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MONDAY.
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OCTOBER 10, 1921.
BATHING FATALITY.
Warder Drowned at Repulse Bay. Thomasa Duckworth, a young MEX warder of Victoria Goal was
DRESS DOES NOT MAKE A MAN, In view of the Government's BUT IT OFTEN MAKES A SUCCESS-
FUL ONE. WHAT
ALL one-time fear that the revenus of
ON THE WATERFRONT,
The Silver State will return" {from Manila on October 28 anxi Įsail two daya laktar for Seattle. Silver State Arrives.
Mr. Gay W. Parsons, Vico. The Admiral Line's steamer Parific Company, is among the |president of the Atlantio Gulf and Silver State, which on its maiden voyage established a record of Passengers bound for Manila.
Large Flour Cargo The deceased was with thirty-five minutes between Puget The Dutch steamer Tilsondari, Sound and Yokohama, arrived of the Java Pacifio line, arrived party of other warders 20d friends who were bathing from in Hongkong early yesterday at Hongkong this morning with a The Musicale arranged to take a launch. Duckworth was mis morning with a big passenger large cargo of American Bour.
his by
friends and Nat. Sixty-o00 cabin and 100 According to ship's documents place at the Helena May Institute sed on October 20th is unavoidably when a search of the surrounding steerage passengers disembarked. the vessel carries a total of 4043 From the United States the tons of flour for Hongkong de- postponed.
waters was made his body was picked up from seven feat of Silver State brought a quantity of livery. There are also 58 tons of We are asked to remind the Water. Artificial respiration was four, paper and salmon. The general lines from San Francisco
ber maiden jand northern porta. ly assisted in bringing about this members of the Helens May applied by Dr. Harston who was Silver State result. Assuming that the Gov- Institute that there will be a Tex on the scene, but without avail voyage mada record time with the Karmala Arrives From ernment receives ទ much Dance at the Institats on Thurs. The body was subsequently re-shipment of silk from Hoogkong revenue in the second half of the day the 13th October, and another moved to the West Point Mortato New York, it was said on the year as it did in the first bali, Tea Dance on Thursday the 27th arg. It is surmised that deceased big ship. then the total income for the October. Tables should be booked was seized with sudden cramp The passengers were pleased from London and other European The deceased, who was only 22 with the Dow innovations ports with passengers, cargo and
the current year would not be SHOULD AVOID 19 THE “SHABBY yesterday drowned while bathing) of nine days, eighteen' hours and sufficient to meet the expenditure, GENTEEL." NO MAN EVER GETS at Repulse Bay, residents will have learned with OVER IT. YOU HAD BETTER BE considerable pleasure that up to IN RAOS--Lord Beaconsfield. the end of the first six months the Gdvernment had worked at a profit of $1,339,170. There can be no question that the recent in creases in the stamp duties and the increase of duty on tobacco and intoxicating liquors has grOKI-
year will be some $300,000 in in advance. excess of what was originally estimated. When one considers
Dr. C.C. Wang returned to the the falling revenue from the opium monopoly this result is all Colony yesterday by the 5.1. the more creditable. The Govern-Silver State after having attended.
010
1.
London. The P. and O, steamer Kurmala arrived at Hongkong yesterday.
years of age, is a native of
which the new liner provides the Home mail of September 8. Coventry. He joined the staff of the Victoria Gaol in 1920, and comfortable. Each cabin is fitted ed was 297, from England, and to make оселд travel most The number of bags of mail land- was well-liked by his associates.
The funeral takes place this controlled marely by turning this port was a bigger one than with instantaneous electric best wayports. The cargo brought for
ment spent less during the first the Dedication of the Peking evening, the procession passing switch, thermos bottles for the has been carried on a mail shipfor
to and over $600,000 less than it Medical Conference, as
the
delegate of the Hongkong Chinese! Medical Association.
did in the first six months of 1920, It was estimated in last autumn's budget that the expenditure dar- ing 1921 would be over $17,000,0 V, but the Government has only spent $6,421,324 so far, so that it is keeping well within its limits. Sacrifice" this afternon a: 4.30
oa
The management of the World| Theatre will screen the great patriotic picture "The Symbol of
AQUATICS.
