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MUSICAL JOTTINGS.
¿BY "ENHARMONIC.")
PRAYA EAST.
RECLAMATION
therefore might not be willing t SCHEME.ray for the tane. Mr. Chatham, in this connection, said a meeting of the marine lot-holders in the area that Government conten- plated reclaiming would beasted to express their views on the
EFFECT ON HOUSING PROBLEM.
matter.
But what if the lot-holars are not agreed on the value of the sohenie? You cannot force them to pay for a thing that they
Under the auspices of the paniment, selections such as the housing question, so many do not want and have not asked
Canton Socialist Party, a girls school will be shortly established in connection with the Co- operative School
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THE SCHEXE EXPLAINED.
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The archestra at St, Audrew's Church is now in full swing and next Sanday it will assist at both flowgkang Telegraph" Special]. morning and evening services. Beides playing (in conjunction
So umeh ink has been spik ou with the organ for hymn secom-
hairs have been split on the Handel's Largo will by played,
subject, that it was with a sigh you for. You want them to par of relief that the public recently for the reclamation in advance ?" read the statement made in the
"In that case the Government Experiments have been made Legislative Council that the toys the power to take over the at Home, receatly, with the idea eraient has the matter in hand. of the dissenters and con- Patrons of Pinkie sal the of applying music as an aid At that meeting, the Colonial pesite them. ernment property in this way, and Fairies" are requested to take up recovery of cases of shell stock, Secretry said that what hinted that the columns of the their seats for the several per-and I understan i that a good referred to in the question as lots in the area that we want to The Hongkong Land Investment Company are, Press were always available for formances before the 18th ios. Jeal of progress has been made: the housing problem had several
I think, the biggest holders of giving publicity to important to ensure the seat bookei being physicians having been able to different spects. Certain me reclaim" official announcements, In a reserveil.
classify the effea of different asures require immediate etica reclamation scheune will benefit "The real people who the thoroughly sporting spirit, the
kinds of music upon certain which had been taken The Fire Brigade was called chasses of patients. The contralto consultation with the Unofficial will be the Land Investment. Police took the hint and made good use of the papers for adver-r. A.M.L. Soares' hous, where have a better effect than any Council, and the Praya East
ous this morning at about 8.30 to voice and the violin ure said to Members the Legislative Company," statel the writer. tising these notifications. That
it was found that a chimney had other form of music, and patients erlimation scheme woold, he
"I will benefit one and all, I is Part 1 of the story. Fere is caught fire.
think. The scheme was the It was quickly have been reported to have made hoped, be proceeded with during suggestion of Sir Paul Chater, Part 11-For many years past, extinguished.
remarkably the Telegraph has displayed a
rapid progress this year. In view of their excelain dormant ever since until now,
and was made in 1900. towards recovery nuder
the ion urgency and importance, when it has been revived." poster notice-board on a retaining The fifth annual pupils' Piano-innence of these. wall near its office. This wall forte Recital by Prof. Danenberg's
the matters in question were being pushed on as fast as possible, Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which is Government property. So pupils will be held to-morrow requires them to forward their names and addresses with communiit came to pass that yesterday afternoon at 5.15. sharp in St.
An amateur botanist was once East reclamation was originally The proposition of a Prays sations addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for pubiication, by the P.W.D. served a notice on us Andrew's Hail, City Hall, in. the nole concert was given, recently, when he came to a peculiar kind made to the Hongkong Govern-
A very successful and enjoy-strolling through a public park,, All communications intended for publication should be address. requesting the removal of the presence of H. E the Hon. Mr in Peking, by the Peking Choral of tree. He, therefore, went nent as far back as June, 1900.
board, "as no permission can be Glaud Severu.
Society and a fine aendering of across to the gardener, who was The scheme as then set forth was given for the use of Government
Wedding Feast" was included away. Coleridge-Taylor's "Haiwaths's setting out a bed a short distance not, however, acceptable to the
male voices, female voices and to?" he asked the mau. property for advertising purposes.”
"What family lveg Govermneut, the latter contend- in a programme of glees for that tree over there belonging that the terms proposed were
andaly favourable to the lot
of This distribution
the fand scored successes with solo items story is recalled by a study of reclaimed after defluction of the The Paking Choral Society has the Praya Fast
Reclamation expenses of reclamation. been putting in some hard work Scheme.
