THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARÝ 12, 1918.
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A Football Matter.
Those interested in football bave, doring the present season, not had a great deal of which to complain; for it has been one of the most interesting wines the outbreak of the war deaded the Cclony of some of its best players. But there is one matter
`DAY BY DAY.
WOMEN ARE NATURALLY OLEVA
RER THAN HEN, BUT THEY HAVE NO WAT OF WORKING IT OFF-Wm Aalth.
To-morrow's Anniversary.
To-morrow is the 35th birthday
NEW BILLIARD TABLE.
Opening Ceremony, at the Y,R,G.
HONGKONG. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO,
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Mr. Herbert Samuel has packed so much hard work into his Par lismentary career as to make it difficult to realise that, he is but seren and forty. Chancellor of the Dachy, P.M.G., President of. Home Scoretary, as he has been
o which the notion of those/of Prince Arthur of Connaught, table, which was recently pra. (Compiled from the "Hongkong the Local Government Bɔard, and÷
EXTRA L Saturday, when a match was
$3.00 PER 100
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AT A CHEAP PRICE.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Mrs. Un Kam Wa and her SODS, Un Ka Kie, Un Ka Tsun, Un Ka Ku, Un Ka Lau. Un Ka Min and Un Ks Sheung, beg to thank the Hongkong Government for boncuring the funeral of the late Mr. Un Kam Wa by the attendance of the Hongkong Police Reserve Corps including the Honourable Mr. C. Mei Messer, Captain Superintendent of Police, and Mr. P. P. J.
Wodehouse.
They also tender their hearty thanks to their relations, friends and sympathisers for their sitendence at the funeral sed for the many kind expressions of sympathy and condolences for their sad bereavement.
DEATHS.
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1918.
is
their fall parpore, and there no lesson why in Hongkong it
should not be the same.
A Pressing Need.
The Dollar. The opening rate of the doller demand to-day was
Kallan Output,
Dog Licences.
December Weather.
Embezzlement Charge.
A Chinese, named Robert Lamb, as charged before Mr. J.
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The Doller. -
it is a remarkable record for a
years in the House. Yet how
January 12-The rate of the who has been only £fteen dollar on demand to-day is long ago it seems since, speaking, 2/3
for the Home Ofe, he w threatening, in jost to send January 13.-H.M. naval trane "0. B." Mr. Lloyd George, and Hammet, the thea Lala Harcourt, disguis
The Tamar Arrives
To the Point.
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place at the Victoria Recreation An interesting function took lab last evening, when the Hon. Mr. Oland Severo, G.M.G., who is President of the Club, formally opened the handsome billiard sented to the Club by the Hon. responsible for governing the
Mr. En Fook. There was a good games should be drawn attention
attendaros, among whom were and that is the practice of
the Hon. Mr. Ho Fook, Mr. Ho spectators being allowed to crowd on
Lenng and Mr. M. K. Lo. on to and even over the touchlines. 3. 0.3/8d.
In declaring the table open, the Hop. Me. Severn exid :** being played on the Olub ground, there was a particularly segrarat-
The total catpat of the Kailan Gentlemen: this evening. I have ed instance of this. Although Mining Administration's miner much pleasure in formally open port Tamar, Capt. ropes sis provided for the par- for the week ending December ing for play in this Club the arrived last night, after a very ed, to Suffragette meetings to rise pose of regulating the distacca 29 scounted to 69,859 tone and billiard table which the Hon. M. quiet passage, her time being and ory with passionate voice, at which onlos kers should keep, the sales during the period to Ho Fook has so very kindly pre remarkably quick. She resobed "No votes for women !"
sented. He has not only presented Singapore, last Friday, four days orowds encroached inside these 87,548 tons.
