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A women who appeared as one of the spectators at the daily sitting of a London police court recently, enlivened proceedings there by a running fire of com menton what the severni witnesses bad to say. "Well there; ain't ha a liar!" There now dear me!" "Why don'te drop dead?" Bro some of the observa- tions which this talkative lady had to offer. It is only when one
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NOTES ON THE CRISIS.
FOOTBALL COMMENTS
The British Air Rald,
The Season Past and Presint.
OVERSEAS AIRCRAFT
FUND.
What is Hoogkong Going to Do?
It was generally thought when The condemnation of the Daois football started this season that We re asked by H. E. the as a lawful prize by the French we should have rather a dull time, Governor to draw the attention courts, with the courteous suspen but although the ranks of the of our readers to a scheme set on sion of execution for two months, various clubs have been depleted foot by the Overseas Club, for brings this matter of the purchase of some of their best players, the orrrying on a special Aircraft of German ships by Americans football displayed has been resily Fund in the King's dominicas to a bead-or should do if the interesting, and some excellent overseas:
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reads this sort of thing, ly small published 33; columns of solid American Government is not pre-games have been insesed. The The Secretary of State for the To-day there pared to let the matter drop. I rivalry in the different leagues Colonica has written to the Club amount of sanoyance created in reading mailer.
will be 83 published.
they intend to proceed further has been remarkably keen, but secretary to the effect that he Hongkong, whether in court or
with their arguments i would for real enthusiasm commend as hears with much interess of the out of it, by the "cheeky" person.
zeem that France should now well contented shield mitob, proposal, and remarks that the In fact, do all of us know when we are well off in this respect?
receive the diplomatic attention In the shield competition this generosity of British subjects in which was confined to Great year all the games have been all parts of the Empire has been Fritain before the Dicta eailed closely contested and the fical tono alriking and profuse that We grumble furiously if we hear Cado of, a ricksha of a
As a test of the rights, of neutral marrow should be no exception. it is with hesitation that he coolie's giving tongue"
shipping, the instance of the The contestante in this, the takes part in any further appeal. fare who has paid the legal hire;
Dacia was not good. It never fixture of the c83800, are the Ile adds, however, that the pro- but at that game our coolies do
could teet such right, for it was H. KF. O and the Royal Ea-posal is an excellent one, so which not come within many miles of
never common ground between giveers, neither of whom he had he wiebee every success, fa the London oabby." Insolence in
the parties that the Dacia was as easy journey to reach the final. The Club secretary, in a letter Hongkong in a thing unknown
neutral. The matter raised for The B. E, had a stiff task on hand to H.E. the Governor, states that when compared with what the
dispute was the rights of enemy when they were pitted against the Army Council has gladly average perron has to endure,
ships, purchased by hyphenated the pick of the 2nd League; this accepted the offer to endeavour Americans" at low cost however they managed by a 2-0 to collect funds for the purchase not so much in London perhspe, as in the northern cities at Home.
and insured with an enemy in-victory.
of aeroplanes of the latest type. A eurance company, to the protec- The Clab had a much harder 100 hp. Grome Vickers'. Gün
Lucky Hoagkong.
Up to the Minute-Share
"Market News,
Closing priosa Unione$885, buyers."-
The Shanghai Docks..
bayars. Shanghai Hongkows.86
div.
Bales.
62
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Hongkong Electrice. © $40, Hongkong Ropes.- 325, buyers/tion of a neutral flag for the par- tussle to defeat the Police by 2-1, Biplane, complete with gun, costs,
ex div. Steamboats.-$22, sales.
The Dollar.
The only really cheeky class bere consists of the Joan ger generation of Anglicised Chinees who, thanks to the "education which Hongkong has given them, and to the happeninga in their own country during European Action Withdrawn. the past four years, seem to think
The rate of the dollar on demand to-day is la 9.15.16d.
pose of defeating a rather sad while their magnificent victory he says, £2,250. If sufficient cessful blockade. When the over the R. G. A. in the semi-final money can be obtained from this captain of the Lusitania flew the makes them favourites for to Colony for the purchase of a American flag running to reach morrow'a game. Both clubs have biplane, the Overseas Club has Liverpool, quite a lot was made won the shield before the R. E. arranged with the War Office for of the incident, but the sale of 1913 and the Club in 1908 the name "Hongkong” to be the Dacia and the figing of the and 18.8.
painted on the machine.
