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Japan's Population.
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Shimamura Hiroshi,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1: 1920.
DAY BY DAY.
IN PRACTICE THERE 18 NO MAS TOLERANT.—Gorike.
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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1990).
THE WORLD IN CONFERENCE.
We are leanas a hit the stage about the League of Nations
members of the team
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onset of
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LINES 'FROM LINKCUMDODDIE.
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people's verdict is to give a mild psuedo-legal birds that sit in pur Rafinition of the situation. The courts,
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"Pussyfooters," like the other Now supposa Iware to say extremists I've been talking" Want a bacana, Bill?" and you Moderate Minds
about, "also ran." A
Prohibition (nodded; all that would happen of contrast the views that have just
good or bad, tolerable or intoler-after would be Labour Washout-Scotland able, practical or impractical, two
■ quick grab, been expressed by a Japanese The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has Still Sober but Wet-An was for the people of Scotland to in the W.P.B.
mouthfuls and the skin vernacular journal, the lum issued an effective wall calendar. Income Tax Warning-The decide. And they have. Folks again
But suppose and a Japanese official, De bearing a Japanese snow scene.
the other band, On the It is so arranged as to display a Pot and the Kettle Six-that glower at the moon ower that I was
careful.sort subject of their country's birth- week's dates in bold letters, with pence per Cackle Theng generally end up wi faing of parson, not given to chucking rate. The Yamatu evinces con- three months details in smaller Stomach Blockaded, "From
in the midden. That's where fruit about and I entrusted the siderable disquietudo because, | type,
Pussyfoot" is in Scotland the transaction to |"contrary to the general belief, the
Scenes like these-".
day. He'll need to try a more would he do? Ah! how we'll a lawyer what population in the country is on
[esaily_gulled” and Biore 8th Nov, 1920.
com-have to be careful over this placent people. A winkin' cat's business. Better have it in writ- Dear S.
no' aye blin.' proceeds to inculcate the fathar ployed by a road contractor were been a byonlinar lot of talk
ng, copied four times and a For a long time back there's)
photographed copy deposited in theory that a falling population rendered homeless by the out-going on in this country-by that of the public-house system in Tephraseology would boon these Age, the heavy vote in favour Vaults of the H.K. and S.B. means national decay. Rome in break, and they were received for 1 mean Great Britain-leaving Scotland has astonished no lines: "I hereby give convey olden times and France to-day be the night into the building of the Ireland out at the moment, for few. Because the ministers for invest to you all and singular my ing duly brought into the picture American Pentecost Mission. etc.oenforce the lesson. An assertion
in ut shot-up isle they've got once united were almost solid for estate interests right tills claim of a decreasing Japanese popula
past the talking stage. There Prohibition. Some folks see the and advantages of and in the tion is matter for satytise,
First situation as Captain II. W. W. Hope, C.B.are three kinds of talkers.
a challenge to the said banana together with all its Pipes, and we see that the Estates who served some years ago on the there's the man wi the legili-kirk. Some tow as for instance skin pulp and black spots (if any) subsequently that the decrease is China Station and recently gave mate grievance-lots of them have voted solid for "no change." and all rights and advantages only relative. This means, in up the command of the light and those grievances should be I wonder what percentage of therein with full power to bite holders, reality, that while the balance of cruiser Darinnath on the South removed. Nex: in sun is the town's folks attend the kick cut chow and or otherwise eat births over deaths is not so large America Station, has taken up man who talks for the sake of even once on a Sunday. In this the same and give away the same as formedy it is stid distinetly the duties of naval member of the talking-lats of them, as well temperance battle the kick has no including black bits (ifans) with or large. it is a large that. as Ordnance Board. He is a well- and who may be left talking, doubt done it's best-bat it's a without the skin or pulp and any. Dr. Hiroshi points out,it amounts known gunnery specialist
And lastly we have the man second best at that, which only thing hereinbefore or hereinafter 16 something like three-quarters of
whose chief end seems to be the goes to show that the Church in mentioned in this deed or in any million
overthrow of the British con- Scotland as lover for righteous other deeds instrument or instru- A year, which 12 naturally gives the doctor reason kok to Laichikak a ricksha coolie offhand without any more ado. The situation will have caused what ret
Whilst taking a fare from Monstitution he should be banged ness is a bit short in the handle. ments of whatever nature or kind to pause as to what going was last night set upon by two And that's an honest fact.
