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The Winchester
SDA DAY BY DAY! —
We have often wondered what 20 might be the reason for naming
OTHER.
a certain type of gun "the Win- CONGENIAL WORK. IN A REGULAR HAPPINESS IS TO BE FOUND IN chester." Was it so called after AND WELL-SPENT LIFE IN OB thecity, or after a man whose name SCURITY AND RETIREMENT IN wan Winchester ? The Courrier AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LOVE OF SOUND AND TRUE FRIENDSHIP d'Haiphong has now set our A MAN AND WOMAN WHO mind at rest on the subject, by the THOROUGHLY APPRECIATE EACH following note; Winchester-de l'anglais, to win: gagner; Chester: un fromage." That soitles the matter for good and all, or would | clear. do, but that we usually speak At the Peak 8 a.m. Temp 48 of a Cheshire-and not a Chester clear.
chocse. However, "that's
The Weather. "Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 66;
OUR REPLY TO Tát RECENT RAID.
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Germans Wasting Thelp Strength on Land,
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Saturday
Championship Races.
NOTES ON THE CRISIS JOTTINGS BY THE WAY ROYAL HK YACHT CLUB. There is a sure job, on at least one of the Home papera, open to that Shanghai recruit who bas been writing about dead liveslook.
There are troubles worse than death. What about, having to sit races for the Handicap and Que The fifth Clab Championship and listen to a song wherein Design Classes were sailed off on "Cleopatra" is made to rhyme Saturday. The wind was some with "storer" ?.
what flaky, veering from north to long for the British reply to the seem to have shaken off their pro- Course: Kowloon Rock (S.)
The enemy has not had to wait Our Manila Contemporaries
east during the afternoon. Ad
Handicap Class, Ca recent airship raid on the English Germaniam, All the sime, Mark Baoy Quarry Bay (S.), Moy- comes through to the effact that doubts as to the thoroughness of (S.), Mark Baoy Quarry Bay (8.) GOA:1, An announcement no France, at lesat, will have some era Eat Buoy (S.), Kowloon Rook
bombs on Yarmouth and King's continue to talk about "Besse two days after the dropping of their conversion as long as they Distance 10.1-4 miles pe Lynn one of arr naval seaplane Jour Moreover there i
Finish Cor 8 Name,
Hosp.on squadrons paid a visit to popular British prejudice in
ing rested Course. Time Time. Zeebrugge, a point on the Belgian favour of two La in "Allies"”. coast where the Germans have
M.S. HM.S.H.M:S. results which were in every way moving from one parish to an- Rolla 3.25 DN.S. established themselves, with
We have heard of people La Linda, 3 25 4.58.51 4.55.26 Dione Scratch 5.01.18 5.01.18
satisfactory from our point of other to avoid the Vaccination Kathleen. 6.60 5.18.13 609.23 view. In all, no fewer than 27 Aot, but a Home paper comes out Colleen. 6.50 5.33.31 6.26.41 bombs were dropped, despite the with a paragraph headed "Kaier Dorothes 11.57 5.10.12 458.16 presence of aven German sero moves again" and underneath Ayeshs...10.16 5:45.20 5.35.05 The rate of the dollar de planes, and one of the enemy's it another, beaded "Mental demand to-day is la 9.3-16d.
A.co.
The Mails.
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good enough. Incidentally it re- Biberian Mail-Arrived per s.. minds oneof the derivation, given
Nippon Hara to-day, by "the king" in "Huckleberry Canadian Mail-Closes per s... Fion," of the word orgie.. "I say ore, not because it's the common
Tenyo Maru (o-morrow at word, but because it's the right word. Obsequy is the common word; but obsequy, ain't used in England no more; but orgie. It' a word what's made up out'n the Greek; orgo: abroad, and the Hebrew, geesum: to plant, hence inter; so that a orgie is a funeral in the open sir."
Chinese and Guns.
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Apropos of Winchesters, one of cur readers, who was out shooting informs us that he came across a within the New Territory yesterday, party of Chinese, one of whom was armed with a Winchester, with which he was blazing away that this is rather like going out deer-shooting with howitzers, what about the danger to pasEOID=- by? Our informant tells as that this sportsman's operations were being carried on close to a form where women were at work. Even a shot-gun is a tolerably danger. then what about & gan that ous weapon in unskilled hands;
Count the Columns, published 43 columns of solid On Saturday the Telegraph resing, matter. To-day there will be 38 published.
The Dollar.
Dr. Wu Ting-fang. Hongkong by the Nippon Mara Dr. Wa Ting-fang arrived in to-day,
The Nippon Maru.`
morning from San Francisco, with The Nippon Marn arrived this 1,070 tons of general cargo.