United Athletic Club's First Sports.
The Victoria Recreation Club was gaily decorated with flags and
Saturday's w the fret
future.
hot and cold weather, instan- some time. The manifest shows taneous fire alarm system and a total of 1,078 tons of general disappearing iron beds. The lines for Hongkong, while 2,565 decks are enclosed with heavy tons are listed for Shanghai and glass so that even in rough Japae. weather the passengers can with- out any discomfort walk the ship upon arrival here, 77 ware Of the 143 passengers on the (decks without a cost.
first and 59 second-cabin...
the China
On the upper and after deck Lieut. Commander LawrenSOD, lighted writing room with a steno on the Karmals to resume a grapher in charge. Across the private position on spacious lobby is the tea room Coast decorated in homelike fashion The wide decks afford space for with potted teras and other plants.
Members of the indoor staf of the Chinese Maritime Customs
Mesars.
The rate of subscription in "The Hongkong Telegraph" is $36 It may just be that the second abarp and also on Friday 14th hunting on Saturday afternoon the ship is fitted with a well-R.N.R, is returning to Shanghai of the year will call for Saturday 15th and Monday 17th when the Laited Athletic Club The rata per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscrip-greater expenditure, a belief at 5. p.m. Owing to the great held their aquatic parts.
of this picture these tions for any period less than one month will be charged as for a which is borne ous by the fact length
ot that although it was anticipated matinees start much earlier than what is intended to be a yearly affair full month.
million the usual times for matinees The "Hongkong Telegraph" is delivered free when the addresses to spend nearly fiva
And the BUCCOSA which the Public
Works Russian and Hungarisa dances organizers achieved augur well for is accessible to messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies dollars delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On copies Extraordinary only just over by Mr. & Mrs. Gordon at athletic functions of the kind in
three quarters of a million has so morrow's matinee at 4.30 p.m. sent by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.
golf meter which allows the are travelling on the Karmala to The gymkhana on Satur
Shanghai. They are Single Copies, Daily, ten cents.
far been spent. Within a few
day militated against a big atten- golfer to keepin constant training R. D. Mansfield, H. E. Prettejohn, weeks from now we shall be A distinguished personage now dance of
even while travelling. apectators, but those
|L A. Lyall and L. H. Lawford. having another Budget meeting staring in the Colony is Dr-present enjoyed a very pleasant
"Mr. R. Dawson. Hongkong Mr. F. Palmer, the British re- st which the Public of the Tuffer. the
eminent French afternoon.
tanker, was a passenger on the presentative to ais an the Colony will be given a more surgeon who represented France Keen rivalry was manifested in Silver State.
commission investigating the detailed statement than can be at the opening of the Rockefeller the different races and close finishes Mr. James A. Thomas, vice-possibilities of a harbone at made here from the facts at our Medical College at Peking. were witnessed in several of them.president of the Chinese Shanghai is * passenger disposal, but it is fairly safe to Daring the war Dr. Tuffier was The most exciting event was the American Book of Commerce, from London, where he is now in hazard. judging from the in charge of the surgical side of team race between members, 10 Peking. returned to Shanghai by private practise. Mr. Palmer balance sheet to date, that the Health Department of the which A. Botelho's team, who were the Silver State. Mr. Thomas was formerly engineer-in-chief to there will be no further taxation | Army and his name is associated favoured by
lead secured some thirty years ago the Port of Calcutta Authority
Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a dred period will be continued until countermanded.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1921.
