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SALE OF WORK.
Successful Function at St.... Andrew's Church."
The sale of work opened at St. Andrew's Church Kowloon, by Are, Lander; on Saturday, in aid Interstratif Y. of the Church hall furnishing (1) Artist's model, a fund, realised $2,000. The hall model man, model itself,' is the gift of Sir Paul yacht, model anyth-Chater
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Business then commenced in earnest at the numerous stalls. The etallholders were as follows:-
Fancy Stall-Mrs Curwen, Mrs Harvey,
Refreshments Mrs Packham, Mr. Richedon, Mrs Wilkie, the Misses Packham, the Missee Neave Miss Jack, Miss Chunyat, and Mies Knight.
Candy Stall-Mrs Richardson, and Mrs Peterson.
Aarated waters and.ice orcam Mrs. Blair, Miss Robertson and Miss Milne,
Toy Stall-Miss Robertson and Miss Kinross, ⠀
(1) Gemic" used for The Church grounds were the "Comical" ef. scene of uncommon animation, botanic. b tanical, and the working committee wil It will be seen in doubt'es feel on goal terms with Fancy work, Liberty wear to-day's tehgrams itself after the numeroue com-eta-Mrs. Pope, Mra. Bryce and that the lady's pro-pliments remarks pussed by the Mrs. Robson. posed landing has visitors, and after hearing what a Woollene, fancy work etc.— taken place. Gohncial success the sals of work Mrs. Green, Mre. Uhapman, Miss has proved. The articles for Fale Long, Miss Abraham, and Miss were" useful," which cannot al- Hobbs. ways be said for those sold at such. functions, and they can also right- ly be referred to as pretly, The hand of the 25th Funjabia (by kind permission of Major Robin-Green.
and in the evening Messra. Pathe Freres gave a very good cinema tograph entertainment.
STANLEY CEMETERY.
A Good Work well Done.
hands tell us that, until the opium/Spec ally advertized. Early book- A visit was paid a Telegraph son and officers) played selections,
probibition craze, they had not seen five drunken Chinese in
ing is advised. Football Association Meeting venly or thirty years. We all An extraordinary general mee know how things have changed ting of the longkong Association The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will since that happy time. When it Football League will be held on is too late, our friends the anti-Thursday, October 9, at 5:30 p.m. opiorists may realise that, in their The business is the adoption readinces to interfere with the of the now rules. opium-taker and consequently to make a drunkard of him
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A United Spirit.
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Bran tab-Miss A. Dryer. Arts and Crafts Exbibuia Mesers Wood and Forster.
Shooting gallery-Mr. S. "E. Aerial flight-Mesars Word, Ryder, and Steel, and Misaeay. Parcel Stall-Master Gunner Cuthill
Gate Stew..rde- Meer Duck. worth and Heard.
representative yesterday to the military cemetery at Stanley and the impression created was most favourable. As a result of the work of "Our Comrades Graven Asocialion," the tomb-tones have The Rav N. O. Pope in intro- Flowers, buttonholes etc.-Miss been attended to, the lettering reducing Mrs Lander, observed that Lesbriel assisted by a number of painted and in many cases ex en. two roara" bad elapsed since St. little flower girls. Change of Name.
áive repairs carried out in cement. Andrew's had had a sale of work, The committee responsible for Notice is given that the busi. The effect of this work has been and everything they saw there the arrangements consisted of the Campana, L1. in Hongkong and anco which formerly characterised testimony to the keen and united (Chairman) Mesdames Blair, South China, will banceforth to the spot, and to substitute an or- spirit in which the decision to Curwen, Douglas, Grem, Pack- carried on in the name of the doriness and precision which hold a rate had been followed up. bam, Pupa, Hichardson, and Rob Asiatic Petroleum Co. (South contrasts well with the previous They were very grateful to Mrs son. Meara B. E. Fielder and Chins), L.
scene of ceglert. The work was Lander, and to the Bishop, nt Crowther Smith. well worth doing, and it has been only for coming, but also for their done well.
kind interest in al the firs conneoled with St. Andrew's Church (pplause.)
The daily issue in delivered free when the address is accessible to they have but lifted him out of ness of the Asiatic Petroleum to removed the desolute appear that afternoon was a glowing|following:- Rev, N, C. Pope.
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The Indian Policeman Again.
