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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1913,
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be forbidden to display in boir on you to advance. Let what you pist and the present call windows any picture or postcard bave gained he an impules ty that is likely to be harmful to eɔmeibing higher." —— W. young persons or to natives, we Channing.
E. are glad to' learn that a Chinese shopkeeper at Kowloon was sum-
The Malls,
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Devania at 1 p.m. to-day.
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"On soking what it contained, and East Indies-bat during the wea told it was only an old box Crimean War it was left in my Washington Bible in Hongkong the first time I had heard of Ma woil), and it is now the only which belonged to the Macous of charge at Southampion by Bro. the Corps. I believe he was Maju (now Noj rÚc moral Mox- Fonry in the Regiment; and there evidence with the corps of a Lodge Probably most of our readers being no opposition to my request having been held in the regiment, are aware that the Duke of Corn- to have the box, Limmediately trok and it is carefully preserved by a wall's Light Infantry Regiment posession, and removed it to my Master Mason, Lieut-Col. Catty, vonshire, Regiment of Fo-play found the cntents in the greatest There is no drubt of the Bible - the old 48th, or South De bungalow. On examination now in command of the Regiment. war which led to the inderand-forced open, and some jewels ment upwis. 30 years, and I ad no inconsiderable part in the confusion. The look had been having beer with the 46th Regi- ence of the United States. What were certainly missing; but a verily believe in the history of it over, is that the Cornwalls have several books of the Bye-Laws, to another. By the kind for is less commonly knows, how- Record Book was there end as headed down from one mason in their possession a Bible on together with this Bible in a torn mission of Major General Bir worn when he received oneof the ter, almost obliterated. which Washington is said to bave and dilapidated state, and a Cher Hinry James, RE, twelve of the degrees of Masonry.
"It is now many years since I have been plic to zincographed by most interesting pages of the Bibla - transactions of his process under his direction. in these books, what I
W. Lacey, did
read PM. of No, 227, 46th Regiment.
Southamption, 1870."
st the same time we feel that this is a question which oven quite apart from publie morality Siberian Mail,-Clos per 8.5. affects the position of the white. Linan st 5 p.m. to-morrow. woman here. If crowds of house- boys and coolies are to be allowed
Arrived. to stand gaping, at piolares of the by the s.s. Devanta from Shangers of the regiment, we have teen but
Mr. A. Fortes was a passenger nude or semi-nude, the respect hai to day. which they owe to the white wo- | **** man must necessarily to dimin- Drowned while Bathing. • ished. The custom of the Chinese A Chinees for, aged 18, was
drowned in Yaumati Bay yester day, while bathing.
in regard the rigid draping of their women accentuates the effect that auob pictures must have on the uneducated native mind,
Plaque Cases, Tures coses of plague were and, for the present, we would wil-notified during the twenty four ingly see all tradesmen, whether boere ended ncan today. The European or Chinese, forbidden total is now 188. to decorate their windows in this fashion.
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of the residents in Kowloon do their rosidonius without any exura eher zo.
Dominica by the French, in 1805, At the attack of
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the remainder were fined $2 each..
Twelve Months imprisonment.
Mr. Hazeland, at the Police Court this morning, sentenced a man to twelve months' imprison- ment and four hours' stocks for returning from banishment. Ins- Fector Dymond gaid the man had twice baon banished time for 20 yearN.
This Bible is here in Hongkong perused the and, by the courtesy of the offic-the Lodge permitted to see and examine it, made, from the circumstances The volame is a small quarto, and of my Masonic noviciate, a last- Printed by the Assigns of and therefore I have a perfect the title page bears the imprinting impression on my memory, Thomas Newcomb and Honry recollection of reading Hills, deceased. Printers to the the fly-leaf Queen's moat Excellent Majesty. book of. Bye-Lawe MDCOXII."
of the printed that this Bible, belonging to the Lodge, No: 227, was that Inscriptions.
