, befors Mr. Hazeland, ariffa intellectual power and freight would not dare place this dish Chinese was charged with the car qualities of the Scotch, while on the table more than once a theft of some cloth from a shop one's daughters, even in the week, A gentleman once askid in Des Voeux Road.
Mr. O A. S. Russ, of Mesara, Goldring, Barlow and Morrell, appeared for the defendant, who pleaded not guilty.
Evidence was given to the effoot that the defendant, with others, entored the shop, and, after they left, the cloth was missing.
The defendant alleged that he was struck by a lukong at the
Police Station.
Brooks.
The Scot's Dialect.
fied with hoot owls.
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nursery age, aro à curious mingl-what baggis was made of and ing of fatiguing efficiency, dan-some one in playful mood told gerous beauty and shameless him that it was filled with s proneness for love-making that harmless mixture of mud. Be
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY unmistakeably reveals the reefs replied with some impatience, The second oruiser Club cham- that wrecked Robert Burns.
(British Section). "Oh, I understand that, but the pionship in connection with the outside, what is that?" The Corinthian Yacht Club was sailed
CHINESE NEW YEAR. "Then, too, the house is littered pleasantry ends there, but to on Sunday over the following! TBE PUBLIC IS HEREBY up with the Scotch dialect. When morrow I shall be pressed by course: Channel Rocks (port)!
NOTIFIED that on Thursday, the Scotsmon get excited their Scotch friends for the rest of the Kauchow, Island (starboard). February 6th, in addition to the or speech moves north in geograph-story
Distance, 17 miles. As was exKowloon at 10.16 a.m. for Sham Chup dinary trains an extra train will leave cal lines until the following. "But, gentlemen, it would ill pected very few of the craisers of calling at the Golf Course Crossing, The magistrate, remarking afternoon when tifey fully compre Urcome BI American, whose the house-boat description parti-Fanling that that allegation was made hended the proposition. It is lost country owes so much to the cipated, and the results amply frequently, pointed out that shop-in a hopeless jargon in which a Scotch, and the Scotch-Irish to justified their refusal, as on the tised to leave Kowloon at: 5.30 p.m. lifting was especially common landscape elevation is referred to leave the topic here: they have beat to the first mark both the will leave at 5.10 p.m. and the train before the Chinese New Year as a healand', a charity collection bulked too largely in the councils Sootengden and Lady Godiva, the advertised to lova Shara Chan at 6.81 The defendant was sent to prison degenerates into a mickle-muckle of the nation; they have fought only two representatives of this pm will leave at 6.14 p.m. and will run for one month, with four hours' and persons of dignity are classi- too well our battles of freedom; class, lost their handicap on coording to Saturday and Sunday
our homes carry too many mem-the scratch boat before timing. The only consolation for a ories of Scotch ancestors, their rounding. The wind at the HUGHES COMEDY CO.
quiet citizen at such stormy pure earnest faces looking down start Pras eastward, bat times, apart from a sense of per from tlie walle, to warrant with-veered to north-east and continu- Kowloos, 3rd Feb, 1919. sonal rectitude, is the inability to holding the praise due to perhaps ed fairly fresh from this direction Competition for Local Amateurs.understand what is being said, the most distinctive and potont until the first three yachts had
It is curious that interpreters race stook that ever operated to rounded Kauchow, 12.30, when INIO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA The Hughes Comedy Company have not been instituted in our multiply the blessings of civiliza- after about ten minutes dead last night gavo another porforra-dealings with the Scotch. The tion and to uplift the human race, calm. It came out of the south-
The Speculators at the only explanation I can think of Victoria Theatre. The play was is that the dividends in conver
Scotch Individualism.
west, and continued thus till the I have known many Scotch-und of the race. The order round as well staged and as well re-sational content would not war-men; they have differed in capa- both marks was as follows: La ceived as ever, and a very rant the outlay. Occasionally I cities, in intereats, in personal. Cigale, Evadne, Norseman, La crowded house was kept in have diverted myself by attempt-worth; but I have never known Crollette, Elaine, Mist, and Scot laughter by the drollories of ing to converse with the Scotch one who was commonplace, with- engden, where the latter hauled Mesars. Le Blanc and Vack while, lads newly imported to recruit the fout individuality; they are men down her flag, the Lady Godiva Miss St. Clair and Miss Martin Municipal service and hongs of to be reckoned with. It surely having already given up at Chan-THE Company's Strawship wero each very clever and charming.
Shanghai.
must arouse curiosity that a land fuel Rocks. This order of pro-
"YATSHING," An additionally interesting
As Bill Nye put it.
only 285 miles long, and 160 its cession was maintained till the "I always come away from maximum width, with a popula- finish, but La Cigale making consignees, of cargo by her are hereby hasing arrived, from the above Ports feature of last night's. proceed.
these unsatisfactory combats un- tion of only 1,500,000 in 1791 somewhat of a mess of it in informed that their goods will be de ings was the introduction of a competition for local amateurs decided whether Henvon has on-and but 3,700,000 twenty years Yaumati Bay failed to save her livered from alongside. There were many entries, allowed these splendid specimens go, should be so rich in pro- time to the Evadze, which yacht amusing and some decidedly of physical manhood and potential ducing men of power and women takes first place. clever. The general opinion was abilities with this terrible linguie to mother such a race. The land Yacht Finishing Corrected that the wianfag competitora tie disability as a barrier against is not fertilo, the climate is an- well deserved their viatory. The the evil of the world, or as a han-lovely, the resources are not a La Cigale first prize was awarded to "The dicap to enable the rest of us to cause for boasting. Why is it Dalveen...... D. N. S. Musical Trio", the second to Mr. meet awful competition in bank-that Scotland has played so large Dorothy..... D. N. S. Looker, who gave a plever imiting and the piece ganda trade. a part in the great wide world? Scotengden.. D. N. F tation of the Salome Dance, and lowever, I presume you are fond How shall poor China, looking Lady Godiva D. N. T. the third to the Gaisford Brothers of the Scotch dialectperhaps as sadly about, learn some leason of We Two D, N. S. for their "Sugar Cane"
Bill Nye asid of Wagner's music government, order, faithfulness Norseman .. song.