We have commented more than once in these columna on the fact that Indian constables appear to have a particular grudge against our newsboys who are (apparent ly) of a bread quite different from those who sell other papers in the Colony. It is only fair to say, of course, that some if thes
are acting ander instructions. It that is so, will anyone infòrm us whether the constable who was07
STABB-On October 6, at the "Cliffs," The Peuk. to Mr.anp constables have stated that they Mrs. N. J. Stabb, a son.
l'he object of this paper sa to publish a frect in trmatión; 6)ike pres truth.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1913.
THE AUSTRALIAN FLEET
Shopkeeper Reports Theft. Connaught Road Central reports A shopkeeper living at 41 to the Police that, between 3 and yesterday morning, clothing, spectaclea and a watch, valued at 331, were stolen from his cubicle.
Alice Memorial Hospital. ..., ** The Hou. Treasurer of the Alice Momorial and Affiliated Hospitals bega to acknowledge
ROSARY SUNDAY.
Impressive Services in
Local Churches.
PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC.
Anniversary Celebrated at Macao.
Mrs Lander revived a warm wele ime on rising. "I am very pleared to be here with you this afternoon," she remarked, "Judg. ing by the pretty things to be seen on the stalls, I think you The third anniversary of the The Feast of the Rosary was ought to have no oifficulty in establishment of a Repablic in ubaorvo yesterd sy in all the resliaing a large sum of money. Portugal was celebrated at Macao duty outside the Hongkong Hotel with thanks the following donation Colors, the Mus es at the Cathethe syle of work ojen." She con-
Catholic Churches throughout the I have much pleasure in declaring yesterday. about seven o'clock ou Friday the funds of the Hospitais:dral, Kowleon and St Joseph's clutou amid applause... night had instructions to take Anonymous $25.
Reported Armed Rubbery, being especially well attended. from one of our new boys the
Ponthiesl High Mass was sung by poster which he was carrying and to tear it into pieces? A poster
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in it-elf might be torn by acuid- nt, if a olntoh were made at newsboy; but, as our readers are aware, our posters are mounted on stiff card board, and the card- board in this case bad been de- liberately torn. We have the pieces in this office and any one who cares
whether the constable in question
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Sir Paul Chater's Speech.
The colebrations commened with a review of troops at 9.30 a.m., on the Campo de Leung Ting-chin. European and Goanese
An armed robbery is reported his Lordship the Bisho, at the Sir Paul Chater paid a tribute troops, native police, and sailors from Shung Moi Tin, where seven or eight-men broke open the door Church of the Holy Rosary, and to the Bishop and expressed the from the Patria took part in the of No. 3. Thre3 men entered in the afternoon, there was a im-high appreciation of the members review. In all about 600 units and one held a revolver at the posing open sir procession from of the church for the faterest paraded. A march past followed, shown by the Bishop in St. An-after which the Governor review- head of a female inmate, while that church. the others stole goods valued at -$109.
Revolver Po'session.
brated by the Rev. Fr. Augustine, for recaring for them the services In the evening an official dinner
At St Joseph's, Mase was ceio-drew's Church, and particularly the troops. who also preached a remarkably of enable and so excellent a man was given at Government House, as Mr Pope (applause); The Later in the evening the city was
A fine of $200 was imposed on eloquent Farmon in which he ex
A Mean Theft. I
can see them. We do not know a Chinese, charged before Mplained the origin of the devotion go work which Mr Pope lailluminated, the scene along the Wood, at the Police Court, this of the I o ary, and dealt with the done was so obvious to them that water front being especially fine. had instructions to destory our morsing, with being in unlawful power prayer; instancing the it needed no insistence on bis A ball was given me the club de property, or not, but we are im possession of one revolver and fat that St Dominic, the Founder part, toss their attention there- Macau, This was arranged by the due to the united services of MrRibeiro and proved an immense Mr Freitan The arrival, at Sydner, if the new flagship of the Australian pelled to say that this kind 600 rounds of ammuntion. For the Rosary, had overcome the 3. (Henr, heat). It was largely harbour master
