A. SERBIAN HERO.
·Zemarkable "Life-Story Toid in a Train.
with
the
ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL.
Distribution of Prizes.
distributed by Mrs. Pollock..
The annual distribution of prizeal in connection with St. For a Serbian you speak re-
good Tarkish, I Francia School trok place last markably observed to an elderly man oftening at the St. Patrick's Hall, swarthy and furrowed features in kindly lent for the ecossion by a frayed semi-military uniform the Committes of the Catholic and Serbian osp, who eat opposite Women's League. There was a to me. We were in a third-clafarge-attendence, including-Bis carriage of the slow train that Lordship Bishop Pezzini The rans between the Serbian front report was read by Mr. E. J. sad Balonics," writes the Times Noronha, while the awards were special correspondent at Salonics,
During the evening, the pupils "The person I addressed had
contributed a most enjoyabla pro- entered the carriage at Ne, and bia conversation was conduct. ramme of musical and other ed in flasnt and idiomstical item, all the items in which were much appreciated and gave srid- Turkish, spoken
ence of careful training. In a intonation and accent of a born pianoforte recital there were Sambalese. My remark wassociated the Misses A. Sillice attered in the same language. It B. Tillman and A. Sim and made him start, for I was also Master B: Victor; Miss Chat Mai- wearing the Serbian cap.
chan gave
Chinese address; .““How did you come to be so the Misses A. Cordeiro and L bencefeant?" I continued," Socza contributed a piano dust! “Turkish, be replied, 'I bave | Miss I. Sim recited "Boys;" and known from my childhood up, then followed the recitation "The but the school in which I learnt Grave," with accompanimenta moat, was the Grand Central on the piano and mandoline, Prison of Stambal, in whiob over in which the following took three years of my life were spent." part --Visser. L. Wilkinson, L "Batone more question. What Soozi and A. Sim. A Polts Con- led to your being in gaol there? certata was given by Misses L was needed to draw from my Soczy, A. Cordeiro, A. Sim, A talkative vis-a-vis the story of Ismail, R' Arcalli, 2. Comanort, his life, which I will give in his 8. Kurjihu and L. Corception, Own words:~~
while the programme concluded "I was born," he told me, 60 with a pretty operetta entitled years ago, at Lesson (or, as the "The White Fairy." in which the Turks call it, Ressos), rf pure cat was-White Fairy, Miss L. Serbian stock. My father was a
Wilkinsos; Orphan Girl, -isa merobant, and had amassed by N. Files; Old Womar, suppos
ed santie of trade a fortune quite respectable
the Little D. Piles; For- "as fortunes go in Northern Orban,
Macedonis, and I inherited it tune-teller, K. al Arcalli; Angels, when he died. In my hunting Misses M. McGraur, A. Sim, A. excursions, which led me even to Niesim; Accompanied by Miss) the borders of Albania, I soon. Sour.. learned that those oppressore
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In the course of his lecture, which was illustrated by some magnificent views, Kr. Taraball spoke of the immense resources
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The Consignees of Cargo from EUROPE per the Company's steamship,
MISHIMA MARU,"
IT.
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IT IS HEREBY notified that on the 8th January proximo, st 3 P.M... at the Public Works Department, and before a Com- mittee presided by the Engineer Director of the "Public Works, tenders will be received for the contract of Erection of a build-" ing for the Colonial Fecretary's. Office."
The conditions of the tender ing, the specifications and the plans of the building are open to the public at the Public Works Department and in the Portugese Cousulate in Hongkong, where they can be examined all on week days."
Macao, Public Works Depart ment, 6th December, 1917.
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OWING alterations and
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
At the close, Mr. Noronha pro of the poor were the favourite posed a bearty vote of thanks to victims of the brigand bande-ihere. Pollock, saying her solic corrupt official, the rapacious itade for the poor, without dis- landlord "bey," the unjust taxtinction of creed, colour or caste; collector, and the grasping usurer, and her readiness to subscribe who flourished in the good old to any charitable object had days of Tarkish misrule. Asadeared her to one and all, and for the catlows, were they not he hoped that she would be the only real redressere of in-blessed with many yearn to con- ustice, the only check on efficiat tinne her uncetentatious charity.
of the country, traced ise develop are hereby notified that as this wlessness, in a country whose
ment and spoke of the splendid steamer had an outbreak of fre y-jodges were the siders and.
part it had taken in the war, A on board while she was off the atters of the thieving cfficials on board at Smyros I slipped view of the city of Halifax was Canary Telande on 27th October, as the criminal.ricb.
down the ship'e ladder into a phown, and this was of particalas 1917, on her way to the East, it "How I became one of them frowbeat and escaped.