which Washington received a degres of Fixed to one of the fly-leaves is Masonry; that during the Wor The from Godown. the following: The goona of Maure, Loxley
of Independence in America it and Company, 2, Stanley Street, of the 46th
"This Bible, the propoty was taken by the enemy, who re- celebrated to-day by the Ameri The Fourth of July was fittingly If all we hear is true, there is was entered by some one totween kindly leat by Lieut. Col, and again that it was taken by it is interesting to note how Regiment, is turned it with a flag of truce; can community in Hongkong, and something seriously, wrong with the let and 3rd inet, and 58 Oatly. On this sacred volume the French in their attack on the whole-heartedly the British re the water supply in Kowloon, pieres of abiting valued at $380 Washington received a degree in laland of Dominica, W.I., together eidents enter into the functions and this "something' would were stolen. a appear to be a decided lack of
Masoory During the American with the Lodge jewels and mess which are held on this day. The pressure in the maina. People
War of Independence, when the plate of the officers, who returned receptions held to day were well Six men charged in connection Corps obtained the Red Feather, it with the Lodge jewels under a attended. Bunting was displayed Hazeland, at the Police Con't, Fing of 7rure. Point, were brought before Mr Enemy, an was returned with a plate." this morning, One man was fined
Tamar and 8.8. Rabi were dressed A Neglected Treasure for the cecasion. "The question naturally pre-
The At Home by the U. S Eveny, together with the Lodge that such interesting (No. 227) au Yees Plate. The rials of Masonry should have bean few American residents which lork memo- cera of U.S.S. Wilmington, and a Former win re uned with a Flag so neglected as to cause them to place at the Hongkong Hotel, this Plate."
Truce. Tar fficers lost their be found in the state in which I morning, was in every way succesa- inscriptions in the approved fore, it is to be recorded that sick seolion of Hongkong's citizens Other fly-leaves bear various those Military Brethren gone bsandertaken by the American discovered them. In justice to ful, as in fact, any scoial function Family Bible" style of out-ness and death had been busy in the generally is. Two or three years grandfathers' days, all relating ranke of the Regiment, and this ago preminont Americans held
birthe and deaths, but was the cause of the misfortone. nowhere is there the name of
separate receptions on the fourth Washington bimself an absence Bible could have been obtained have combined in an excellent The first period at which the of July, bat of late years they Harbour Offender. This morning at the Marine fect that some enterprising person, was in Nova Scotia. The second Apart for the function on the first which is accounted for by the was that in which the Regiment single function. The rooms set Magistrate's Court, before Com-to whom the Corowalls leat the might have been the time had or of the Hotel were choicely mander Basil Taylor R.N., Wongbok in Bermuda, was good en- there not been a Kwonga bostman, was charged cugh to steal the rage on which corded of Stephen West in fol. compliment was paid to death re- decorated with bunting, and a with unlawfully disobeying the was the first President's signature 1769, at which period the corps the British Empire by the hung- orders of the Harbour Master, by Just a year ago today Sir Henry May returned to Elongkong to
Proserpine Rocks in Victoria anchoring his junk to the west of
The Family Bible. was in Great Britain. The third ing of the Stars and Stripes in. assume the reins of government. Twelve months is an hort time in
Harbour on July 3. He was fined recorded the death of other the Regiment was in the Jerseys,
On the back of the title page is period is therefore the one when conjunction with the Union Jack. the life of a colony or a people, yet much may happen in that period
$10.
From eleven o'clock this mon- Mary Weat, decoast Nov, 21, 1733 where the West's reaided; and ii ing until 1 o'clock this afternoon which shall have an important bearing upon the future history of paid £230,000 for the property THE BANDMANN OPERA first ordained minister in Dart that the book, after doing the guests who partook of an excellent- in yo 77 year of her age, who is possible, as Bibles were com- the reception rooms were thronged that colony or people. It is well to ke stock at times; to see and is now offering it to the na
was the daughter of John Cook, paratively scares in those days, with a cosmopolitan crowd of whether we have made progress or gone backward. There is no tion for the price he gave for it.
mouth," Balow this we read :---
duties of the Choroh for the chempage panch and the ter standing still: Nature will not have it. So curiously constituted Palace seemed certain to go, Some three years ago, when the
2nd, Father Stephen West de- weak, may have been used by the choice. catering of thoughtful is man that he must have somo date upon which mentally to take Lord PlymouthTM * first
The Bandmann Opara Com 98th rep of hie age, who was the being eventually give by one representative of H.E. tho, ceast August ye 12, 1748, in yo Masons for their ceremonies, hosts. Capt. Conuclly attended. slock; the lust day of December, usually. But the and of a calender forward and urged year is a mere man-made division of time. Every day ends and need for an effort to save it, but and will open their season to-
the any arrived from the North tc-son of Baitholomew West of East brather to another of the 40th Governor.
dav bythe P. and O. 8.s. Devanbe, Jersey,"
Regiment. I see no reason to commences a new year, and the fourth of July, which has strong support, and it was a loyal and right at the Theatre Royal. in eight children follow. On the history that has been handed principal reception room the east
at that time he got very little
Entries of the births of their doubt the truthfulcess of the Shortly before noon, in the associations of its own, may be taken as a fitting occasion for courageous soi on his pars to tinuously funny of all the bright phe's is a memorandum of a very is really that on which Washington Excellenay Major General Ander- what is perhaps the most con-back of the last page of the Pro-down from one Mason to another of "The President of the United backward glance.