kind being in unlawful possession of Albigensian horesy by player; and Mrs Pape that they wore that of thing osanot be fleet, the Australia," and the cuiser "Sydney" in an avent ofed. We have yet
There was Bucoess. to learn 34 rounds of ammunition, another where all his most powerful
a large presabing against it had failed. day opening the sale of work. number of guests, including Chinese was fined $100. importance. When the future historian of the British Empire that even a policeman can
"The music, invariably good at Their thanks were also to be
meny visitors from Hongkong. comes to deal with the arrival in Australin of this new fleat, he is destroy other people's property
this church, was unusually fine accorded to those young ladies Two bands were in attendance An Indian sepoy of the 126 yesterday, and did credit to the who, for several months past, had the band of the 28th Punjabis almost certain to dwell on it as one of the days most pregnant within a British Colony without being
called in question, and we wait Baluchistan Infantry took his exertions of Mrs Lamb, who has worked most loyally and asai- from Hongkong and the Munici- possibility in the history of the Commonwealth. It is but yesterday, expectantly to hear that this boots cff, outside the Morque at worked so hard in the interest of Juously
pal Band in Macao. The de as the life of nations goes, that Australi was born; to day she has a gentleman has a word or two said Kowloon and went in to pray the shoir. St Joseph's Church An Atmosphere of Enthusiasm corations and the general arrange fleet of her own which is mignod by her own son. It is not to be to him. In principle there is no A Chinese crept up and stole owes a very great deal to her uo- wondered at that the arrival of the first units of this het was made difference between spoiling armall them but was captured by our failing energies and ready help-half of Mrs Lander and himself utmost credit upon Mr Ribeiro.
Bishop Lan ler repl'el on be-ments for the ball reflected the A fact of which we feel sure most It was the second occasion, said piece of property and entering Dative soldiers. This morning he the occasion of "intenso patriotic enthusiasm."
our office with a hammer and was sent to pris n for a month of the congregation are fully Bishop Landor, on which they The Hon. Mr. Hume Co.k, an the Rt. Hon. Mr. Andrea Fisher, mashing every article in the with bardd labour, was ordered conscious. Her fint voice was entrusted him with ths
place. Are Indian policeman to four hour's stocks, and banished. heard yesterday to excellent effect sponsibility of selecting
re The Portuguese Consul was st be permitted to do that?
Harmston's Circus. in a simple but very beautiful chaplain. When he found Mr. MacDonnell Road, the day being a home yesterday morning at 4 Harmston'a celebrated ai cus is Mase by Turner, as well as in a Spink, somo years ago, they the third anniversary of the Por now in Peking hat will shortly tria (Neukomm's "Ave Maria") all knew that he had found a very tuguese Republic. During the be on its way south and will with Father Granipa and Mr E. J good man who had done very houre from 11.30 am to 1pm. probably arrive in Dongkong McNulty. - It was ap intense good work amongst them ear, there was a large number of call-
at the luncheon which was tendered to the fleet declared that the fleet was above party consideration. The ships were no less the King'a, said Mr. Cooke, because they wore Australia's and no less Australia's because they were the King's That was probably the
Hongkong Technical Institute
At Home.
finest note struck in all the speaches. It points to the strengthening The younger generation of about the end of the present privilege to hear a service so well bear) and he thought he shoulders to offer their congratulations, of the new Empire patriotism which now binds the Motherland and Hongkongites are to he congratr month. Mr. Alton, advance agent the daughter countries across the sea, Let Australio be never solated on the facilities for self- for the circus is now in the proud of her young navy because it is her own, she is yet prouder improvement offered by the Colony, and legurantes a of it because it is part of the great British navy. Parochial patriotism Technical Institute's prospratus. show that will eclipse all its is a good thing, but it takes on a new strength and significance Hongkong has from the studione predecessors,
lad's point of view-the inestim when it is allied with Imperial patriotism.
Tar Throwing.