Stars and Stripes is the sme The public on depend on seo- thing save that it is done rathering a good exhibition of football The action in which A. Odviemore slowly and with a great and not, as sometimes happens in
The appeal argues that, in view
of the recent activity of German airmen, and the official German,
esenger. Peak aubscribers can have their copies delivered at that they have a right to be rade sued W. Lafleur for $17.07, in blare of trumpets. In the case of such an important matoh, a faso statement the Yarmouth raid in their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by to Europeans, sa, occasion offers, the Summary Court, was with the Lusitania a protest was lodg-caused by over anxiety on the only the precursor of many such
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8 eutral flags and if the have quite a sprinkling of veterans is possible to provide will be adoption of that expedient for in their rank end this should help needed. No subscription will be avoiding capture is bad, from the to steady the more excitable too small.
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These, however, are generally drawD. poor-spirited individuals who can
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In the summary Court, this be brought to their sanses by a
Bemorning, the action in which sharp the kind that emanates from the A. Chopard surd F. O.
we are as nearly as possible free journed. from. Newsboys (who are alike all
"Adjourned."
ad against belligerent ships fly part of the playera. Both teams exploits, every seroplane which it
F.
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HUNGERUNG FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1915.
WOMEN AND MEN'S WORK.
the world over) sometimes derive Cinematograph Films Withdrawn, pleasure from telling our bold We understand that the wor lukonge (and upon occasion even pictures advertised on page eight Title doubt but that the sami-final. They might be ing and Shanghai Bank.
Nor do we remember any dis tinct case of impudence in court if one excapts the absent mindedness shown once or twice
The Next U.
Election.
to the Police the theft from the engine room of two brass gauge valued at $20.
Volunteer Sergents' Mess Dinner,
Alleged Highway Robbery,
it
FIBM'S DIFFICULTIES.
stay,
case of a British ship, the same this we have not the names of the acknowledged by return of mail, must also apply to the Daois. It teams before up, but we do not and also in the Times weekly
thesale of the Dacia served than by the same should be sent to Mr. N. J. Stabb, does not matter what fancy name think the Club to be much better edition, Local Conte bety gooo under, there can be team that did so well in the the Indian police) their private to be shown at the Victoria
Bale
to Mr. Breitung weduced to made one change only Theatre have been withdrawn. opinion of their morale,
only a means to secure neutral and that is to play Wilkio ip habits and antecedents; but Theft from Steam Launch.
The engineer on board the protection from legitimate cap are. place of Rigdin at outside left. even these brave spirits draw the line at being rude to Europeans, team launch Ya Fat has reported/The decision of the French Prize They have quite a veteran defence. Many Claims against MacEwen
Frickel and Co. Court and the stay of execution Barlow in goal is the Club's old message to the United States, Cabbin the writer well remembers for two months is practically a centre half. Hamilton and Mc-
In the Summary Court, this "Now it is up to you." w playing together ten years ago, morning, MacEwen Frickel and The scarcity of wires over and to see those two men still st Company were sued by Yaen by wandering coolies who have The annual dinner in connee-night does not diminish the must make some of the younger Lang Kee for $550; Kat Cheung Advices from Home tell us that a special committee has been casually strolled into court hatted ion with the Hongkong Volan pleasure that we may feel that players wonder how they do it for $168.00; the British Ameri appointe by the Am lgamated Society of Co-operative employers and cigaretted-to their subseteer Sergeants Mess will take the Allies are not giving the McCubbin is still as good as ever; can Tobacco Company for to investigate the question of the introduction of female labour into quent corrow. Take it all for all, place to-morrow evening at the enemy any more dull moments bat Hamilton is not so fast as his 8470 13, A Ying and Company the grocery shops of the Co-operative societies, on account of the check does not flourish on Hong Hongkong Hotel.
than can be possibly helped. used to be. The halves Long, $103.55, and Chow Kee San for Eca city of male assistants. These co-operative establishments, as kong soil.