venture so large a sum on the comedies of their repertoire. hard winter (1740-7), which did receive a degree of Masonry: on and that of "The King"" by the The year since Sir Henry May arrived has been comparatively him, The Palace has never been performance before will find the deep, that there were
ohance of having it returned to Those who have listened to their states that the snow was knee-for the fact was stated in the United States Consul Geneis), in the corps. Nor that the book States" was proposed by lis
the whole it has been a year of small events. Yet it has not been has, as a fact, bean, somewh of it will wat only for ten night, Maroh27, that people with horse period in which, it was id et/toasts were submitted by Com-. uneventful. It has held its moments of sir, to be sure, but upon a really successful corera; Bandmann season all to short, for snows," the cold continuing bilprinted byo-laws of the Lodge at while in the eccoad room the same
thirty quite without incident, nor has it failed to hold marke of progress. But it would be a thousand pit es seen" Autumn Manoeuvres" will Joseph Rasset's to the hond of
a white elephant in some wys. Theatre goers who have once and oxen crossed the ice from cellent working order. Astrike of 'rickshamen, the tramway boycott, piracies within or close if its magnificent grounds were hardly be likely to miss an op- the Potomac, and that Benj. to the waters of the Colony, the recent house collapse-those insidents lost to Londoners and to the vast portunity of seeing it again, and Akia zid over the river to his of the American War the Bible by kind permission of Major have marked the past year. Nor have they been without, effect number of provinsial visitors who it is probable that to night will father'e;" after which comes the was returned to the regiment with Dickinson and officers, was in
When was it returned ? "It is uncertain at what period
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1913.
A GLANCE BACKWARD.
a
The boycott, for instance, arose out of a movement towards rehabi litating the coinage of the Colony, and it had the effect of accelera- ting that movement; hence the recent currency bills. That they
would have come in any event is undoubted; the need for some such legislation has long been apparent; but their introduction and passage was hastened by the attitude adepted by many Chinese when the Tramway Company insisted upon fares being paid in Hongkong money.
shortcoming is especially empha sised in the mornings, when it is a common experience for hone- holders to be landed in the plight of being unable to obtain any water for the morning bath. Attempts have been made to overcome the difficulty by residents giving their servants instructions to fill the bath early in the morning; that worked all right for a time, but when every. body began adopting the plan the avil remained. And it still re- mains. The Water Authority could do worse than look into this matter with a view to re- medying the grievance. Saving the Crystal Palace. that the Crystal Palace and There seems every likelihood grounds will be saved for the generosity of Lord Plymouth who British people, thanks to the
came
Plymouth's generosity ehou'd epend a holiday in London. Lord prevent them from falling into the hands of the jerry builder. POST OFFICE IMPROVING
COMPANY.
the last
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An Interesting Note.
I
do
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Toasts.
modoreAnstruther R.N.and Com mander Hubbard of the U.AS. Wilmington.
The Band of the 2nd D.OLI
see a crowded house. Gaiety success The Runaway deaths down to 1714.
To morrow night the great the years 1709 and 1734, and aleo recorded, and as a Mason I ing programme,
record of several births between a flag of trace; but this fast was attendance and played the follon. Girl" will be staged. This, too,
believe those who preceded mé in ie tolerably certain to draw a
Two step
"That Mysterious packed house.
the Lodge,
Rag," Snyder In a most interesting pamphlet
"Retaining to the last move- Special mention deserves to be on the subject of Masonry in the ment of the corps to New York, cess," Rabene.
Selection "The Balkan Pria- made of the revival of "The Cornwalls, by Francis U. Crossle find it proceeded to the West () Song "I'm going back to Hongkong on Monday to a 1.cal produce on Saturday, the 12th comb Harrison, D.C.L.I.) we find, 1792 to Gibraltar, and in 1794 Lee," Pether. A letter which was posted in Gelha," which the company will (revised by Captain H.N. Bask, Indies in November, 1778, and Dixie," Berlin. address, and which bore the Post inst. Scenery for this has been apropos of the above entries;
returned to England in 1782, in Distinctly, then, there is progress to be reported of the past Office postmark of June 30. was brought fr m. Indon, while the The conclusion drawn from again to the West. Indice, where Selection "The Dollar Prin
(b) Two step" The Robert E. year, and good part of that advance must be set down to the fore- delivered on Wednesday, July 2 costume liave been brought the movements of the corps, insurrection of the Catribs. In Noon-The Star Spangled Banner. sight and energy of His Excellency. In other ways, too, he has at 2:30 p.m. been active and has lent his influence wisely. Especially has he
down from Japan; and the local is that, the Regiment having 1708 it cam Euglind, and on
it was eng gd in suppressing the ceas," Full appeeled, not without result, to young men to join the local
dressing and atmosphere should been three times on the American the decla ation of war with France Caryll
Valso corps of Volunteers.