HOLIDAYS AND-LABOUR.
accrued from that source it bas
of any kind proposed for the with the rapid progress that has by E. Isiltan st the start, organized the British-American and consulting-engineer to the forthcoming year--unless, of been achieved in surgical science woo in easy style. The other Tobacco Company, of which he Port of London Authority, to course, the Government has big in Europe. He is moreover a team would have stood a better is now & director. On this trip which he was chief engineer from schemes to launch of which member of the Military Academy-chance if they had substituted to the United States he, with 1909 to 1913. nothing has yet been beard. It
their first man by D. Laing instead other represenative bankers, has been demonstrated, we think, The small boy who was remand. of allotting the last place to the gathered to consult regarding a tish Consular Service, arrived at Mr. T. Harrington, of the Bri- that the Government did well to We in this Colony to-day Enjoy a Bank Holiday, our listen to the public protest which ed last week on a charge of false latter. The long plunge was most Consortium loan to Chins. Hongkong with his wife and
pretences after sentence had been interesting. There were five com-
Mr Pau Tong, who boarded the children to take up a post on the Legislative Council having anticipated a proposal mooted was made as the time who passed on an associate, was this petiters, each man being given ship at Shanghai 13 on his way to Chins Coast at Home several years ago of instituting an off-day was proposed to increase the as-
morning sentenced to six month's three tries. F. Schuspel secured early in October. When you come to think of it. the in-sessment rate. for even without hard labour by M:. R. E. Lindsell a distance of 33 feet ten inches is Macao on business. Mr. Tong is
civil engineer graduate of the " terval between August Bank Holiday and Christmas is a the revenue which would base after a record had been submitted the first try, beating the others by Boston School of Technology.
comfortable margio. Great
AUNT MARY” DUNN, pretty long one.
Major-General Crozier of the "The patron genius of Bank Holidays. bein able to carry on at a profit, testifying to the fact that
previous conviction had been improvements were effected by the
Funeral services for Aunt St. Lubbock known in the Peerage as Lord Avebury, thanks to the extra money it is registered in May last for asther competitors in the subsequent
United States Army, who during Mary Dunn, coloured, who was of said to have been 110 years old, lately passed on his way to the Great Unknown without now receiving from stamps and similar offence. On that occasion tries, particularly L. H. Duscan the World War was Chief
the defendant's father signed whose distance in the last try gave Ordinance, is making a world recently held at her home in this new holiday being added to the calendar in the Old other sources.
bond of $100 to guarantee bis good bio the first place. The entrants tour and has already spent a year Jacksonville, Ind. She was born Country. Perhaps it is only a question of time. Mean-
behaviour, and an order was for the ladies' races were not as in the Orient. He disembarked in Oldham county, Kentucky, and while we here are free to enjoy ourselves to-day, excepting
accordingly made by Mr. Lindsell numerous as was expected but what at Shanghai to travel up the belonged as a slave to Benjamin newspaper men, who, however, benefit to the extent of A Holiday Note.
that the old man who is now in was lacking in number was made Yangtze River. earlier publication. In such an atmosphere the reader To-day is a public holiday and the country should be penalised up in the enthusiasm of the swimmers. The programme ended will be disposed to call a truce to politics and other grave there will possibly be few who on this recognizance.
with a keenly-contested water polu matters for a few hours. These will come back upon.us would wish to read anything very!
match between the United Athletic speedily enough, for to-morrow a conference fateful for serious, although the above note deals with a serious question,
Club and the United Services Ireland and the Empire opens in London. But there was without doubt. The weekend TYPHOON WARNINGS.
which resulted in a win for thei a function on Saturday at once picturesque and significant has been one of delightful weather,
former by three goals to one. in its kind upon which a few words may well be said. not-bright and sunny with cool and
The telegram quoted below withstanding that it relates to labour. from which we are temperate breezes. Hongkonzia, was received at the American just now, in her most likeable Consulate General, Hongkong taking a respite to-day.
mood-mid-way between the from the Manila observatory,
Wilhite.