to the contrary became of them all, particularly robbers on the Taipo Road, and
much searching of hearts among fan in a 3 wise notwithstanding." if they are to be excluded from relieved of bis day's earnings past year there was no biding to labour for social good. But train among uncharted forests Try as Reuter could during the those whoss work and hobby it is Anancy a man who had been Other countries, as the Cali- formats are seeking to do,
which amounted to a sum of $1.50. the family skeleton. Now that 5e canns' run away from the facts of we like the foregoing, get- He was also divested of his jacket. the municipal elections are past There's lots of things happening ting o is Japan is more densely populat-
in his though, our family bogey is lock in Scotland that no Scot worthy he was only trying to > a poor policeman who fed per square mile then the The passenger who was
United Kingdom, and her vitaliksha promptly took to his healsed up and the key hidden where of the name can see and hear of make the bench
at the statistics, from the standpoint of
attack the neighbours eanos' find it. In without causing uneasiness but ordinary English. fecundity and excess over deaths
other words the polls have shown in these TNT times the line of compare favourably with those)
without any possible doubt what-the least resistance is no to be The following appointment of the Western Powers. Under have been made to the gun-boat Communista, Sovietiam and all door of every public-bouse and let the other day. One of my old ever that Labourism, Extremisma. despised. Turn the key in the attempt at robbery in our town There was a somewhat serious these circumstances it is imflotilla on the Chinese rivers the other "lams" of the ilk bave the football fields out for sheep friends, the grocer, charged 76 probable that the impending Acting-Lieutenant P. G. Gilmore got it where Sadie wore the neck grazios and what will follow for s dozen cs and a somewhat Japanese rensus with disclose to the Cricket; Acting-Lieutenant lace in the neck. cause for concern on the score of t. W. E. Vorlen to the Mantis has won all along the line in Hongkong again first beltore they tunately, it was not possible to
Moderation Search me. But let me back to attenuated diminishing population.
paper bag. Acting-Lieutenant G. D. Stokea municipal, temperance and in-start social reform on these lines get away wit the hoory. to the Cockchafer Acting-Lieut-dustrial affairs. British Boxers.
enant L. P. Lane to the Moth;
wi' the country in the unsettled Now the egg is again ander state it is to-day. It'll be much control. Only last week news came of to the Cicala: Acting-Lieutensat!
Acting-Lieutenant C. E. 1. Gibbs
Bot the maximum the sunn.ary defeat of Joe Becketts P. Mitchell has been posted to was turned on in England-and-Reuter's palaid version, than go higher this year than last for all Age, when the electoral tap better to read about, even a price for the fresh variety is at the hands of the American. the light cruiser Cairo, China Wales-end Scotland last week, through on the spot. No, as things that. It would appear that the Frank Moran, and now the cable Station, and Actiog-Lieutenan: Labour, in more places than they are at present. the tavern and farther we get away from the tells that the Frenchman, Balzac, K. W. B. Herver has been posted tow care to remember, cxperienc- sport save men from themselves war the higher prices should go. has vanquished the British to the light cruiser Colombo, same ed a complete washout. Where and help them, no so much to Now I'm prepared to believe that middle-weight champion. Tom
the elections were conducted on forget as to keep them from there are very good reasons for Gummer. Moran has occupied a
frankly political lines the wash.thinking until such time as the this. This atlitude of mind saves place in the front rank for
our was most thorough. In lots of machinery of the country settles trouble in the long rua onyway j) long Lime DON, and Prepared opium. valued at places Labour has been tried down to run smoothly again. Too for the experts would very soon. aird verton it is that the meetings of the Assembly now being held several years ago stayed out the $12,720, was seized by Detective municipalis and found a minus much though; in the wrong head convince as in my case. at theteva have been, polku nge of much international action. The whole of the allotted distance Kelly of the Wanchai Police quantity. About the only thing is bad for lats of other beads. Let spirit of "ca' canny" has probably disenssion on the masstion of atmaments was important and in negro was at the top of his form opposite the Central Market yes-even that's no age a success.