To this the lot holders would not "What family does. recently and I understand that a the Praya East schenie belong agree unless the Government series of concerts is to be given. on this board of ours, and they Lady Tudor, wife of the Con-
to?" was the poser put by consented to include in the cost s Telegraph representative to the of reclamation the compensation have freely done so. So by obey-mander-in-Chief of the China
Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, the Dir. that would undoubtedly be claim- ing the P.W.D. order we shall be Squadron, arrived in Hongkong
It would appear that promoters octor of Public Works. fr.ed by marine lot-holders for loss excellent site for their posters being accompanied by Flag Cap-
lots during the progress of the That's the worst of the Govern-tais and Mrs. F. C. Fisher, to waste any time in getting to ing Probletu family. ment watertight departmental Lieut. Commander and Mrs work to provide as many concerts
Fxactly what is the Praya work, and for the diminished system: the right hand never
into inland lots, and itwassuggest- knows what the left hand doeth. Kilgour were passengers by the as the public will digess. The Reclamation scheme?" asked the value of these lots, on conversion Floe papers are crowded with We shall have to offend somebody. same boat. Isn't it awkward?
reports of recitala, chors performe "It is a proposal to reclaimed that a further extension of the A Chinese was caught stealing suces and orchestral concerts and the area between the Naval pro-reclamation by another 75 feet be 3 brass tray from a godown on many of the pre-war favourites perty adjoining Arsenal Street added to the strip of land reserved the Prays at Kennedy Town, figure in the programmes. Miss and Messrs. Janline, Matheson for godowns, making the depth Brought before the Magistrate,
Adela Verne, one of the finest and Company's property in East of the reclamation 320 feet instead of 445 feet, as originally proposed; Point. It will relieve congestion Business people, as well as the he was sentercal to six week's female- pianists ever heard on and renter the available land sad a payment to the Treasury public in general, will have read hard labour. His record with the London concert platform, has tion offered in the House of Com been convicted in 1915 for a Landon Ronald has been equally and thus the whole land will every foot of building land to with much interest the explans. the Police showed that he had been busy at Wigmore Hall, M. for building sites. Morrison by the marine lot-holders of a Hill will be cut away entirely premium of 25 cents per foot on mone regarding the delay in the similar offence.
energetic with his conductor's
them. It is now Far Eastern cable service.. It
baton, Mr. Kiddle has delighted become available for building be leased to audiences with
The earth from the understood that no matter how 2 renewal purposes. commercial firms to realise of the Canton Manicipality that of his orgia recitals and Sir Morrison Hill will go to filling it may be found convenient to divide the work in carrying it that it often takes the best the wide roads abonld appear in Heary Wood looks very much up the sea." part of three weeks to receive an Canton within four months. The like putting the P.O.P. concerts
"What will be the area covered cut, the whole cost shall by kept in one general sécount and shall cables,
by the scheme?"
"It will go right along the be made to fall upon the whole whole of the Wanchai, past Bowrington Canal, down
ation fund in proportion to the property in East areas of building land accruing
to each of them respectively.
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An Indian constable de That's smart, and we bow to the W. Powell's, this afternoon, at smart arrest, just outside Messrs P.W.D.humorist who "got his own about 3. o'clock when a Chinese back" on behalf of the Gover- attempted to decamp with an But there's & Part III overcoat. The culprit struggled to the story, which had almost forgotten,
we hard to getaway, but failed, and A few was finally hauled of the Police weeks ago we gave the Police Station. permission to display their notices
meni.
ing's local amateur talent also gardener, importantly. the (Wo combined. Pek-family at all", replied the holders, and asking for an equal
delivered to subscribers by the Dairy Farm Company. Ltd., depriving the Police of a most yesterday by the aa Nellore, of concerts at Home do not intend Chatham classes it in the Hons of frontage, etc. on their existing
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HONGKONG,, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919.
ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS PEACE.
COMMUNICATION DELAYS.