They tell me it's better than it and efficiency?
Clara... Bounds."
of
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LOCAL SPORT,
Baseball,
A very, close game of baseball
was played at Happy Valley on Sunday between a nine from the 8.8. Minnesota and a team from the 88. Koren. It resulted in a win for the Minnesotans with a score of 23 to 22.
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The game was sonsational be cause of the number of "home that were made-ion in all and a large crowd of onlookers wore most enthusiastic in their applause.
fternoon..
1
"What forces must be in play Elaine "The Scotchman is a paradox; in China-in any Asiatic country La Colletto. he is built on the principle of a-10 breed individuality, so that Erin compensating pendulum. When millions of men shall be differen Mist
Time 2.10.31
Time
2.10 31
2.50.17 2.16.47 D. N. 8. 2.51.35 2.41.25 2.40.43 2.35.33. D. N. §. 3.30.01 2.47.31
he isn't bleeding with Wallace he tiated, so that they shall not move Evadne...... 2.34.22 1.57.52
either has us up against the wall and that in an impoverished con- Brynhilde... is bleeding some one else. He and think and live as one man, Brenda... ... D. N; S... filling our pockets or he is weepdition; so that the expression Fiona
Another coolie dead' as it were Marion ing on our shoulder telling ue how much he loves bis native à beast of the field-ehall cease land.
to mook the Creator whose child- "It is not
ot easy to disconcert area are made in his image? Sootchman. Given a state of The Greatness of Scotland.
No doubt the answer lies large- affairs that would causs another
D. N. S
D. N.S.
D. N. S. Position.
Pts. for Pts to Race, Date.
1 Evadne....... 18
2 La Cigale..... 16
3 Norfeman...... 15
4 La Collette. 14 5. Elaine 13 Mist......... 12
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to call for the mountains to cover ly in the hidden potencies of him and the Scotchman will racestock whose beginnings and merely remark that be doesn't elements no man can fathom; understand he will meet the but the chief answer-and any The band of the ae. Korea situation with an axiom. people may find encouragement blayed during the game, and ''It is difficult to discouragé a in it if their souls can grasp the dded much to the pleasure of the Scotchman; calamity and ad- lesson the greatness of Scotland ing Committe in selecting courses
versity are futile. It is said that traces to the earnest, studious, for this class of yacht will now le CHINA NEW YEAR HOLIDAY. London firms are positively afraid loyal, reverent home life, of the convinced that to send yachts of [OTICE IS HEREBY, GIVEN
NOT to employ Scotch lads; they make common people fostered and re- the house-boat description round That all MARINE INSUR- Chicces sadiera, did. consider themselves so useful that in time flected in the poetry of Ferguson, harbour marks takes all the ele- ANCE OFFICE will be OLOSED they own the whole business. A Hogg and Robert Burns; it was ment of cruising out of these for the Tinnesotion of PUBLIC man raised in Scotch mist who bred of the spirit in which John evente, and will return to the BUSINESS on Thursday, 6th Fe never sees the sun and compelled Kuca toiled in the French galleys former practice of sending the roars, 1018 to get a living from Scotch soil to fit himself for his work, in boata "round the island, Waglan,
By Order, The late Father. Gerard, S., gets so he can't tell a calamity which the Covenantors wor- Lama, and such courses, where
Riotous Chinese Soldiers
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n the 19th ult because there
as some delay in beginning the
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Lady typists and dress.
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It is propo-ad to raise a me- from a blessing; this explains his slipped in caves and died the helmsmen will have some Fongkong, 4th Feb, 218. orial of Father John Gerard's success. When things go wrong in the open, in ten thousand opportunity of demonstrating ng and distinguished educa with a Scotchman ho reads one of struggles in state and church for their seamanship.s onal connootion with Stonyburet Dr. Chalmers sermons, then the right to be ruled by men ollege. This, it is thought, hurries back to the store and sells of their own choosing and to ight best take the shape of a an Irishman something he doesn't worship God after their own
An edict has gone forth in Lon-THE OFFICE of the Undenia holarship, preferably in the nood. The only way to apsot a consciencos.
TH atural sciences, to be held at Scotchman is to refer to Great There must be motive power don that lady typiste munt attire has been REMOVED to BEA onyhurst. Subscriptions may Britain 28 England' or to tell in toon, as in a machine, themselves in more sombre gar- CONSEIELD" No. 1, BATERY Dont to Mr. Philip Colley, 13, him his ancestors herded sheep to yield results, and the silent mente Gainsborough hats, open- PATH from the 1st February, 1918. "de Park versoe
work stockings, brillant blouses, A. M. ESSAIHOY. are henceforth taboo.
1th Feb. 1918
no long that the conformation of
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