with Jack Johnson when the big Station on а junk moorede can run on hot air is a fan, and things alone for a bit, saya I, for infected the hens. maybe they teresting an anang pesturias Cable news was a message that
the man at the wheel hasus alare eating more told us that Chena had teen, pleated one of tour non-permanent This speaks volumes for histerday. The stuff was concealed
COMI Common-sense, in short, has dog's chance if there's a bunch Indian meal, no' to speak of mettle. bat he was that 21 votes was of Bs.
by in the forehold. In this con-got the bulge over extremism, below monkeying wi' the engines. cabbage blades and hot water, Well mugat lendyt describe th
inference past his best nection a Chinese member of the as it ever must. For months past attuting feralt," and Dr. Welang.on her, whose ties to the and papultete, personality has
Beckett, on the
other hand, crew was arrested and charged be there have been many and gloomy
costing more than they did twelve made the Uomo se poate sa podr. Dus deserve well as the hatine in considerable measure fore Mr. G. N. Orme at the Police prophecies of civil disturbance. up against it. At times if i'w no may wi eggs at 6- a dozen con- The Hongkong public are often months ago. Let that be as it bands of his ceritap men
retrieved himself Biter his Court this morning. A little bit But miners' strike and all, the rain, it's hest, and if it's co' hest, trolled price, it stands to reason brought thing too high sensational defeat by Carpentier of family history was dug up storm has been weathered without it's mosquitoes and if it's no that, that there'll be plenty at 6 each, position in the rub that bal
of the wor!! The position vi China as pattu slang aku terling, because she has not yet become a
was presumed to be again im This showed that the prisoner's serious manace to law and order.it's smells, and when it's now precious few under that figure. signating to the leane iraty. Her attitude to that document has
proving, and he hoped to establish mother was at one time been dictated by net kelingan the question of the Shantunging with the famous Frenchman months for the
a definite claim to another meet. I inmate at
Mind ye, this was no because smells. it's noisy flat dweller That's the beauty of control. In the gaol for six there were lacking the Bolsheviks, singing "Bubbles"-or blowing the egg line everything wi Pentaula, though it speans a plaines for her open-mindedness that
same offence. ranging on the fringe of things them. I'm not sure which. Then whole shell, and therefore, ap sue is taking a seating part in the Lesque's usines was theirs over Moran. Now, it The Magistrate thought of banish- and boping, and in some cases they've aktyping wam for Elutupat Paket visapu trganding Isings of a year and will have to stand was informed that that form of their own ends. Age, they've shroffs, stuffy picturehouses at a the country of origin. It works
lanks ad' if that une-round devating the prisoner. but
he trying to turn the situation to dog-shooting policemen, hadowy maskes the berth certificate or newspapers. Proachable, is now 6- each and China's request tous hema that the whole matter he handed over to the dabagay of Nationartor knal dela, just! it is a request that latest mash impelling the re-the prisoner was a British sub whole secre
as it is the result of Beckett's penalty could not be imposed as been there right enough but the dollar & throw to contend wi' in out quite-simple. control does, should have han hearty support of an Japan, on the other hand.ctant conclusion that Britainject, being born in the village of wasna' enough of them. prefers cutest tag thations between the twde intres and there these wat hunger still in unearth Aberdeen. A sentence of twelve repeatedly said, it was the noise hunkers and give thanks to the base the eggi.
was that there in between. But let every dweller once you understand it. It only As I've in these parts get down on his needs the money and you can fuatter word sein to test for the met at something like ing that num quis a deal. But as the League gets into butter Working order ar as heavy-weight Caminer's defeatingly inflicted.
first-class months' hard labour was accord- these rascala made at ordinary diety that looks after bairns, its power increases suud jenstions wik, suzeume to its intleence and
times that made folks tend to drunk men and fools for not being the cause of touch of the present international m.sunderstanding the Carpentier plane, bas
is not surprising. Balzue. if not!.
exaggerate their numbers and inflicted wit the income tax. Let a lot of our troubles conzercing Of course Amerira accounts for will be dissipated
importance. The elections have the first governor of Hongkong, the H.CL. They're a bad lot, One can be quite optimistic about the future of the League-bed exponent.
proved himself to be an accom.
reminded despite all that its opponents at 1 the pessimists have said. Nothing Service or 3-device man, has!
ne and them that who would dare Gummer.