Hidden in a Mattress,
sung. (articularly in Hongkong, have some difhculty in getting a including many of the represen where good sacred music is such successor. When he saw Mr Pope tatives of the Portuguese com rarity; and the organist is to be he thought he was just the man, munity, the consular body and congratulated on securing eucb and those convictions had proved many other friends, rare cal talent, as well as on to be right in the fullest sense." his own musical contributions. Continuing, the Bishop said, that able advantage of a cool sonson Before Mr Hazeland at the At Bendiction, which followed when he came to St. Andrew'ė, With Australia's navy now a concrete thing, and Canada's navy wherein a couple or three hours' Police Court, a Chinese was the Misa, Beethoven's "O Stlu Church in Kowloon he always only a question of time, there arises an immediate need for the systematic reading after business charged, this morning, with throw-taris" and Webbe's "Tantum felt that he came into an atmo Mother Country taking the Dominions into bor councils with regar hours is easily possible; and this, ing tar over some Chinese wo-Ergo" were sung,
sphere of enthusiasm. they all Mr. Hazeland, at the Polica to problems of naval defence. But there is oven greater need for in addition to sound tuition (and men's dresses at West Point. He It should be added that at the workad together; they were en-Court this morning, fiued a the parties at Home to take a leaon from Australia and cease to we hope and believe that, by way of was sentenced to one month's hard 7am Mass a good hall of the thus astic about the work of there Chinese, who came to the Colony make naval problem: questions of party. Unfortunately, it is achange in Hongkong mattersedu- labour and four hours, stocks, and congregation received Holy-Com- Church. It must be a source of oa the e.s. China, $250, or three impossible to escape from the conclusion that, as matters stand, thay cational, it will be sound,) should ordered to pay $20 compensation munion. It is gratifying to know great satisfaction to Sir Paul months, imprisonment in default, are very much questions of party. The present First Lord of the bring forth good frait where our or under go a further term of im-that most of the communicants Chater who had been such a for being in possession of a pistol Admiralty, for instance, bas evidently a most difficult task in trying loon! youth is concerned. We are prisonment for one month. A were young men many of them munificent benefactor
to that and air munition. Inspector at once to keep the navy up to the accessary strength and to keep particularly glad to a tice that man, who was charged with aid-soldiers. both wings of his party quiet. The result is that the navy is short, there are classes in French, Ger- ing and abetting, was discharged. of the strength which Mr. Churchill has himself laid down as noei-man-and English His Excel-
Gamblers Fined.
| Church, to see that it was now doing Kerr atated that the defendan
so wonderfully well. He observed had the weapon hidden in that Sir Paul Chater had an eye to mattress.
the future when be built!
81. Andrew's Church and
ho, the Bishop) hoped the time
Rowdy Boys.
ful for safety. A superiority of sixty per cent, was what he set lency Sir Henry May remarked in Seventeen men were charged STOLEN BRASS ROD. for himself and promised the nation. That promise has not a speech, some time ago, that the before Mr Hazeland at the Police been kept. For reasons which need not be recalled, the three vessels fact that only English and Chin- Court, this morning, with gam- expected from Canada are not yet forthcoming, and they, according ers were ne a rule taught in the bling at 13-Chung Ühing Street. A Chicess, charged before Mr would soon come when they A disturbance was created to the First Lord, were absolutely necesary The Home programme, lccal schools was greatly to be re- Sergt. Adlington had charge of Hazeland of the Police Court would find their church was too yesterday, by unrely boya at has not been revised and strengthened, and the navy is short of gretted, ina mooh as an acquaint the case and the first defendant this morning with stealing two small to hold the congregation. Han hom. A Chinese theatrical three necessary vessels which should now be building. That is ance either with Latin or else with was fined $75 or in default two pieces of brass rod from Taikoo Concluding, his Lordship said "I company were due to perform in anything but a good object-lesson to present to the Dominions. one or two modern Continental, months hard labour, and the rest, Dock ard was sentenced to one have very great pleasure in wiel- a mat-hed erected there, but were. Not for a long time to come should there be a slackening of building languages was bound to widen $3. or seven days. In another month's hard labour and four ing every success to your sale and unable to commence owing to the at Home, whatever the daughter nations may do; and if they were the range of thought; and all case where eight men were honra alocke,
I hope you will raise sufficient non-arrival of their instrumente. permitted to have a share in the discussion of the problems of sensible persons will agree. We similarly charged, the keeger was It was proved that the prisoner. money to furnish and equip that Consequently some disappointed Imperial defence, they would, no doubt, insist on the Mother country hope to hear that the Institute in fined $50 or six weeks, and the when searched at the dook gate, beautiful hill, which is another boys stoned the matshed and it keeping up to the scratch until the safety of the Empire was a being widely patronised this rest 83 or seven days imprison had the brass in a tied rouud his monument to Sir Paul's gener, was not until the police intervens thing secured beyond the possibility of doubt,
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osity." (Loud Applause,} ed that they stopped,
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