the table but during the last few befors her sime, and left next The chancs discovery of a for- and created a state of sisira which no firm referee ought ever. It is notified fast heersen to daya he has seen that the cloth day; she was expected here about gotten document has shown that to tolerate. Not only are the keep doge were due for renewal and cushions are in thorough or Saturday night or Sanday morn the authorities of Sis Paul's players and linesmen impeded, on the 1st day of January. All der by getting new ones. I am ing next, but the weather seems Cathedral were just as much pers but spectators arriving as the persona owning dega who have sure we are all very grateful to to bare been much kinder to her turbed over the condition of the match is about to commence not yet obtained licences are bist. This table will prove a then to most steamers lately. She fabric at the end of the eighteen- find that it is absolutely in advised to do so ma soon so great boon to the Club in the experienced fairly strong and th century as we have been since winter, when the darkness comes steady monsoon with fine weather the close of the nineteenth, Bat poseille to get a glimpse of the possible.
on early, and I am sure it will also all the way-which, of course, it has needed an earthquaka at play. It is admitted that Chinese
During December the average prove a source of fascist gain made the trip far less uncomfor- Rimini to reveal frescoes depict youths are the ones who offend most in this dirtation, but, who mean temperature was 59 2, the combined with innocent pleasure. table than it might have been foring the scenes of a former seismic
900 people crowded on disturbance there. This chal-↑ ever it is, referees bould insist on highest being 717, on the let, At the end of the table there is the
lenges the unending romanos of the requsite diets nas being kept and the lowest 46 9, pp the 31st, ever plate recording the feat board."
"No Europeans.” Pompeii and Herculaneum, which We all know that at Home, when Ther were 209 hours of sunshine that it bas been "Presented by the
January 14-In the Court diligent bands continue to ex Lesgue match is being played, and 114inch of rain. The Hon. Mr. Ho Fook to the Victoria
Recreation Clab, October 1917." Sampan coolie, charged with na-carate while war elsewhere top- no matter how miscr a League it average hamidity was 60.
He is one of the oldet men lawfully carrying thres Europeans ples so much down. be, the ropes are not fixed a3 3:
bere and I am sure we are all passengers in his bost without mere ornament, but are used to
very grateful to him (Applause), having a licence" Not Guilty; R. Wood, at the Police Cured that Sergt. W. Pist, of the only two Germans and a Special respect of startling phenomena. Hon. Mr. Severn then annoono- your Worship; and no Europeans, phrase, sbow her medals in this morning, with embras ement Hongkong Police, and Gunner J. Jaryman."
within her borders. Unless dis- while he was maJager of the Ho Lord, R. G. A., were to mark the
aster has overtaken it in later Tang coalyard at Yaumati. The opening by a game of 600 up. He January 14-There is more joy days, there stands in Jamaica a 10 September last, at a meeting case was adjourced.
said: We have Sergeant Pitt, in a printing office ever one in tombstone bearing the following Alice Memorial Hospital. whose prowess you all know, and per who pase in advanes and inscription: "Hare lieth the body of the Legislative Council, the
The Hoo. Treasurer of the new-comer in Ganner J. Lord, abuses the editor every of Lewis Galdy, Esq., who died Hon. Mr. Pollock raised the ques tion of the existing means of Alice Memorial and Affiliated and I hope they they are going occasion, then over ninety and on the 22nd of September, 1737 emmaticalion with. Cheung Hospitals begs to acknowledge to give us a good game. In nine who borrow the paper and aged 80. He, netiled on
the following order to show what Obsa (or Dambell) Island, "more with thanke
the sing its praises without contribet this island, where, in the great particularly with reference to donatione to the fuude of the strength what the pace of the ing a cent to keep it out of the earthquake, 1672, he was awal- notifying the inhabitants there Hospitals: Cotton Yara Dealers table ir, Mr. Joba Bodger, poor-boues. Blessed are the lowed up, and by the wonderful of the beeting of typbcon signala Guild, $10; Pasage Money who is so old exponent of the meek, for they shall inherit the providence of God, by a second D'ALMEIDA-Died on the 8th inst., at 19 Morque Junction, a berry gale bad done damage
game, has kindly consented to earth, and obtain material for shook, thrown out into the sa in Hongkong. Just previously, Fond, $50.
