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WORLD TENNIS,
DAY BY DAY.
IT CAN NEVER BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOLITIĘ TO DO. RIGHT,
There have been some great struggles in the world's tennis championships at Wimbledon. In the challenge round of the Indies Empress of Russia for Yokohama. Miss May Lashirel left by the singles compitition the same where she is to be married to Mr. [twp Ladies appeared na lans H. do Conroy,
var Mrs. Lambert Chambera and Mils Langlan, This time, however, the former was the The
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TO-DAYS MISCELLANE
Havana, I am told, is over- stocked with rice, and, what is] more, a number of mushroom graphy? saka Hubert Stringar In Do motheum: wirakos fele= firma dealing in this cereal have|the Inly Mail, Thin-query is ure gune to the wall in San Francisco, not nearly so grolesque as it may, It might interest some of the at frat appear. During the pair- The financial situation in the some of the San Francisco firms moths of certain species are
firms in the Colony to know that fing season in the month of June: Colony is still bad, and there lahad sold their goods three times observed to communicants with liner Kildonan Castle no prospect of an improvement before they came in for their each other over distances as Is of great organic purity. Chemically its com-challenger, whereas • year arrived on Saturday from the for another four months, Week profits. Suppose "A" is the great as one of two miles by
So ahe was holder of the North with Czech troops and is after week them parcalates the agent of a mashroom firm is some position is identical with one of the best known natural ile. Last year's match will now lying at the naval
means pakuowa. A long be remembered in the sunals chorage.
nows of some big local firm being Hongkong. Ho bays rice, female Vapourer moth. for `spri`gs in Europe.
of championship tennis, For Mrs.
in financial distress. There is sells it to "B
say, at 10 cents a pioul. He instance, enclosed in a wooden in San Fran-pillbar, will attract males of Lambert Chambers lost her title
strong report that of important cisco A Chinese girl, 15 years of age | firm bas suffered a heavy loss in in his tara sella in to "C" in Nuw, it is not by scent that the for 11 cents, and its species from all directions of lady champion after she only needed one solitary point to retain was yesterday injured in a motor silk. An American firm, that has San Francisco for 1 cents, whilst position of the female moth is dis- it ille
Lenglen won that car accident at Canton Road, branches throughout China, is "C" in turn disposes of it for 13 covered, since the males will, contest by 106 +6, 97. That Kowloon. She was laten removed reported to be in the soup, "cents. In other words, the "ly by approach down wind; can it be the British ex-champion has been to the Kwong Wah Hospital.
whilst another American firm has night" concern doing business in by a wound of some frequency in- in great form is shown by her
also suffered a serious loss the Colony does not get the best audible to human ears, for a victories in this year's semi-final
tipplates and
price because he has not the female may be encloved in a proper agent in the States. These sound-proof box and the males. kang baa cut out its export aware of it. A marchapt who Entomologists so far have shelved not will still unerringly find her.. department, and is now going has just come from the United this mystery under the head of seriously into machinery, as it States had a fol to fall of the communication by some means thinks there is a big future for rascality of some of the mushroom) unknown," and there in the text- machinery in China. Another arms in San Francisco. Suppose. books the matter rests. It is pow European firm has lost an anor for argument's sake, that a firm, high time that experiments were we will call it San Pedro and made upon the supposition that Guimmares, staris out on busi» wireless talegraphy may afford a ness to-morrow as commission solution. If this should prove to The "By by night" firms (a very agents, etc. It gets hold of a be the fael'it will undoubtedly be happy Americanism) that ware Directory of San Francisco. found that electromagnetic waves reported to be in trouble over rice. It is interested in essential oils of exceedingly short wave length hare most of them succeeded in It finds John Francis and Co are employed. Now, light is an Bottling their accounts by paying listed as essential oil merchants. electro-magnetic wave of vary Amongst the passengers who
