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în existence: this particul spot. We refer to the NAITO little strip of Ice House Street linking up Queen's Road with Des Voeux Road commanly known as The Rialto. That be
One of the members of the American Bors, who are to give
Among the passengers who left for Home on the Blue Fannel steamer Idomenes were Capt. H. Brewster, Lieut. H. Torr. Lient à. Feilman and Messrs. N. Drummond and J. Miller.
ing the case, we think it high an entertainment on July 3rd, on time the authorities prohibited the Murray Parade Ground, is any but pedestrian traffic clittle Jimmy Brien, a very bright this thoroughfare.. There has eight-year-old singer. been a great improvement e in the regulation of street traffic during recent years, but until the stap now advocated is taken, nothing will prevent the terrible congestion in this bit of street which is an every day As things are, the place is usually crowded with motors, rickshas, chairs and pedestrians, each trying to avoid the other, and a person almost needs to be an acrobat to make the complete journey down the street without getting run down by a motor, receiving a jab in the back from the shaft of a rickaha or
Occurrence.
The Tamba Maru, which arrives here on July 3rd, is bring- ing 42 members of the Columbia Park Boys Club of San Francisco, who will give an entertainment in the evening on the Murray. Parade Gound.
a blow on the head from the Lieutenant Morgan, who some- body of a chair. Such a narrow time ago brought to Hongkong thoroughfare, without any side-from Ramalpindi about a hundred walk whatever, is no place for men of the Hongkong and vehicular traffic of any kind. It Singapore Garison Battery
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the road to pedestrians, for Pedder bay on the 7th instant. Street or Wardley Street are not many yards distant, and both
At about 2.30 p.m. yesterday these ink up Queen's and Des the body of a Chinese boy, who Yoeux Roads. The only persons had apparently been drowned likely to beinconvenienced would whilst bathing, was brought be our friends the brokers, but we ashore by another Chinese boy The rate per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscrip- suppose a little walking now and and placed on the steps leading tions for any period less than one month will be charged as for again would not seriously hurt to the Victoria Recreation Club.
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1919.
THE TSINGTAU QUESTION.
The Committee of the Khalsa We are not going to be so Diwan, an behalf of the Sikh and foolish as to think that because Sindhi Community, have issued Germany has been forced to sign invitations to a tea party. et the Peace Treaty we can lie back Wiseman's Cafe on Thursday, the and expect no more trouble from 10th instant at 5 pm. in honour the Huna. The fact that German of Mr. P. P. J Wodehouse, Army officers bave sworn that D.S.P., who has been given the they will forcibly resist the honour of the Order of C. I. E. extradition of General Ludendorff.. is a straw to show the direction
A-CHARMING HAT, WITH UPTURNED BRIM AT THE BACK.
Designs of the Moment by Sacha.
At present it is.
and that of very infe Thus the main article of krobly increased.
These poor people have tha no maressed wages to help me this cost household servant ricksha poolies and Similar class.
No wonder the ricks demanda a 10-den shortest of runs.
Something could surel
to lessen the cost unoassary food
ras and
camiot afford to demand all round in etcetxrak He has his aressed living expenses and most cases noc incressed aither. Could not the Govern¬ ment ease the situation by non- trolling prices 224
Yours eta
SYMPATHISER.
|Hongkong, July 2, 1919.
RICKSHA COOLIES
BATTER.
FIGHT OVER FIVE-CENT
PARES
The local ricksha coolies havờ evidently on their own 3000unt? fixed a limit on the fares, from what transpired in a case which has come, before • MARE Hutchison
A large number of these cocline indulged in a fight at Sunday night in Canton Road, Kowloon The rival factions were the Ma
"One of the new summer hats that is really pretty and becoming cut up to show the chignon and without any aggressive freakish made of dull blue varnished strawness of outline or trimming. with ribbon to match. The lin A return to the barbaric in and Ho clans. The scooptar ing is of Japonica-red crepon: regard to women's clothes is by a Ma clan boolie of
very important threatened.
The proposal is for an extremely called for reproaches on the
cent piece from a passenge A little scrap" indulged in thing to remember when buying in which the wind is blowing, ad by two Chinese, which had its millinery this season is simplicity. lavish use on women's dresses, of a He clan coole who asked the same may be said of the origin in a dispute over some A large single flower, a wreath, a coat, and hats of gaudy coloured him, in expressive terms,
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The one
of
in the Fatherland by the acceptan unexpected
way for the form the trimming on most of the beads (writes a fashion authority) mirserable sum
similar in type and no more de-and-thus ance of the Treaty.The crowds parties. Whilst they were "havsmart hats.