has been rather distressing to It was decided by the directors
answer
business 10
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There are many new couers, Jardine's both male and female; and all of Point." thea have passed through the fiery farsace stoked up by Brigadier General C. R. Wood- the London critica, roffe, who is passing through is striking
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"But how would that in any At a meeting of the lot-holders way solve the housing problem? concerned, held on May 13, 1905, To all appearances, the scheme it was resolved that it was
resolution wes carrie.] with
An approximate
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while the public is naturally dis main roads to be completed for on their pre-war footing.. There seems every sign that the preliminary peace terms will appointed at getting its cable the first time are 61,770 feet in be completed during the next two weeks. When we consider the news from eight to ten days old. length and 80 feet in width; magnitude of the task which the delegates have taken in hand, itThese delays, it appears, have except the road from the West will be seen how great their efforts have really been, when they been caused by the huge increase Band Gate which is 100 feet have brought peace so near in so short a time. Everywhere their in cable traffic compared with wide. path has been strewn with obstacles, and though the deliberations pre-war times, including a fer were sometimes irksome, and in some cases seemingly unnecessary, larger proportion of Government the results have proved how strenuous have been their efforts. work, and interruptions on many There is no need to dilate on the obstacles with which the work of of the United Kingdom's cables. Hongkong on the 8.6 Nellore, the criticisms contain little but is going to be embarked on inexpedient at that time to take the Peace Conference has been, and is even now being, beset. Something is being done. towards was attached to the Japanese high praise for the debatants Bimply for the purpose of helping any further steps towards the Every point discussed has been charged with great possibilities, and an amelioration of the trouble, for
the Chinese to get more housing propose reclamation. This every conclusion arrived at, has been the result of that wonderful Government departments are be Army in 1907-8. When war broke Whether this is due to a galaxy accommodation.” co-operation and sincerity which the Allies have so signally dis- ing requested to reduce their out he was a tajor. He has of abnormal talent or to a desire
"If you make areas available one dissentient, Ą detailed: played. The peace delegates have encountered trouble from every cable trafic, whilst the Post seen much service in France, was on the part of the critics to let for the Chinese population then survey of the bed of direction, and they have accomplished their aims in the face of Office is supplementing the cable mentioned in despatches four the new comers down lightly in
the sea has been made for almost overwhelming odds, for it seems that they are well on the service by a freer use of wireless. times and given the C. M. G. order that the revival of musical they will not crowd out the way to bring peace to Europe. The Allies have received help from It is sincerely to be hoped that decoration. He is an Officer of entertainments shall not be ham- Europeans. The trouble with the purposes of the proposed no one except themselves, indeed they have received nothing but these measures will opposition from the emeny, who, though they have not been in a situation, which has become holds the Order of the Crown of father imagine that the former is tion is that the Chinese are push-timale of the coat is 31.50 per
ease the the Legion of Honour and also pered, it is difficult to perceive. I regard to the European populareclamation. great position to lend help, do not seem to have tried very hard. decidedly serious to commercial Belgium.
the case, for some of the oldering them out. In former years quare foot of building land Even now the situation in Germany is very critical and what men in the East. There is also constitution exists seems to be unable to cope with the many great delay in the arrival of
hands, such as Cyril Scott, have there were no Chinese in Usine which will become available for Road and other roads which were; lot-holders. It is calculated that difficulties. On one hand, the German Government is threatened Home mails which is bad foed $10 and given the option
distribution among the marine A Chinese boy was to-day not been spared.
ten years ago, the preserves of with a reactionary movement, and on the other with proletarian
handicapping business." Wa
the foreigners. This reclamation ten years will be required to dictatorship. When the newly formed National Assembly first met should like to see rapresentations of 14 days' hard labour for har-
sohenie will put a stop to the en-complete the reclamation. at Weimar, and a central government seemed established, it was made on this subject also, in the ing in his possession 14 catties of Fnotice one writer deals very croachment. Morrison Hill and
The new plan shows two thought that Germany might in a measure find her feet again, but interests both of business houses stolen rice. He was arrested in severely with Elgar and upbraids the reclaimed area in Wanchai blocks of building area; cross results have proved that the present Government is totally incapable and the public in general, Des Voeux Road West, and it that composer for making his should relieve the congestion. It streets eleven in number, each 75 of handling the difficult situation. The masses have lost all con- fidence in it, and are demanding extreme democratic measures.