"The Pink Lady,' There is more in that work than
add very considerably to the in- Continent, viz: 1757, 1764 and in 1803, mbuked from Cork in terest of this ever popular musical 1776, the Bible must have been 1804 for the West Indies again, Ferry. comedy,
Serenade The Warblers," obtained as one of these periods." and proceeded to Dominica. I Selection In 1870 Lieut. Col. W. Lacy, was at the defence of the Teland Bidgood. of the Cornwalls, wrote a mem- orandum on the subject of this in Maroh, 1805 that the Bible was Bible, the gist of which we give taken by the French, and return Time Band Berlin.
ed with the jewels under a flug of In the year 1831 I was made ce. In 1811 the Regiment re-
men, and
The PANAMA CANAL.
New York, June 10,
below.
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"In Coonland"
Two stop
Alexander's Rag God Save the King,
thunderstorm Soar
The N.Y.K's Cargo Service, Late in 1911 the Nippon Yasen on the face of it may appear. It is good that young Kaisha inangated a direct even nion who have passed the immediately cargo dervice tween Japan, youthful stage, should actively interest themselves in defence of Rangoon, and Calcuttavis the Empire. Hongkong italf may gaia little for men do noi Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore, always settle here at the end of an engagement; but the men them-and Penang, says the "London selves gain in health and fitness, and the Empire at large is the and China Express". The re- stronger that more of her sona have learned the art of defence. In salt was that during 1912, 49 this direction Sir Henry May has done admirable work. Perhaps, Japanese vessels of 129,244 tons engineer of the Panama Canal, a Mason in the Lodge of St. John turned to England, and in 1812 Instag
Colonel Goethals, the chief indeed, here is the most enduring work he has done. On the whole entered Rangoon, compared with has arrived here en routs for No. 17, Secunderabad, Deccan, 1813 it proceeded to the Tale of aler maine to burst, flooding then, a glance backward, it it shows nothing of outstanding imper-only 14 vessels of 30,302 tons in Washington, to confer with the under the Prov. Grand Wight for embarkation for New
to Jersey, Channel Islands. In borough, which caused several tance, shows that quiet progress has been made. The taking of stock 1911, Japan now bolde second Secretary of War. He said that Lodge of the shows a balance on the right side, as it should be.
place in the foreign shipping the water is to be let into Ogromanial, at which time
Coast of Twelve months ago to lay excitement in Hongkong ran high; ed Germany. For the first time the first ship will probably be the 46th Regiment. Soon after
service of Rangoon, having pass the Canal about July 1, and that was quartered at that station with A much travelled Valunde, built in 1138, was strook by
South Wales.
agsiness premises, the ruin of fasi borough Castle, which was twas then that the would-be assassin's bullet was, thank God, in 10 years an American vessel sent through by October: He my initiation, being a member stato it was considered advisable eastern end of the Castle was bat diverted from its course, and our Chief Executive epared to entered the port of Rangoon in added that the proposal to open of the Vess Committee, I one day to re-bind it, care being taken not tered, a quantity of masonry be "As the Bible wasia sob a tora | lightning. The summit of the continue the work he had begun long before. Spared by an 1912, the Rizal of 1,723 tons, be the Canal to the world's trafic is visited the "godowns, as our to deatory any handwriting in it ing hurled to the ground. all wise Providence to watch over and guard us at all times in a longing to the Bureau of Navi- January, 1916, remained-un storerooms in India are called, in its present state it has again lightning also shattered the wall WAY Jittle realised by thoas not in touch will his daily life.
It is fitting that we all return thanks for His Excellency's Philippines, having entered for a which have delayed the work, mountings, ongraved "No, 227, great part of the world-Gibral in the Union Jack, at the topol gation of the Government of the changed, despite recent slided when a bullock trunk with brass traversed with the Regiment & facing the sea and burnt a holt. miraculous escape and preservation.
cargo ef rice."
The “ Times "
L.S.M.V attracted my attention. lor, West Indies, Canada, Corfu the flagstall.