degrade the in these demonstrations, we are ing it out," the Police came up. A large French sailor is offensible esthetically than the riçksha pulling profession and told, traversed the principel took each of them by the collar, shiny straw in putty colour, crade glass and metal objecta
mkeit unprofitable. streets singing war and imperial and brought them before. Mr bound with satin to match and that, among some tribes, still
the old R. O. Hutchison to-day. They trimmed with blue wings. Anse not only as amament, but coolies ensued, which as more wwordy, war "between the two songs and cheering Generals, whilst there is even were bound over. It was stated original small hat is of yellow as full dress! talk of the
coolies joined in, developed into officers
with black Bead trimmings we have had of that a large crowd of spectators straw underlined the 1914 Army organising and gathered round the belligerents satin. There is a pretty wreath before, but this movement is to a general clan fight, in which the of pink roses and foliage, and four carry the idea very much further lost sight of and only clan batred original cause of the trouble was entering Holland to protect the [to enjoy the sight of the fight. ex-Kaiser. The idea at the back i
bows of blue picot edged ribbon than a mere decorative scheme, was given full rein to. of all this is to show the world An attempt at armed robbery come at the back. A very some of the earliest effects put
is covered with forward by the originators show
About 100 coolies joined in, the that the great majority of the in Kowloon City was fustrated by pretty hat Germans do not accept responsibi- the arrest of a Chinese early fade-green georgette underlined ing garments literally festooned weapons which played the principal part being bamboo poles. lity for the war. Well, it is yesterday morning. Sergeant with pale grey and trimmed with with beads of the coarsest which were wielded with such rather late in the day now to talk Cockle. who made the arrest, a wreath of coloured flowers, and pearance, and as mixed in colour vigour that two coolies were along those lines; the plain fact is concealed himself in a tea house, a large hat of black satin has al as the slides of a spectroscope. stretched out on their backs. that the German people supported and, and noticing a man whose crown of pale pink straw, a large These, of course, are of moderate the wär movement from the very movements in going up
For fully three-quarters of pink rose and green foliage as size, but there is a liberal sprink- an hour the fight raged, start and would continue the staircase, aroused his suspicions, trimming.
ling of the largest specimens and, having gathered such head- fighting even now if they had the had him arrested. When the
They say no woman ever com wherever their weight, which in way, was difficult for the Police least chance of succeeding. We man was searched, a revolver mitted suicide on her way to buy the aggregate is considerable, canto quell. Twenty policemen shall need to keep a sharp eye on was found on his person. It is a pair of silk stockings. Certain be disposed about the wearer. We have not heard much of late concerning Sun Yat-sen, the these Germans to the very end; stated that he belonged to a gang it is that no woman could think The idea shows the creative turned out, and after some erstwhile Generalissimo of the Canton Military Government, who they are capable of anything. Let of armed robbers who were re of unhappiness with the lure of a faculty among fashion artists in exertion, cleared the Geld and new hat in front of her eyes. its most jaded character. It is They were brought up before. Mr
captured eight of the combat made sharp tracks for Shanghai when he realised that he had no us not make the mistake of cently arrested. troops to support him. Nose, apparently, can hold office long in thinking that all is over with
A new straw hat puts fresh not expected that it will find any Hutchison on remand at China unless he can count ou military backing, the absence of the signing of the Treaty.
A Chinese living in Hollywood energy into every normal woman. favour except among a few freak the Police Court to-day and were which accounts for Dr. Sun's disappearance from the political field. FRANCE'S FINANCES.
Road, accused a Chinese woman She just can't wait to buy one! dressers of the notoriety-hunting bound over Now, Sun Yat-sen is not a man for whom we have a great deal of
of having stolen his parse con Once bought, it never rests long type. time, but we have just come across an article written by him on the France is causing a good deal before Mr. R. E, Lindsell to-day must be worn!
The financial situation intaining $1.30. He gave evidence in its gaily flowered bandbox. It question as to why China feela animosity towards Japan, and some of disquietude. The franc has that he saw the woman whom he
"Dazzle" sunshades are now When one reviews the charm- certainly clear and very much to the point. There is much in it touched 29 to the pound sterling. taking the purse from a jacket have given us this year there is blue. They are likely to be the the tri-colours red, white, and with which we cannot agree, such, for instance, as the reiterated The depreciation is said to be due which assertions that Shantung was given to Japan by the Entante, Powers
the small wonder that the sales of hung од as a reward for inducing China to become one of the Allies. That cial relations between France and of the occurrence was that she ed. From the begining of January
to the modification of the finan-wall The woman's version millinery have been unprecedent-vogue for Peace celebrations. It is when we come to Dr. Sun's reply to Japan's claim to financial circles is rather uneasy. The dust bin in the kitchen. The sought the first offerings of fash-seen on hats and coats.