Unfea Church Collection. play a few strckes with me. At faccing it on time and without where he continued swimming PETRONILLA ANTONIA D'ALMEIDA, widow of the late Y. B.
at Cheung Chau to the extent of A cheque for $1,010 95 bes the end of a quarter of an hour security. Amen!
antil he was taken up by a bost, D'ALMEIDA. Macao and Shanghai papers please copy.
Cold Weather.
and thus miraculously preserved. GOODRICH-On January 3, Shanghai, at the Victoria Nure- some $3,000, Mr. Pollock en been banded to the Hon. Tres-whoever is leading is the winner..
In this the Hon. Mr. Severn Jasoary 16. The fall of the ing Home, Clyde Goodrich, Manager, Astor House Hotel, Shanghai,quired whether it was not practicerer, War Charities, earmarker aged 26 years.
able to improve the means of for the "Prisontre of War Fund", went away, scoring with some thermometer last night broke the M. Faderswaki, who, is 57 communication, but the Gorera- being amount collection on nice shots, bat Mr. Rodgers won record, getting down to 27 de- years of age now, should surely ment did not directly reply to Sunday, 6th January, at Union by 70-48, concluding with a fine grese at the Peak, in the coldest have a place among the propheta, the point, it bring merely stated Church, together with amonnte break of 43, which ended with a situations, while in other place As long ago as the Chopin cen that there was no telephone com- saberquently received.
failure to pot the red from sit veried all the way up to 32. tenary celebrations at Lemberg, maniostion with the island. We
For the Wounded.
The oldest inhabitant has broken in 1910, he delivered a passionate slight angle. recall theas facts because of -Additional gifts from Manila Bergt. Pitton choice of loces with yarns abres previous impeachment of Prussian mili the serious outbreak of fire of one case of cigare, presented by balle and selco'ed crystallite winters, but cannot find anything tarism which he likened to which occurred on the island the La Losular Co, and ore case in preference to bonzoline., to beat this. Snow was soon on "deadly waves of poisoned sir on Thursday acd which pipe tobaero. presented by The opening stages of the even the hill-tops across the water, and choking the pure breath of free- As was the case with Mr. Lloyd George's weighty speech last resulted in destruction Mesure, Meerkamp & Co., bavajiog's main event
not several gentlemen with vivid dom," and added: "Away, with week, there has been a univerasi choras of approval of the Message of much property. We under been received by the Hongkong characterised by particularly good imaginations have sasured as Poland !" is their cry, and "Long which President Wilson delivered to Congress, and to which we stand that the cor Bigration was War Charities Committee and scoring, both mon failing to make that it was enowing in Hongkong live culture I' As if culture could referred editorially yesterday. By no other body or section of the first noticed from the Peak, where- forwarded to London for distri- anything like good breaks. It last night and this morning live by the death of nations l people of both countries are both speeches, with their direct and upon the fire float was despatched bation among the wounded in was soon seen that Lord, who ice was in sbandande Il over, forcible atterance, likely to be received with so much whole-hearted to acertain whether ita seiv'cee¦ Ho-pills..