interest on soconut of the has been decided that the dam- and was plunged into the life "Three months later lack terrible catastrophe which bare sustained and the expendi
tures incurred therefram shall and vild excitement and bard-again helped me, putting me in occurred there.
form a subject for General Aver- ship tich finally landed me in a possession of a Russian passport;
Speaking of the city, Mr. Torn-age contribution. Consi, nees are Turkis prison is too long a story and I went to Odessa. Anyhow i ball said:" Halifax is the chief therefore requested to sign Aver- Hongkong, 14th December, 1917. for meo tell. It is enough to married and settled down to a naval station in America and ha age Bond at this office and to fill By the after years of conflict life of comparative repose. But large and ficely equipped dry in Valuation Forms which may with theBulgarian armed bande; when the first Balkan war broke docks. The harbour is six mile be supplied upon application, as known se Komitedjia, the hope out, the call of my country long and is, it is said, capable of well as to pay to the ship's agents of throwing off the bated yoke of was too urgent to be withstood, accommodating the combined a deposit of UNE per cent, (%) the Sultameemed likely-to-lead-
f the market value of their -navel-frete-of-the-world.-.-.t Testing myself from wife and to an siliane between Serbia and children I hastened to Serbia, Since the beginning of the war taking delivery of their goods, on
respective consignments, before THE Company's Steamship Bulgarians, when in 1895 the There I f and already gathered this city has had a very import ship's arrival here on Thursday, "MISHIMA MARU," emissories f the Armenian most of my old Komiteeji com- ant work to do, and bes quiet the 13th instant. Bavolutionary Committes sprades. I went through all the gone on her way, sending thon
having arrived. Consignees of proached as tith the object of four campaigns that ended with sand
thousand of
Cargo are проп
hereby informed that their Goods are being Foldiers the terrible retreat through Al: Canadian ****I was now went as delegate bonis. Through all those cam- of
their ammnsition BOTCSS of all the Serian "Komited ji paigne I passed scathlese, though the Mother Country, at the enze bands to Rodosto, and there my the Komiladji Corps was always time receiving
thousands of luck deserted me. My steps bad in the van of battle and over and wounded returning from th besa dogged by Abdul Hamid's over again lost heavily. But my battle fronte to their homes. I apies, and at our very fit meet active-career was, also, cut, short was in thus serving her country ing the house was arranded by in the fifth campaign, that of lact that the present appalling disast gendarmer, and our whole party sammer,. In a mere skirmish or has come to Halifax, bringin
38 seat bandcuffed to Con with Balgerian
catposts last the city forcibly before our notice stantinople. We were marched August I get three bullet wounds, and sympathies. We learn with to the Central Prison, and there one of which bas disabled me for horror that of the 55,000 im pat in irons, which we worn durever, I am 60 years old, and no habitants over two thousand have ing the 38 weary months that good for anything but my pre-lost their liver, five thousand hay elspeed until the day of our trial. sent job, that of anfficial and been injured and 25,000 are But spart from the ilk of my unpaid assistant to our police bomeleen. When we snow that absckled ankles and the confine commissary at N
the ship which collided with ment in a vily atmosphere, I can- "The Serbian Government is the Belgian Relief ahip carried not truthfully say that my lot too impoverished to give me a four thousand tone of one of the Was se cruel as might have pension. However, the commis highest explosives known we can-
anticipated, for
By Bary lodges and feeds me, and, as not wonder that the result is one
third of Halifax in raine.”
common sotion.
been
.
mover
tr
NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA, Agenta. and tons Hongkong, 11th December. 1917. landed and placed at
"risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Com- pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark sud de livery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
At the close, the lecturer was
Turkish gaolen were, on the for the rest of my needs you whole, not unkind, Perbape the know that Serbians are fact that I bad the means of backward in scinting a broken warmly thanked for his most in rewarding their indulgence kept comrade. God bless them all!teresting discourse.
IF YOU FEEL A COLD. APPROACHING
them in good humour. In a Thank Heaven, I lack nothing. leather girdle which I wore next Kp wife and four children who to my skin I bad trenght with joined me in Berbis after the me po lean than #T10,000 in grond Balken war, are well cared Oomen Bink notes. Out of this for. She and three of the ebildren secret board I was abo regularly are in France, guests of the French to boy such palatable food se was pation. And my eldest son is a hot bath at bed-time and a doe rapplied by a near by resinarant, one of the 30 Serbien lada who of Pinkettes, the little gentle as to keep mywell provided withalest are know being educated in Eng. mature laxatives, form the bee bren bedding, and to tip the Ind, I have done my day and preventation. golers handsomely for bringing am well content. më (base-luzuri»».ží
Wheu, God willing, we get back into our
He was reprieved by Abdul country my property will, Do
Bamid.
"ti
doubt, be restored to me.
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Goods not cleared by the 20th December, 1917, will be subject to rent.
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