the Chinese dealers a third of the It straightway writes to John shart wave-length; both glow
were Col and Mrs. J. E. You payable within two years, while Hongkong, and asking for bank-there is nothing so very improbable left by the Empress of Russia difference in rash and another Francis and Co. and offers to act worms and Grellies erit light one-third in promissory notes a their representatives in under similar ecnditions, so that Me and Mrs. W. Dunbar, Mr the dealer has agreed to foregoing references. A bank in San in the emission of slightly longer, and Mrs. A. V. Apear, Mr. C. G. the remaining one-third of the Francisco tells the firm here that and bence invisible, waves by Alabaster, Mr. A. O, Lang, Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin. Mr. W. J. claim. In some cases the arrange John Francis is a firm of some other insects. Observed facts seem Oce of the finest of the Morrison, Mr. Walter Makepeace, mens was that one-third be standing. This is not sufficent, to land colour 40 American players, Tildes, has the well-known Straits journalist one-third by monthly instal- of doing business at all costs, besides acting as feelars, may paid in cash, and the remaining but the mushroom fino, desirous Moths have antenne. These, in the challenge round of the won the right to meet Patterson
ments. One firm that has been buys for the firm in San Fran serve another nas-that of trans- On Saturday afternoon aspeculating rely in rice is cises, and eventually finds mitting and receiving serials.. gents competition. He has be worthily qualified for the bonour, steamers, the Taishus, in the financial stails, with liabilities been dealing with a brassless the transmitter, differ in design
sampan bound for one of the reported to be in very serious to his cos: that
he bas The antene of the female, who is Ltd.too. A great effort was made by harbour, capsized. and the amounting to three-and-a-half corporation. How many of the from those of the male, who Shimidza, the Japanese exponent, occupants were thrown into the million dollars and assets ameant-speculative concerns bere know receives: that also agrees with to win through the competition water. Fortunately everyone wing to three or less than three the intricacies of the standing of wireless practice. Moreover, the and though he has not succeeded rescued. including Chinese millions.
male motb, when approaching the he has done really wonderfully. female passenger who bemoaned To count the French champion, the loss of her property, which
female, is seen to slight often in Gobert, as well as Mavrogordato, she values at $100.–
an uncertain manner swinging hia anianus,mash as an operator=" amongst those whom he osted
swings A wireless direction. finding frame to discover for
mous sum in rice.
The Gazette of, India of 29th in the aplain) Campbell, attach- 60 and 6-3, whilst Miss Ryan ed 74th Punishis, so the sab the clever Californian player) stantative rank of Captain, with could only register three games effect from 20th February. against her in the final. AD through the sasson Afra. Lambarsį Chambers has been playing The Hongkong Polo Team. magnificently, and it is only in beaded by the Hon. Aft, Jabe accordance with that she has done so well at for the Keswick Cup at Shanghai. expectations Johnstone, which is to compete Wimbledon. Of late we have nor left by the Empress of Russia our heard a great deal of Mlle. Sunday. The team Includes present world Major Timmis, Captain Beaver champion, until the week-end) and Mr. J. J. Patterson. news of her victory" against Mrs. Lambert Chambers in the chall- eage round. The fact that she fully retained her wonderful skill wan so easily shows that she has and that she thoroughly deserves
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1920.
HONGKONG AND WIRELESS.
to retain the title.
WHAT OF THE GENTS ?
is something of which he may well be proud. And be pat up
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A very curious feature of the whole of this sorry business is)
all the firms they do business with in the United States?
The rice market is just beginn- the fact tha: most of these "fying to look up. Italy i buying
redeemed?