There always scene to be some Stewart and Railton, we are tare $491.74.KARG most of our readers are aware, concern rather the North of England
In connection with the alleged thing doing, from successes in the will keep their end up in the Mr. Goldring, who appeared for than London and the South; but we may be sure that the exemple
highway robbery on Mr. J. east, bombardments in the Dar forward line they have inside the defendants in all these actions, of the special committes above mentioned will quickly be followed
Presidential Cheung, of Messrs. A. S. Watson danelles and air-raids in the west. men who can shoot and outside raid he was consenting to judg- in other distriote and in other trades. For two or three generations
and Company, the first defendant The Germans will never be able men who can the people at Home bave been gradually growing used to seeing
bas been committed to the Beg to complain that we did not keep opportunity give them she meat with a slay of execution for the womenfolk leave their hearth duties and take their stand by the men, first in mills and factories, then in shops, and finally in We published, yesterday, sons, the second being discharged. them fully interested throughout
From what we have seen of fourteen days, with liberty to Regained Health. thie tedious war, and the raid on the Engineers' team, they can be apply. This concerned all the sotions and if there was say offices and even in the professions. They will therefore accept it Washington message to the effect
Mr. Haywood, the lawyer, of Antwerp should always be looked depended upon to made the Club objection he would withdraw the almost as a matter of course that, at a time when the manhood of that Vice President Marshall the country is wanted elsewhere, the womanhood should increase has spoken with some degres Mr. L. D'Almada's office, has now upon as one of the brightest mom go all the way,
recovered from bis very savere ente. The matter for surprise is → St. Joseph's College P.C. the share that it had already began to take in what was once regarded of certainty as to the re-election illness and was among the sol that the British, whose air fet The following members are
who were concerned Mr. Agaaain, Mr. Stephens, and of. Dr. Woodrow Wilson to the as exclusively masculine employment.
It is not until a country is at war that one realises fully what United States Presidency next store present at the Summary was always locked down upon by chosen lo represent the above with the plaintiffs, greed.
Curt, this morning.
My most of the continental countries, Olub, against the Rest of the a difficult problem lies in the clerk and shop-assistant question, year. We have seen so many
Attempted Suicide.
should have proved so successful. Junior League, on Saturday 27th, In times of peace it is one's instinct to say that a woman's place is confident prophecies of the kind
A Chinese attempted yesterday This is more than probably due on the Hongkong Football Club ASSOCIATION FOOTE ALL, in the home; that she should not seek to oust men from employment hopelessly unfulfilled that we and proper to them, but should be content to nurse her babies and see our readers may well pause before to commit saisite by jumping to the personal element. Given Ground at 2.45 p.m. sharp. to her husband's home comforts. This is well in theory, but, as accepting this particular pro into the harbour. He was rescued good machines, and it is unlikely U. M. Omar, Y. Jeckeon, Cecil Ward by a boatman and conveyed to that say Government would Johnstone, Daniel O'Connell, I. the late George Gissing showed in his "Odd Women," to follow is guostication.
the Government Civil H spital, supply its men with less than the Johnson, L. G. Cordeiro, B. N. in practice is to subject a large proportion of the female population before that President Wilson, The man is believed to be insane. best they could obtain, it is the Omar, A. Hamid, I L. Goldenberg, of a country to poverty, templation and misery. Nowadaye at both before and since his election, Knocked down by Tram, man in charge who makes all the OA Goldenberg, L. Xavier. least some of the women mest go out to work. In times of peace, baa won all the respect that is dus
A Chinese named Chung Ming difference between a good and Reserve :-V. Xavier. again, one regards it as a natural, even if a deplorable, thing that to a man who is, in every santo, was socidentally knocked down bad performance and the success young men should be doing effeminate work (or at least work that, a gentlemas. The world hon by tramear No. 38 yesterday of the Antwerp raid in the achieve In many cases, women would do equally well) in offices, banks and care him as a scholar and outside the Naval Dockyard, au- ment of men and not msobines. shops. Ba: the outbreak of war speedily overhauls conventional an upright man; a man of fine wining injuries which necessita. It is therefore a further credit to notions on these points, impressing upon all of us the foots that feeling, whose main idea ted his removal to the Government the British naval airmen that they shose young men have but one rightful place the camp or battle is to leave the world better than Civil Hospital,