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submarines appears to have mifer-Deficiency Act," It seems to us ad very badly, while the crons of that B.I.M. is disquieting himself gons in the vicinity sustained in vain; the Commissionera of work of Squadron Commander in due course. many caenalties. The plucky Lunacy will be certain to get him
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(1) La Linda... 8. (2) Durothes... 6 (3) Dione.... 5. (4) Kathleen... 4 (5) Colleen...
Ayesha... 2 Rolla
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Ont Design Class. Course: Channel Rock (P.),
Davies deserves all the admiration SAS TƏMA which it will call forth. Although Talking about the Keiser-sa course of flight to the enemy's how will this do? We all wounded in the thigh while in we do sometimes, for e ohangeTM stronghold, he was determined to acknowledge the Kaiser as a very see the business through, and he gallant gentleman whose word is Cast Rock Baoy (S), Channel To Consignees.
did not turn back until his mis- better than many another's bond." Rook S.), Mark Buoy Quarry Bay Tenyo Maru are reminded that
Consignees of cargo by ihesion had been accomplished. goods remaining undelivered after to-morrow will be subject to rent.
The Contrast. The whole scheme zeems to have been splendidly planned and equally well carried out. It
That is what a Harmsworthian oraole burst out with on October (8.), Distance 7.8 miles. 17, 1913; and now the Daily News has exhumed the statement. How Name. these ha'p'cribe lore one anotter!
Ailes.
Bonita. Daphne..
Finishing Time, Hosp H. M. "S. Scratch. 4. 48. 58
D.N.S. 4. 46. 59 D.N.S
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In the early morning on Satur- was a fine piece of work, and one Some banknotes were left on The poetage on the weekly isne to any part of the world is $1.00 carties balleta? No one wants to Victoria Theatre by lifting the its results with those of the Ger-week "apparently by a customer. Position Pts, for race. Pia, todate.
the cannot refrain from contrasting the counter of a local shop, list Halozon. deprive the Chinese of rational bolt of a door, and stole thirty man raid on ear east coast. When It is well to be guided in staling sport but this is quite another brass stair rods and two chairs our flying men set out on work these matters. There is always affair. And what, it may he asked, valued at $30. w 8 Chinese doing with
of this kind they aim at bigger the possibility that a philanthropio such a weapon as a Winchester
game than mere defencelese wo burglar or a reformed chit-sigter in his possession at all?
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MARRIAGE.
Lawyer's Loss.
The Old Story,
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Mr. C. A. S. Ruse has complain-blow in a vital spot, as they have Another Burns Anniversary..
ed to the police of the theft, from in this instance. We drop bomba We have discovered yet another Were reminded that to-day is of a jacket containing pipe, guna; the Germans let fall their The other day he contrived to the Supreme Court robing room, on the enemy's submarines and genius among our compositore. "Burns Day," an event which tobacco pouch, and cigar case, missiles on cabbage patches and arrange the head-lines on tis counts with many of our readers worth in all about $15. who hail from Scotland. The fact
civilian residencsa..
proot sheet in ancha manner that TAYLOR-PUTLEY-On the 19th Dec., at H.B.M. Consulate- seriously observed by even
that the poet's anniversary is
Stubborn Fighting. a paragraph relating to the arrival General and afterwards at the English Church, Batavia, Java, by the moderate number of his com- Central is deploring the absence has been of a particularly sub-to Cario Hunters." The same Daring the past few days the of a certain gentleman in the Rev. P. N. Hunter, William Raymond, son of W. Sherwood Taylor, patriots is something of areproach of a missing shroff. The latter bora character in several local- individual left out the word "al A shopkeeper of Queen's Road fighting in France and Belgium Colony was ticketed "Interesting of Liverpool and Stafford, to Dorothy Ellen, younger daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Charles Putley, niece and adopted daughter of Mr. to ne who are Southrone and who, went out to collect money and ities, but the invaders have leged" Before coal theft"-sp- and Mrs. Frederic M. "Putley, of the Hermitage, Taplow, Bucks, having great poets of our own, did so to the tane of $245. He secured no tangible advantage.parently thinking that the copy Straits and China papers, please copy.
yet think well to ignore them. has not been seen since by his for all the energy they have ex related to Home dealers whose WESTALL-THRUSTON.-Dec., 21, at Bryanston-quare We doubt if one per cent. Sidney, son of A.C. Westall, of Shanghai, to Hilda Madeline Thruston' of the Englishmen of this Colony
pended. In point of fact, the scales would sometimes could tell, off-band, the day of the
enemy has once again been a little ra adjustment. year on which Shakespeare waÐ
brought to realise that he is no bun; it is much if we remember at the Royal Naval Dockyard, has against him. It is evident now, to in court as a cow's mother, one Mr. Taylor, inspector of smiths match for the forces ranged A Chinese woman was alluded that the year itself was 1664; reported to the police that in indeed, that the Germans have day last week. We are relieved yet even the most careless among Leighton Hill Road he entrusted been reduced to making sparta to find that this merely meant Scolemen can usually carry the a coolie with the task of carrying of activity here and there. But all that the lady was the mother of twenty-fifth of January in his big rife. The coolie and his these efforts dis rapidly and re-ons, As Kau. mind. Why is this? To us the burden have disappeared. reason for Robert Burns' immense popularity seeme, pretty obvious. There is no poet whose works
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1915,
THE NAVAL SITUATION.
master.