The
trouble cannot affect
Shanghai
B3
the idea.
the vexatious, and eestly delays of the present cable system to/tralians contested the title. Pa | Willpbire Regt. held a successful room firms weeted out, for that basis, whereas in Shanghai it could then be constructed to set
open to business men, to the Press and others,
ed the prizea.
the
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The Manager of the Hougkong by night" firms, realising that and a few orders have been placed what direction signala emanste, magnificent Branch of the Banque In-they were going under," speen-by the Phillippines. Enquiries Tests could easily be carried out. fight in the foal round, too, for dustrielle de Chine bas justilated in raw sugar. Like drown-from San Francisco have not The first would be to enclose althongh Tilden won by three received the following telegraming men, they graboed this straw, resulted in business as the offer the Tamale in a box of metat straight sets, there was only a from Paris The annual and, as fortune would have it, is G.600 cal per 100 lbs. for or wire cat which word cut difference of six games on the general meeting of the share-sugar boomed inprice, and helped | Saigon long-
off any wireless wares." If then total and the last set want no holders of the Basque In fustrielle the mushroom firms that lost
males consistently did not come fewer than 24 games before afde Chice was held on the 25th in rice to recover a part of their decision was reached. So there June. A nett profit of francs losses in sugar. Hence they
The fear has been expressed to that box, this fact would tend сал be no
question about 16,240,000 has been announced. have not gone to the wall. In that the piecegoods crisis into support the wireless theory. Shimidzu's right to a place The paid dividend has been fixed other words, sugar and promissory Shanghai would affect the market Detinile proof, however, could amongst the world's best players to 1 per cent. The balance of notes saved the situation for our here, but this is unfounded. only be obtained by making the There is not a British commercial house in Hongkong but what Britain is not so strong in gentle francs 9,305.000 having been friends. The question is: Will Hongkong the situation in oth's signals" audible. As must be interested in the news that was received in the Colony on men as in lady players, for once carried forward in' reserve these promissory notes ever be the piece-goods market insurpris-aming that the antennae of the female are the transmitters, a Saturday regarding Imperial wireless telegraphy. It is a mattez again neither of the world's account."
It is questionable. ingly good.
rough idea of the length of the that is so bound up with the progress of Britain's commercial championship inalists are Eng-
This is an artificial tiding over business in the piece-goods inde wave used could be obtained by strength that it has a direct appeal to all. One bas only to think of lish men. Lut year, two Aus-
The Sergeants' Mess of the liked to see some of these mush-
of the troubles, and I should base bere is done on the local currency calentation; diminutive circuit realise the truth of that statemen; and it takes but little imagination; terson
Being successful in to conjure up a picture of the tremendous benefits that would accrue resting the championship from whist drive in Murray Bartacks do a lot of harm to the trade done on the gold basis. Another on the moth-signals by if an efficient wireless service were inaugurated which would be Norman Brookes. Stith if not bad weather, 29 tables were been speculating with others be lost sight of is the measura
on Friday evening. Despite the of
Colony, Thes
important thing that must not ference" and make them audible
in a telephone receiver. Englishman, Patterson is a British We have previously commented on this matter and it has been Empire player, and he is in every occupied. The winners were money. In this case it bas fallen ment and make-up. Those in
Successful aeroplanes of vary raised in our own Legislative Council by question. At that time way a worthy opponent for Tilden Ladies-1st. Miss Mag (150): to poor Johs to stand the rogue in the Hongkong market there was nothing definite known and all our local Government to meet. In this match a great Witt (140 4th, Mrs., Taltam
2nd, Mrs. Burdin (146); 3rd. Mrs-brunt.
are quite different to Shangbai's, low horse-power bave been could ay was that it had no knowledge of how Hongkong's interests fight may be saticipated.
and what sells in Shanghai can produced, but so far there is no were being looked after. It has long been felt that. Hongkong is
(139) booby, Mr. Gillett (111).
so be disposed of in our market instance of a machine being flown being handicapped by being out of public wireless touch with other OUR PRINCE.
Geals-1st. Sgt. Smith, Wilts Rgt. large centres of the world. All that we have is the D'Aguilar
(147) 2nd, Mr. Smith (146) 3rd. is better than co
On the principle that half a loaf So there is no fear of Shanghai by manpower for any distance Station, with its limited ship-te-shore capacity. Stonecutter's that there is little probability of a Irvine (145) booby, Mr. Roberts to come to a sellement with the Bradford are quite firm.