Labour is still a minority in the income tax, even in his sleep, be experts say. Time was when the to whisper these Americans. At least so the ever came to jottest it in a sap and the balung of the League into the Army acer's
land; that the country will not be chased out of the garden forth-dryness* a strong internation, al bordzy jane te control and keep the prace of pluck. but likewise the lack vigour and
pestered wi fanatics on tap with, or sea to it that his cook blamed for the high price of sugar, of that country was the world at some mine dispense justion, must be a question of f
Agenda for Thursday, mentally time and patience. (he was already see very tangible results of the case, has to be said, is alas
or financially from boy is heavily cumshawed instan- This explanation did duty for naesse which in mang
Moscow and that Labour if itter that he may introduce arsenic quite a while. The same canse Lesgur's Digalih do one can uisce a stronger tendency to characteristic of Army boxers, nee: on Thursday at 2.30 p.m. the and freeze the extremist from its
The Legislative Council is to ever hopes to govern must set to into the gubernatorial soup. subrunt questions to peacetil discussion than ever existed before. For the present, then. Britons agenda is as follows
made dried fruits jump. Cousin I have two brothers. One was Jonathan was eating a lot more In an assuming comprising the representatives of almost every must console themselves with the
ranks. Ye mind what Abe said a quarter master sergeant and of that kind of stuff. country in the world thefe is bummed to be a growth of sympathy and
First reading of a Bill intituled
eh? You may fool all of the the other is well-off facbye. But wets" from Wyoming however Wicked understanding it on scorely be otherwise. And it would see Wilde they have representatives University Ordinance, 1911.
reflection thet in Lewis and An Ordinance to amend the people some of the time, and though much younger than me let the cat out of the bag by that America is waking up to the fast that she dught to be in with worthy to uphold the Calon Jackp
some of the people all the time. they're both old men afore their explaining that a few raisins the other nabols, too. We were reading the other day a comment against the world,
First reading of a Bill intituled bat you cannot fool all the people time. One of them is a contractor introduced into the home brew in one of the American papers which stated that before another
An Ordinance to amend theall the time." inveting of the League of Nations. Democrats and Republicans must The Ghouls.
Volunteer Ordinance, 1920.
And that's the to business when he's no' filling helped to give these otherwise Gospel truth. mind I'm telling in his income tax papers. Most inncuous drinks bury their diferentes and permit the United States to have an
Second reading of the Bill
the desired otheral representative to protect American interests. America can-1
intituled An Ordinance to modify
of his spare time is taken" kick." Therefore our Christmas not afford to be absent when the nations of the world gather to dis- malefactors paid the last of Peace Order, 1919, as amend-on the outskirts of & street corner the time he's got it he's done about prices falling but it's that
A few days ago at Shanghai certain provisions of the Treaty
up wi tryi. g to get apuddings will cost us more, See? cuss their war-bred and war-breeding problems. At Geneva, the penalty for a crime of the kinded by the Treaty of Peace meeting. The man on the soap the bulk of the work that a high- kind of fall in the market that One night last summer I stood correct assessment notice, By There's lots of talk just now comment went on, there will be more raajor causes of discord than which constrains the harinung. France and Belgiurn must deposi: their new military humane-minded
most (Amendment) Order, 1920, for the treaty of detence; France will oppose the admission of Germans into capital punishment demand:
feel that purpose of adapting the pro could tell that by his nerve and He's been before the Sheriff twice shops. There is a glut in tes box was an Englishman, Yelly paid civil servant is paid to do. has no reflection in the the League, whde most of the other Powers favour it; there is no place in the scheme of things. the Colony of Hongkong.
visions of the circumstances of voice. His business there was already and got warrants against they say. If there is, it must be possibility of a common understanding among the members of the Sordidness marked every feature League about Russia; seriously conflicting views will arise about of the case.