Cleared with the Rifle.
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Benefit bj
Allanah.
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(1) Daphne. 6
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(3) Allanah,
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Haloyon. Bonita.
Previous Race. The Second Cruiser Champion-
ship race sailed on Sunday 17th instant resulted as under.
Mark Boat off N.W. point Lamma Coures: Datum Book (P.), (P), Green Island (S.), Distance 18.1-2 miles:
Name
H.M.S. H.M.S.H.M.S. Miranda Scratob. 2.38.49 2.38.49 Oneone 0.01.32 3.00.05 2.58,33 Saipe 0.1.32 D.N.S. Queen
Bee 0.9.15 2.43.02 2.33.47 Irene 0.18.30 DIN.8. Erin
0.18 30 D.N.8. Iris 0.18.30 D.N.S. Scotong
den... 0,37,00 2.57.05- 2.20.05 Dorothy Book
aultlessly. The slate of things that In our war notes on Saturday we made a few observations re-
exista now in in startling contrast Some of our local Chinese crime garding the magnificent work of the British Navy in convoying have penetrated to the heart of has been conveyed to the mort-French statement puts it, the himself reasonably comfortable Tatian 1,14,00 DN.S..
Killed by Fall of Rock, to the fury of the great rush into finals can't oven find rest in gaol. innumerable transports since the war began, without a single casualty.
The body of a Chinese mele Belgium and France. As the One of them had no sooner made II 0.37.00 D.N.SP Following up these comments it may not be out of place to look at Englishmen; there is no pec-uary. The man, who was aged enemy's power of offensive has up the hill then he was recognis the whole naval question on broad and general lines. The first, and ple post in ogland. We have about 25, was accidentally killed hen broken. He is still making ed as being wanted en in Position
Flora 1.32.30 8.49.14 2.10.44 probably most important, point which suggests itself is that, since the people's novelist: Dickens, by the fall of a sock while he show, at least, of doing some additional charge. This sort of hostilities opened, our margin of safety at sea has increased rather whom, by the way, the Scoin was engaged in cutting earth thing, even though his efforts are thing is rather rough on the poor (1) Flora
Pls. for race Pte. to date than diminished, or, to put it in another way, instead of the enemy won't read; but Burns counte on the hillside at Laiwan Ho. wearing down car superiority, we have increased him interiority. more with the Scot than Chaucer,
fellows, the more so that they (2) Scotengden 10 For whom the war began we were almost in the proportion of two to Shakespeare, Spenser and Milton
are not always sore whether they (3) Queen Bes one against Germany; we have not nincs lost even in that propor all rolled into one, with the
Cathedral Meeting.
No Objective.
will get six months' or seven year' (4) Mirando, tion, and we bave passed a larger number of new ships into com- Englishman. In fact the average holders and
The annual meeting of seat- The violence of the blows which anbanquent peace a state of (5) Oneone mission. Thus, after nearly half a year of war, we are actually Sootaman is convinced that Rob John's Cathe
ibers of St. the Germans are delivering in things very trying to sensitive was a greater poet than Virgil or City Hall to-m
a place at the some quarters is nothing but the nerven.
stronger in material than we were at the outset.
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doomed to failure.
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THE GROTESQUES.”