Hongkong extremely secrets Mr. Underwood (116) 4th, Mr. Chinese dealer has been obliged has prices in Manchester and gine (observes the Children's bread, the fooding the local market with although there have been many.
piece-goods. It is a good sign attempts to manage without an doesn't count so far as practical public service goes. And now. if visit to this Colony of the Prince (13). R. Q. M. S. Miller was defaulters. Some of them offered the report of this Imperial Committee is acted upon. Hongkong will of Wales, who has been apus de 3. C. and R., S. M. Blake present as little as 50 cents per picul as
Newspaper.) Experiments have been carried out by French, be brought into a very important and potential scheme of public wire cribed as a great ambassador of les. This is really big news for the Colony and marks a very distine: Empire and who has since the war
aircraft company for some time. diference to the Chinese desler The outlook in the metals with a kind of bicycle with wings, step in its evolution. To look for a moment at the Report we see that seen for himself so many of the
in settlement, and when this was market is stilly gloomy. There but no great success has attended it is the belief of the Committee that to connect various parts of the possessions over which be will Hongkong is to be introduced atly rejected, many of the firms have been heavy arrivals from their efforts, the machine only Empire by wireless liss would result in meeting essential strategic one day rule. It will be recalled to a new theatrical Company to raised a cry that they would go the United States and the United rising from the ground and hop- needs besides the establishment of a reliable, expeditious and that some time back an invitation, morrow night, when the Legland into bankruptcy. Joba China-Kingdom, and consequently there ping for a few feet. Another economical official, commercial and press traffic. The cost is stated in the name of the Colony, was Hodgson Revue Company, of man" did not care farthing is a fear that prices will recede rather ingenious maobine bas to be something under a million and a quarter sterling, but the extended to His Royal Highness thirty artistes. will
whether these "fy by night" con- fifteen per cent. although they been invented by a Stirlingshire system would have to earn £425,000 annually to defray charges to include Hoogkong in his This talented party. which cerns went into bankruptcy or bare gone down much during the farmer. It has wings that fap including interest and amortisation. It is expected that the earn- Australian tour, either on the comes direct from Landon, is not. He preferred to see the past three weeks. There has like a bird's and therefore so ings would be only £325,000, leaving an annual loss of £100,000. outward or homeward journey, only playing two nights here at becoms bankrupt than to accept been a small demand from Jara propeller is necessary. The The Report goes on to declare, very soundly, that this small but that an official intimation present, as it is on its way North. fty cante per picul in settlement and other ports south of Hang-motive power is supplied by the temporary loss would be negligible in comparison with the Imperial was received by the local Govern- The booking is going strongly at against some even dollars per kong for wire pallatin platse, working of the aviator's legs. benefits conferred, and it is that fact which should be borne in ment to mind when an execution of the recommendations is being consider arrangements for the tour wade a large house will gather to give The majority of the firms in the been an appreciation from 16 to 22 bas succeeded in rising on a few the effect that the Mouirie's, and we have no doubt picut that had to be paid 83 galvanised sheets and round bars, which must be a very firing difference on their commitments. In galtsmised sheets there has operation, and so far the inventor ed. There are some things which are worth spending money to this impossible. Since abeo, bratty welcome to the Com secure and we fully believe that if this scheme were to cost twice and during the Prince's stay pany, as Hongkong theatre-goers Colony bought rice at $15 per cents per pound, and also an in-feet. Even if aeroplanes can the annual deficit that is expected it would still be worth while. in Australia, it has been report-have pleasant recollections of pical, and at the present market crease in lead, both b.b.p. and, be Although it might not earn for itself the needed revenue it would ed
wade to By successfully that he intended re-3. Leyland Hodgson when he rate there is a difference of some b.b.p. advancing from $12.25 to without an engias, such fly- certainly earn more for the Empire. and that is what should be turning Home.vis China and was here some kina aimed at. The details that Reuter gave of the various stations it is Judia. That rather looked as another Company.