several times had really bad luck, and during the night there were From Birmingham nine tenthe sympathy than by the bodies representative of Labour. This, we were needed. As events turned Attempted Suicide. was a thoughtful and reasoning several alarme of barsting water of the "Asting" naTTY" popul. are able to state with more certainty, with regard to British Labour, out, the firemen were able to The young Chinese student player, there being quite s polish pipes. The Observatory notice atin of 1,100 have gone to the with the conditions of which we are more familiar, than with those render very great assistance. Bat charged some days ago with in his style and a nicety in his prudently omits to state how the war. What are left of these of the United States. Already & joint meeting of representative the question naturally suggests attempting to commit suicide was strength. Pitt was the fret to thermometer is to-day, but Dr. rough, good hearted, fellows are British Labour Organisations has, according to one of the tele- itself that had they been warned told by Mr. J. R. Wood, at the make a break worth noticing, this Dabeck's "register" puts it at banded together by social sies; grame
to hand, issued a manifesto, which, while warmly earlier of the outbreak they might Police Court this morning, that being a 20, to which Lord very 33 in the morning (10 o'clock) and, though seldom attached to approving of President Wilson's pronouncement, particularly have been able to prevent mach he would be sent back to his own soon responded with 16 An idea and 35 in the afternoon (4 corporate church life, they are soclaims the stand taken against secret diplomacy to which the of the destruction scically resule country and if he came back to of the rate of scoring can be had o'clock). A correspondent writes: most careful to see that bonour is President made very pointed and, surely, in the opinion of all ing. Equally, had not the fire Hongkong and sitempted to do from the fact that it took half a The thermometer registered paid to the memory of their fai. unbiased people, very proper reference. British Labour is of been noticed from Hongkong it anything like that again, he hour for Pitt so compile the 29 at one house at the Peak leat les comrades: They bring into opinion and it is probable that they will be correct in their view might have been even more die would be punished,
first hundred, Lord being slightly night, and this morning at 945 the market place a wagon deco- that this statement in particular and the President's Message astrong still. Both these pointe The following is the programme hour's play when Pitt reached his were coated with ice, spike by and a few flowers, and from it
in the rear. It was just on a the fir-trees, bamboos, and green rated with the national colours generally will “transform the whole international situation." So would be covered if there were favourably impressed was the meeting in question with regard to some adequate mesne of com. f the last of the present series of 200, Lord passing that figure at epike, leaf by leaf and stalk by missioner conducts a service, the Mesage that they refer to it as a "bistoric utterance" monication between Hongkong Mr. Danman Faller's informal the very next visit to the table stalk, and rain free on umbrellas Then the zerries, aided some —which it unquestionably is and they state that in spirit it is of and the inland. Perhaps after recitals, which will take place at with a well compiled 41, an effort and mackintoshes 88 one walked. times by canal bostmen, carry anch a mature that to it world-wide Democracy can unreservedly last year's typhoon experience the Helens May Institate on Mon- that was ended by failing at Several ambrellas were frozen so the flowers to the chancel of the subscribe. No doubt Democracy will do so; and it will be follow- and ibis fire, the question will day next at 5.30 p.m. These hard loring hasard. At the in- stiff that attempts to ehas them adjacent parish church, and on ing in the right lines in so doing, for it is an utterance worthy of receive the close consideration recitals are open to all and at each terval, Lord led, the figures resulted in breakages."
its "roll of honour" the names the head of the greatest Democracy the world has ever known or is that it merits.
s collection is made which grew reading-Lord, 308; Piu 283. -.-"The Long-Haired Rooster- of the dead soldiers are inscribed ever likely to know.
intact to the Prisoners of War The best breaks of Pitt up to January 19-Herr Friedenthal, The simple piety, and the free- Fand-The North Wind, B. this time had been 35, 30 the great German piano thai per dom from ceremonial, favoured Farjos; Interm. zzo, Brahme: (with "drop of rain" at who dislikes the bagpipes, declines by the members of these little the whole international situation, but if any representative We see that the House of Lords Danse Negre. Cyril Scott; De 11), 24, and 20. Lord having to revisit Hongkong. He goes known industrial communities, body is in a position to make such a statement it certainly has now expressed its approval Profendis, Balfour Gardiner breaks of 41, 31, 27, 26 and 20. from Bangkok to Eaypt Grant make indeed a strong sppeal is that of Labour, which to day, more than at any other of the principle of votes for Befois dan l'eau, C. Debussy: Direc ly after the interval, Lord Cheape! Let the long-haired the imagination. time, is 60 highly organised and so effectual internationally women. Prior to the war, this Preiure for the left hand only, went away with great copfidence, roster have fall swing at the that if it so willed it could, as indeed it frequently does, question greatly agitated political Scriabine; Hamoresque, Tachei and at almost every visit to the famous flesh-pots. Amen! The cocasion was a working- very considerably modify any policy pat forward in any country circles, and it will be remember kaweky: Au couven, Borodine; table, compiled points. As one
olasa funeral, The sensl crowd To day, it is certain, particularly in Great Britain and in our Overed that in 1912 the Conciliation Poupee Valasate, Poldini; Moon- time he was leading by 77 points,
January 18-There were four had gathered to see how it was Beag Possessions, as in the United States, that Labour realises more Bill, proposing to confer the thie Macdowell: Serenade, but Pitt slways kept plodding teen cases in the Magistracy to done, and evidently the verdict clearly than ever it did the immenee power it is able to wield. franchise on women, was thrown Sinding; Ballade, York Bowen.