have succeeded in destroying two field, and that, since business must go on, now is the time to prove be found it. Unfortunately, how- Allee Memorial Hospital. submarines on the slips, That Messrs. Wright and Hornby event of a draw there will be no what had before been asserted: that more than half the indoor tasks ever, this is the very type of man The Hon. Treasurer of the there were five altogether shows adviss us that the Langkot output performed by men could be undertaken just as well by women, whose influence is often calculat- Alice Memorial and Afiliated that the Germans have been msk to date for the current month is
That the women who now are relieving their brothers will do ed to do more harm than good. Hospitals bege to acknowledge ing good use of Antwerp and as follows. all, or most, of what is required of them, we do not doubt. In fact It is regrettable that it should be with thanks the following dans that they have established quite it is not outside the limits of probability that they may succeed eo so, but there is the feat. President tions to the funds of the How well that, when the war is over, many firms will find that they Wilson, in his earnest endeavors pitala A. W. Snowman, $10; osa profitably cut down their number of male employees, and to do the best that was possible Union Triding Co, $10. Keep a permanent female atsi. On the present generation this by his country, has raised a nay seem a trifle hard, but for the generation to come we cannot whirlwind of indignation against Troops.Overseas Fund. help regarding the possibility as a highly desirable one. The men himself and his P rty in some ci The Fund which the Uversess af Britain have, since the 1870 Education Act, got much too far the most influential (from a vot Club is carrying on for the pro- away from using their hands, or from combining manual and men- ing point of view) quarters of the viding of tobacco and other com- Author of "Do It Now" Dead. saf labour: To add up rows of figures, to copy cat atatements, or to United States. In many cases forts for the troops at the Front The death is announced at dispense yards of ribbon and pounds of ten demande neither brain even the Democrats themselves amounts, to over £20,000, and the Beaulieu, Arthur-road, Wimble nor muscle; yet this is the class of occupation to which a terribly are angry with him, while Club acoretary in daily receiving don, of Mr. Peter Keary, J.P., at large percentage of our men folk are condemned; not usually, let us the supporters of Messrs. Roose grateful letters of acknowledge the age of forty-eight, who in hope, with their own acquier cence, but by the folly or selfishness of velt and Taft are very evidently meat from the men in the nonjunction with Mr. O. Arthur their parents who would rather see them starve at a "genteel" determined that his first term of trenches,
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CHALLENGE Shield final
Hongkong F, C. v. R. E.
The final for the Hongkong Challenge Shield will be played on the ground of the Hongkong F.C. to-morrow ▼afternoon, the kick-off being timed for 4 p.m. The fall time of 45 minutes each will beli played, and in the
extra time, but the fixturs will bave to be replayed.
WAY
An exhibition game between St. Joseph's College and the Rest of the 2nd Division of the Hong- kong League will precade the Shield match,
The Hon. Mr. David Landale will be present, and Mrs. Landale baş kindly consented to present the Shield, League Cup and medale, The runners-up oup in
the Shield Competition was taken - away by H.M.8. Hampshire, and has not yet been returned.
The teams in the Shield match will be: -- Hongkong — B. 0, Barlow, A. Hamilton and F McCubbin, R. F. Long (or W. CA Bond), JStewart and M. L Railton G. A. Robinson, P,
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occupation than take up work which would dirty their hands. As office shall be his last, if they can Lieut. K. Belf-Irving. NG Weekly Mr. Keary rose from things are shaping at present, it would certainly appear that fate is have any say in the matter. His Lieutenant Kenneth Bell obscurity as a clerk in a shipping going to take the controlling hand and fores the young men of the attituds concerning Mexico has Irving, of the 2nd Battalion East office to a position of influence fatace to work, either with head cr hands, whether in the Homeland not pleased them. As to the Surrey Regiment, which regiment | in the magazine world in a few or the Colonies. There will always be responsible employment in armament question, if we are to reports many recent losses, wasare.
yzare, He was the author of business houses which it would be unwise to leave to women; bat so, judge by American papere, he first reported killed, but is now
obtaire books whose purpose was to ia- too, will there always be young men who have a special beat for such appears to be more at ses than reported as wounded. He obtain ployment and who can be trained for it; but it would surely not be the humblest of bis supporters, ed his first appointment in Janu 13 and his step in Beptem an exaggeration to say that ninety per cent of the business of shops America never wanted a stron and offices could be carried on by the weaker, vessel quito as well man at the head of affai
Ber last He is 22 years olda amit was being carried on before the war. Time which seems to have badly than she does, is good many revelations in store for all of as just now will proVS.
Smith, and Baff Millard To
Referee Mr. F. W. Eager