ago in seven dollars. It speaks well of $13.75 per picat. Higher prices ing. although within the our Chinese rice merchants that are anticipated as the stocks of reach of all as regards expense, is proposed to be established need hardly be recounted here. for though an alteration of plans bad
they had expressed a willing-b.hp. lead are scarce in the Colony, hardly likly to be popular, for It the central fact so fares we are concemed is that Hongkong is been made, but we now learn
ness to forego two dollars per Wire nails have gone up from will be hard work. Machines included among a series of commercial contres that makes the that there is little probability of When charged before Mr. N. Lpicul, take two dollars in cash,{$14.25 to $17 per keg for bise with engines of small horts- scheme one of tremendous value. And as time went on that series the Royal visitor coming this Smith, at the Police Court this and some three dollars in sizes, this increase in price being power will be the back-garden would doubtless be made more comprehensive than is now suggested. way; he is likely to proceed moming with matching en promissory notes payable within due principally to the demand aeroplanes of the future.
The truth of the phrase "Time is money" is becoming more direct to India from the An- umbrella from a Chinese woman two years, It is, therefore, from Java and Saigon. Tin plates and more emphasised by modern commercial methods. In these tipodes. Hence Hongkong's re-in a jewellery shop, a Chinese due to the good sense of the here are cheaper than the replac days of competitive buying and selling it is the man who is in first greis. We hare all watched biefstated that he was ools per- Chinese rico raerchants that ing cost. You can get tin plates respondence with Lord Robert The publication of his cor who counts. Hongkong, with its fluctuating exchange, is peculiarly with deep admiration this young forming the gallant act of picking serious crisis has been averted in here for G. $9.50 per case, the Cecil, of which he express In need of quickly trasmitted informallen and how costly cable Prince's recent activities. It it up from the floor for the the Colony. All the rice claims price in America to-day being disapproval, is not Lord Curzon's delays have been of Iste could be told by practically every merchant would have been a joy to us all lady who had dropped it. have not been settled as yet, as 11.50 per case. Stocks of most first unintentional appearance in bere. Ass newspaper we are not disinterested in the project and to have seen him visiting our The Magistrate then requested they have not all matured. A classes of steel and iron products print. Years ago (says the Star). the reading public have an equal abare in that interest. The shores.
bio to cast his mind lot of rice had been purchased for in the Colony are very heavy, and when he was Under-Secretary it. telegram that brought us this news took no fewer than five days to
back over period of fre this month, for text and Beptem- the accuurolations, as a result the Foreign Office, he amusel travel and if business telegrams take as long, it means that we are,
years and endeavor to call up a bar. This goes to prove that the of arrivals of cargoes from the himself by commenting in the apart from purely local happenings, living five days behind the
scene in Victoria Goal in which firms in Hongkong have been United States and the Unitel margin, in terms far from com times. One can easily see bow by a system of wireless we should
The was depicted as a convict speculating and not doing a Kingdom, have served to demor-plimentary, on the grammar of f be linked closer to the Home Country and also to all those other
serving a term for a criminal legitimate business. The Chinese alise the markets. There has been dispatch from a very distinguishi parts of the Empire of which we are not so insignificant a part as states that official advices con-youngster who pursued the honest sacrifice that he has done, simply quicksilver, from $164 to $152 per is horr, when he discovered A telegram from Mexico City offence. "Five years ago I was a dealer has been able to make the further decline in the price of ed public servant in the Far Hash Fous would fain believe. All that Hoogkong can do now is to wait so the sport that President trade of a hawker replied the as a result of the big profits be pleal, owing to the Japaner that his criticisms had be and see how this Report will be accepted by the Home Government, Carrsoza was killed whilst asleep, thief to his worship, A sentence made last year, and rather than displaying a keen desire to dump ofreulated as marginal comments. but the waiting will be accompanied by the hope that we shall see He and General Molina were the of three month bard labour was destroy the good name of the their stuff on the Hongkong with the Bipe}}Book__msy⇒ a fruition and that in consequence Hongkong's position in the Orient only two killed. will be strengthened.
Colony he has volunteered to market.
Jainglued.
CARRANZA'S LAST SLEEP,
Inflicted.
appear.
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