Great. Britain. The feeling in found the purse whilst emptying when winter resort "habitues" Festoons of gaudy beads are Tsingtan by right of conquest that we
find him putting France has been
.Played on the 88th Co.'s ground forward, his soundest argument. He points out that the
relying too Chinese was extremely naughty ion, until now, there has been a
at Happy Valley on Monday, and American and British troops recaptured from the Germans much on the German indemnity He came up behind her and pas constant demand for hats, and
won by the St. Joseph's College The sunshade that matches by 31 gaures. The following are towns and cities in Europe,
instead of putting her house in his arm round her shoulders yet more hats. aggregating order, though, happily, as far as Being a pert young lady, she
The old-fashioned woman's the hat and has large tassels the scores territory a hundred times larger than Tsingtau, by sacrifices and indemnities are concerned, her seized à bamboo pole, and, swing. panacea for all its was to buy a hanging from the spokes is most sufferings a million times greater than those of the Japanese, and hopes will probably be realised. ins is round, dealt the man a new hat, that being one of her popular.
CA Goldenberg and O.Ismail. yet every inch of these lands was restored to the rightful owners. The French people are already hard crack on his head, to teach chief pleasures of life.
beat G. Q.M. S. Talford and Sgt. Then, in dealing with the point that China, having achieved little heavily taxed, but the burden has him inauers. This, she informed travelled a long was since then,
Davis 8/3 best C/8 M. Pragnell for the Allied cause, should дот
One of the new colours is steel and Cp. Bames beat Br he, shows that although the Poles and Czechs accomplished French Government, in order to the The man had brought up this and the buying of a pretty new
covet Japan's laurels, been increased. For instance, the Mr. Lindsell, was all that was in but a little of the old Eve remains, blue shot with purple.
Amy and L/Cp. Kirby 10/1 very little in the war, territories that were captured from them raise revenue to meet reconstruc charge to wipe off the score. The bat is still a very pleasurable and
8. Sepher and J. Silva beat C by Austria and Germany over a hundred years ago were returned tion expenditure, has just levied
Q.M. S. Talford and Bgt. Daris to them. To make his point doubly strong. Dr. Sun adda that Den new faxes, amounting to 1,280
Magpie gloom-dispelling occupation. But
6/5; beat CM. E. Pragnell and mark remained neutral throughout the war and did not lift a hand to million francs and is about to
be sure that you choose a hat fashionable than ever this year.
Cp. Baines 8/3; beat Br. Any support the Allies, yet her territories that were captured by Ger-float a loan of £25 millions. It is Arms, which the Police think Diany sixty years ago are being restored to her. Is it not therefore also intended to levy a tax on the were intended for an armed reasonable and just, he asks, for China to expect the uncondi- tional restoration of Tsingtau? From that standpoint, Dr. Suns consumption of gas, electricity, robbery were discovered by them arguments are unanswerable, for there can be no question as to who tobacco, fermented liquora. coffee, on Sunday in a latrine in Kow- THE EMPIRE REVUE CO. mannerisms and quaint Cockney is the rightful owner of Shantung. The only unfortunate thing is additional taxes will also be levied Chinese, said to be sex- sugar and mineral waters, while loon City Previous to this a that the Chinese have themselves somewhat prejudiced their case on deeds, leases and watches. soldier, was · arrested by the making of secret agreements with Japan which have This is fair indication of the
Chinese-detective strengthened the latter's Fold on the territory in dispute. But we desperate straits the present Kowloon City Road, and the readily believe that those agreements are repugnant to the bulk of Government is in The Customs information elicited the Chinese people interesting themselves in the country stature.
of the argument contained in it concerning the Tsingtau question is depreciated considerably and has employed as a rabbish carrier,ing creations which the milliners being sold in the West End with U IOR TENNIS LEAGUE.
is exaggeration, to say the least of it.
innumerable
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case proceeded.
which consisted of two
It is quite evident that, peace ur ne peace, the Chinese intend duties are to be increased also led to the finding of the
« this Shantung question aliye, North and South, for once:
we have no
We Go not any the. Trong pation, but these things are inevitable just now!
We have
LETS GO" AT THE
THEATRE ROYAL.
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88TH CO. R.GAVA ST: JOSEPH'S COLLEGE
| L/Cn. Kirby 8/3;4
Ismail and Ismail lost to q
M. 8. Talford and Sgt. Davis 5/6-
beat C. MS. Pagnell and C accent made a great hit. He Baines 74 beat Br. Amy and was ably supported by Miss L/Cp. Kirby 6/5 Hyland who sang in good style "The Garden of Italy" and e
For You & Rose." The pro gramme was a pot pourri of fim: and follity, each member of the troupe giving an exhibition of in his or her ability. Dot Far and
M. Bertie gave a hat box
dance and & hornpipe. The artiste, Prof.
The twentieth century has
what.
TYPHOON WARNING