Second reading of the Bill to help to run Scotland "dry" him only to be followed by an the poorer quality which few Having got into debt intituled the amount and method of collection of the war indemnity: Italy is through extravagance, the off-modify certain provisions An Ordinance
He was earning his pay night apology from some daugb-headed will buy. Then take fruit for in a state of tragic discontent; France has taxed herself to the limit enders took the life of a Chivese the Treaty of Peace (Austria) murderous Turk was held up as he's got to go the same journey often as one is to two-is amply of enough but no by the sanity of inspector. That was last year. instance. The difference between and is not paring her way; exchange rates are falling everywhere: "Sing Song" girl, otherwise ope Order, 1920, for the purpose of
his argument. I mind find the This year from the look of things barrow prices and shop prices- imperialism is to among the smaller nations, akin to Serbia, as of a certain class of female, adapting the provisions of the example of what sobriety again, wi' the result that he's as accounted for by rates and rents. possible sources of a world catastrophe. In an environment cot whom they had planned to rob Order to the circumstaces of the would bring the Scottish people cankered as a coo wi nae born. And so on throughout the range more dangerous. the World War was made, America had no of her jewellery. The Press show Colony of Hongkong. "understanding of the frequent signals that heralded the approach of ed
to. He didna put it that way Let this be a warning to ye. The of foodstuffs, controlled and un- its sense of the revolting the late conflict. America felt no interest in European intrigue. character of the crime by abstain-intituted An Ordinance to modify remained in my mind after he that writes about income tax let certain, beyond certain limits no
Second reading of the Bill
but that was the thought that very first "Pro Bono Publico "controlled. But one thing is Hente America was not in a position to take action to prevent the ing from description of the details, certain provisions of the Treaty was done wi' the sherbert-him be sent for by the police and one can boycott his stomach. If war and was eventually dragged into it,"
To permit another such situation to arise would be foolhardy. being recorded. It appears that for the purpose of adapting the lot more that I don't even protend
just the plain outline of the case of Peace (Bulgaria) Order, 1920, quaffing, barem-collecting cuss privately strangled.
some things which enter into the from Constantinople. He said al America is far more interested than any other country in keeping the proprietors of a
coat of living are toa dear it is. Europe permanantly at peace. Therefore, the United States must theatre or theatres have planned circumstances of the Colony of mind of a wee man st my elbow in the midst of giving evidence can be added to the lifetime of a Chinese provisions of the Order to the, to mind about now, but I are in the papers where & policeman do for a little longer. A month Talking about the police, I see possible to make what you have be fully informed about trans-Atlantic plote and rivalries. Not to turn to profit the notoriety Hongkong. otherwise can America know when to use her paramount influence which the "Hing-Song Murder" to check European discord before it becomes an inevitable cause of has acquired by reason of the
and his comment just about the said "I proceeded to the spot," or pair of boots but the same per- finish of the meeting. war. There is only one way to adopt this policy of self-protection. atrociousness of the derd. They
"Ach. words to that effect. This remark lormauce cannot be repeated wi awa' man en' diona biother; "idrew from the bench the rebukes loaf of bread. That's where the That way is for Democrats and Republicans to compromise their do not profess to stage the plece China is to be reared, the country says be! Ye micht as weel try" Why don't you say you went retailer gets you by the short differences and get into an assembly of nations. If the name of the as a warning, and it is as well that is not far on the road to realising tae dry up the North Sea as try there? It's much simpler." And hair. Aye, if it werena' for the League of Nations has to be changed to permit this compromise, they do not make the tran- the bright destinies that have tas dry up Scotland." let it be done as soon as possible. If more reservations must be sparent profession,
And be so it is. And what's more forbye, belly the back wad wear gold. Without lately been prefigured for it. For was right as things have turned it furnishes soother sublim It takes the average mad wi” the adopted to make an agreement possible, let us hear them at once. bistrionic effects the case stands the sake of avoiding the last word out. Nearly the whole of Scotland instance of the kettle calling average wage just all his time to The important thing is to start America keeping tab on Europe's as a terrible warsing. If such in the nauseous it is to be hoped has already voted "dry v. wet "the pot a carbonised utensil. The to keep from being hungry theed war maters. Patriotism, self-interest and common sense all call plays are the kind of mental that this repulsive enterprise will and to say that Scottish Temper-zall of it when you think of it. days. for this course of action.
pabulum upon which Young! be foiled.
sace folks are surprised by the I like the nerve of some of them (Continued on Page 1.)
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