As indicating what the prowess of our Navy means, a few slo-Shakespeare ever knew bow to be: when an annuabment will be ledge that they are to all intents vat 5.30 p.m., violence prompted by the know- quent facts may be cited. It is computed that every day we have and good luck to him for his made with regard to the appoint and purposes a beaten force. positor is still going strong. On about 4,000 ships moving on the oceans, engaged in trade; hundrede loyalty. The Lowland Scot is not ment of an Assistant Chaplain. There is no great objective ahead. Friday be informed our readers of transporta have been bringing to our sid the military strength of usually oredited with much distant parts of the Empire, and we have maintained our postal and romance or sense of actielicis hoped that all who are in- Big schemes are now definitely that the Kaiser had distri telegraphic communications with the uttermost parts of the earth: beauty, for he does not wear histerested in the work of the Caths- abandoned; the efforts being made buted 00,000 Iron Crosses, from Against these faots has to be set the circamatanes, that the enemy heart on his sleeve; and it has
dral will endeavour to attend... aro of a purely local character, which we gather that he wasn't has abandoned all these benefits and has evacuated the seas. Here been doubted, oven by Scotsman,
{ . and it is only a matter of time taking any chances over the actual it is well to recall that the German Navy at the ontbreak of war re- if has the poetry in Burn out at Aberdeen. The house given up. The Allies have only coration has been bestowed upon. We are asked to again draw the
At 7 p.m. on Friday a fire broke ere these also will have to be number of times that coveted de- presented the cumulative results of fifteen years of ever-increasing ppeals, after all. He had the involved consisted of two stories to keep on pegging away patient- the noble and the brave. expenditure. How much money had been spent in enabling Ger- kazok-nay, the genius-of many to attain second place among the great naval Powers touching the very things that doing damage to the extent of back every time he throws him- and it was completely gutted, ly and steadily, to fling the enemy it would be difficult to say, but we see that. one of make up the life of the Scots $1,800. The damage is not self at their positions, and even- our f. remost naval writers expresses the opinion that if we take full and many things that do not covered by insurance. The Fire tually the truth will dawn on the account of all the avenues of expenditure, revealed and unrevealed, have clung to him just as tightly intendent Lane, wasin attendance men is such that farther efforts Canadian Pacific Railway ha As will be seen by the advertise and it is yesible tant they would Brigade, under Station Super Kaiser that the position of his but was unable to extinguish the are only a waste of energy and a outbreak until the damage stated useless sacrifice of life. above had been done.
Armed Robbers Active.
it may be assumed that upon the effective German Fleet an aggreg ste sum of not less than £300,000,000 has been disbursed. That had he written in prose instead represents the morifice which the German people have been called in verse. upon to make in order to build up's Fleet which we now know was created to drive Britain from the seas.
of
A brakesman employed by the
attention of the public to the C. P. R. Bullds Four. New
change which has been made Steamers,
regarding the date of the opening pean war on British shipping, the pany of entertainers,
Despite the effect of the Euro performance of the above com-
continued its policy of building ment elsewhere, The Groton- up its fleet. Advices received ques give their first performance here by the local representatives at the Thestre Royal on Thursday of the company state that there next not Friday, as previouily are now four vessels in conrae of advertised. This change is
And what has the German Navy, apon, which such colossal auma have been spent, accomplished since it has been put on a war Goes to Prison.
De Wet Smokes Pipe As He footing? What has it done for the people who have supplied the
Canton Kowloon Railway, and Gorman Preparations in Alsace, construction in the Clyde ship necessitated owing to the fast fands? Nothing whatever, that counts. What it has not done we-Telegraphing from Johannes to the Police that on Saturday Suisse states that the Germans is being rushed toward com Oriental, by which the party is London, December 5, 1.40a.m. living at Kang Han, has reported The Geneva newspaper La building yards, and work on them that the P and O, steamer all know. It has not been able to protect Germad shipping, it has burg, Reuter's correspondenteays: seven men burst open the door of have moanted guns in Colmar, pletion. Of the new vessels, the travelling, ia dne to arrive earlier not saved from strangulation Gorman sea trade, it has not been in a Palo and baggard, hut calmly his house. Three of them were Certain parts of Mulhausen are two largest are for service on the than was at first thought. A new position to defend Germany's Colonies. It has relinquished with smoking his pipe, General armed with choppers. They seized said to be mined, and at Strat-Adlantic, while the two smaller plan has been opened at Moutrie's, out & struggle all the advantages which sen-command confers, it Christian de Wet, the rebel hold of him and his mother, one of barg preparations have been are destined for this Doast, whers and seats may now be booked for has withdrawn into atrongly defended har tours, and the British Navy leader, arrived here to-day guard the men hitting him with a chop made for flooding the country they will be placed in the pas Thursday an performance. It is i has thus achieved the object for which it was created without having ed by soldiers with fixed bayonets. per and causing a hed to strike a single blow at the main German Fleet. These, a
a wound which south and west of the town. senger and freight savice. The hoped that though th are He was taken through the streets, necessitated his removal to the Elaborate trenches have been new vessels are still on the stocke short, the booking
though the time is. Lapts which it is well to bear in mind in the daily silence concerning which were lined with the excited Government Civil Hospital. They dug in the vallay of Bruche, and but it is expected that they will that this very talented company will be sush naval activities, They show that if the German Fleet is not being populace, and placed in the fort, ransacked the house and made off all the woods have been razed in come here vis the Panama Cana of entertainers will be given smashed up and it cannot very well be, so long as it is in hiding a prisoner, pending a probable with money, jewellery and cloth order to obtain a good field of fire early next spring. San Fran rousing welcome on the openi
ing the value of $129.
for artillery.
eseco Chronicle):
of the season Here
has at any rate been reduced to impotence and it is not a force which court mart can be counted an asset to the German nation.