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on. Eventually 503 against 502 day, and all of "the most trivial was favourable. It was is mere apparent to-day than ever, Labour and Socialism walk hand out on its second reading in the
was reached and then 531 against kind proof of the continus-ordinary funeral. The flowers in band, and though the union is not unanimously endorsed, it is House of Commons by the narrow A Chinese was charged before 532, but Pitt was now playing ation of virtue and aprightpea would have done s duchess certain that as time passes the differences are, more likely to be mejority of 14 votes. The war, Mr. A. Dyer Ball, at the Police strong game whilet Lord appeared among the people-or, as the diminished then accentuated. What this may lead to will an- however, has seen a wonderful Court this morning, with snatch online chi Fits inppeared Chief Justice suggests, of the Pond and the coaches were questionably result in one of the greatest controversies of all time, change of feeling on this subject; ing a cap and gold bairpin from his lead by good efforts, notably superior shality of criminals in workmen passing along the road for it is certain that the struggle between Individualism and hence we find both Houses of Chinese woman walking in the
9 33, sud hardly went to the table dodging the police. Socialism is still far from being even settled in its preliminary Parliament endorsing the cause street. Sanitary Lastector Witch without scoring a useful number stages, even though the war has been distinctly favourable to those which led to such unseemly ellasid that he was proceeding of points, once a break of 43. soenes A few years back. While along Morrison Street towards He reached 591 when Lord advocating the adoption of Socialistic doctrines.
It is but a touching of the fringe of this great question when we have never been enamoured Queen's Road, when he saw the still at 567 and, being British Labour acclaims President Wilson's stand against sceret of female suffrage, we recognise two Chinese ladies grab hold of left in a good scoring position,
The sad news has been received diplomacy, which' indeed has little if anything whatever to do either that it now sceorda with the spirit defendant by the arm. He got ran out at the Dex: effort, the in Ipoh by cablegram from T17/the's dead cho's the belly Queen
of the death from smallpox of bir with Booialism or Individualism. Scoret diplomacy has indeed been of the ege. Incidentally, more icons and went up Morrison Baal score reading: far too much in evidence is our own and international affairs than half as many of the Feara Birre. Witness chased him into
Sergeant W. Pit- 600. Alargador C. Perkins, General generally and no thinking person can but admit the fact that Toted against the principle as tea bouse and there arrested. Ganzer J. R. Lord 687 Manager of the Malayan Tis such a method of procedure has out-lasted its day and its usefulness, for it in this lateet Parliament him. Defendant appealed to At the conclusion of play, the Dredging Company. Batu Gajahi Chinese Officers in the CommoEK. if indeed it ever had any usefulness to commend it. It is a method y division. Which shows that his feelings not to have him Hon. Mr. Claud Bevern presented Mr. and Mrs. Perkios, had left Some Chinese of negotiation between nations inconsistent with the spir.t of democracy has not yet completely arrested as it would mean that be to Sergeant Pitt the silver onp. trip, but in Tokyo Mr. Perkins distinguished stran
Perak for Japan for a short health uniform were preses Democracy, and as Democracy is to be more than ever the golding Wa wonder whether the Second sent defendant to prison for nice Billiard cue to Gunner Lord, contrasted smallpox, which no of the House of
permeated the Upper Chamber, would be shot. Bia Worship presented by the V.B.C, and the principle of the world's mandane affairs in the future, it is certain Chamber in its present form will months hard labour and ordered presented by Messrs. Lane, fortunately proved fatal. Kra. October, and list that it will have to go and that it will go without many regrete is exist long after the war is over? tem strokes of the tiroh
Parking was with him to the end. to the proces
DEMOCRACY, AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS.
To many indeed it would be somewhat of an over-statement Women's Votes.
to conclude, Be the Labourites do, that it will transform
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