was stated that he dropped the grave compositions unpalatable is a very big scheme, and nothing feet wide. A glance at the sack of rice and took to his heels to the average concert-goer. has been ear-marked for it by the new plan shows that the Govern the direction of public affairs. In other words, the tendency of the
when he was accosted by a cou have always thought that at times Government. The idea is that meat proses to go further out German people is towards Bolshevism, and the present policy of
stable. His statement that the the composer of the incomparable marine lot-holders should con- than whe original idea, thas moderation which is held by the National Assembly is menaced by at the Peace Conference the sweepings from a rice junk was Circumstance" is addicted to ing the area in front of their Boewhat larger area for build-
It seems that China is raising rice was gathered from the "Garontius" and "Pomp and tribute the actual cost of reclaim-giving to the marine lot-holders a * a wave of anarchy, the results of which have been so clearly demon-question of the foreign garrison disproved by the fact that the rice overstressing the plaintive note. holdings. The cost of the whole, but necessarily increasing strated in other parts of Europe. Up to the present, the Govern-in Peking, the presence of which, showed no traces of dust, and His orotario has never really reclamation will be ascertained the amount of capital to be ex- ment has held out against both the reactionaries and the extremists we are told, hurts the feelings of but it is difficult to say how long it will continue to do so. Germany the younger generation of the was in a clean condition. is now, as ever, the greatest obstacle to the peace of Europe. The Chinese. Unhappily for China,| great question during the next week or two will be how to do away however, there are other feelings At Taikoktami there with this obstacle and so make peace possible at an early date.than these to be considered, and matsaled where the
The German problem is primarily a political one, which must we should much doubt the wisdom engaged
to be completed." be solved by the German people itself, but there is also the economic of the garrison's removal yet works
o the reclamation
"How do you propose taking difficulty, the solution of which will go a long way to set right awhile."
are housed. Yester-
the scheme in hand?" the political difficulties. There can be no question that Germany of means a
China is by no manner day an enterprising thief took Which brings me to a point I "We shall have to lay down is economically in a terrible condition. Up to the present the Allies as yet, and even the Peking absence enter to the matched, in these columns and elsewhere, the sea. We shall have to build Jalpaiguri is offering a reward of
peaceful country advantage of the workmen's have emphasised frequently both tramways from Morrison Hill to have considered that the maintaining of the blockade of Germany Government is watching out for was necessary in order to bring peace, and to ensure that hostilities a possible spread of Bolshevism Gathering all the clothing he Most musical functions are essentia sea wall. All the drains and Bs. 50 for the destruction of a could not be renewed. Lately, however, they have recognised the via Russia. If all China's millions could lay his hands on, he tied ally business propositions of those sewers will also have to fact that the blockade is in a measure responsible for the chaotic were as enlightened and civilised it in a bundle, and to save him- who organise them and-popular extended."
bague oleplant which frequents condition of Germany, and the holding up of the pence, which the as the younger generation "Fself the trouble of carrying it taste has got to Be estined for
the Upper Tandu and Diana. Whole world needs so much. Of all the Allies, France has most referred to, precautions such as down the aim he threw it out of Those who delight in "Salur the question of the cost and the and Dacat on the 9th matsus, at Mr. Chathana was reticent on Forest and attacked Mesars, Lagge 'opposed the lifting of the blockade, but now we learn at the these would not be necessary, the window on to the road bed'Amour" will not put up with period of construction: He could a point where the rom left the alarming state of affairs in Germany has induced Great Britain and But the country is infested with low. the United States to prevail on the French Government to sanction bandits and robbers who might up and took to his heels. A who have realised this fact will holders were unanimously in fourth of a mile south of Sipaha Afterwards he picked it Cyril Scott and those promoters not say whether the marine lot Upper Tandu Forest about three- the partial lifting of the blockade. There is no doubt as to the at any time prove an organised watchman, who saw the whole be in he way of reaping a rich favour of the scheme. What if a Ghat. It subsequently attacked wisdom of such a measure, for a continuance of the blockade could menace to authority. And after only mean that the situation in Germany would grow worse. It past experiences, the foreign occurrence, gave chase and at harvest, which will do more to certain number of holders declin- and killed a pony belonging to seems therefore that the great obstacle in the path of the Peace Powers cannot be blamed for length caught the thief. The help the cause of popular Englished to pay for the reclamation in Mr. Docat. The animal is describ Conference may, in some degree, soon dissappear: only this way being on their guard against Magistrate this morning sent music than any amount of con- front of their properties? They ed as a mukhan 7 ft. 6 in. to 8 will there be any hope for a real peace settlement in Europe. unpleasant contingencies. him to prison for four weeks. troversy.
did not call for the piper and ft. high,
such as socialisation of wealth and the supremacy of the Soviets in THE PEKING GARRISON.
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appealed to popular taste and it and this will be divided among pended by them on the scheme, is years since I have seen mention the holders in proportion to their the principal item in the cost of
of the presentation of "The holdings. It will take some years which is, of course, the ses wall.
workmen Apostles."
A BOGUE ELEPHANT. The Dapaty Comissioner of
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