Between Ourselves
By Robt. MacWhirter,
The prizes were presented to
Ay, we're aye learning. Just educated you know at the Dio- the successful contestants at the conclusion of the aporta by yesterday morning I was sitting ceasa Girl's School. Ay. Aero- Mra W. J. Carroll, Mr A. B. on our verandah having a nice plane Hop Scotch, as proper and
Activity among Chinese workers has been very notice- ssson of oppressive brat and 10.30 a.m. October 10. Cyclone Carroll, Chairman. thanked the quiet smoke and thinking to Englified as ye like. A nice bit
"able in recent months, and now the Chinese women the season in which the dwel ers
Ko loon huddle workers have acquired the sense of combination, for at the in
ferries in top-costs and Eastern Cinema Theatre. Wanchai, the female employes of the
return of the
Tuore
of
We
Islands moving NNE or N.E.
--THE FAMINE FUND.- Telegraph" List Closed.
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$25
OF
or typhoon W of the Bonin Prize donors, the committee of myself how ill bottled atout game though, och ay, but awfu* the V.B.C. for the ure of their agreed wi me the morning after. heating as Janet said ten minutes bath and the officials, especially Janet, she was having her weekly atter when the youthful aviator Mr. P. C. Witchell whose ex- trim at the pot plants, suicking was ordered down to earth again the Canton Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co. formally wish for the
summer. 'Tis strange how quick
cellent judgment in working out here and uprooting there and and ordered to put the hair inaugurated the Women's Industrial Union. The organisers we are to forget old discomforts
the bandicaps won general giving them a general bärder all out of her eyes and her admiration. evidently had an eye to effect, for at both main entrances when wishing to be rid of nex,
When the meeting round. Incidently I discovered hankia and no' the back of her was first suggested, said Mr. what aye makes my shears so hand's the proper thing to wipe stood charmingly attired young damsels. each wearing a but the past week and more hes
Carroll, almost perfecti
some people threw rusty.
your tace wi'. Just 50. I beautiful cloth badge." who bowed to each of the witn sted
In accordance with our previous cold water on the scheme but, a Well as I was saying, there thought it would be long numerous arrivals. many of them representives of balance between heat and cold.
for which w are all possibly announcement we closed our list the results would show, the com. W&S mooning, away and before her seroplane began some hundred or
guilds
the Colony grateful. Antif any of as turned on behalf of the Russian Famine mittee had rightly adhered to their wondering whether Eno's could to show engine trouble.
be trusted at that time of day and But it was a new one on me, Generally speaking there was a business-like air. too country warda doubtless victima on Saturday, when we conception.
Mrs. Carrull was presented with a casting round generally for some yon kind o peevors. No, that about the proceedings. once the lengthy ceremonies bad coticed (as did the writer) that were enabled to make public the
a silver vase other modern substitute for I'm ever likely to try it, ye ken. been disposed of. The meeting was conducted by a Chair- the second crop of paddy is fast fact that we bad received several shower bouquet in
by Miss C. Smith and accorded castor oil when my attention was I wonder now who it is that man and a Vice-Chairman, these being a woman and a ripening in fact the ground is further contributions,
The amount we have already hearty cheers,
attracted by the wee yin drawing invents yon sort o' thing. The already being cleared in one or girl," as the report tells us possibly the prospective two well-favoured-corners. We acknowledged is $754 and we The following are the prize lines wi' ■ nubble o' chalk on our whole subject of kid's gamee verandah floor. I just couldns' opens, so to speak, a wide field Margaret Bondfield and Mary Macarthur of the Chinese shall soon see our New Territories have received the following ad incers.
Four lengths handicap: 1. J. make out at first what she was for speculation. Looking st labour movement. In the Nortb. also, the spirit of female cropped of their present pleas-ditions:-
Kreenness, giving place
Kent; 2, K. Masus.
after but I could see wi' half an Chinese youngsters playing in emancipation is showing itself, and in a social sphere less ing
Messrs Ho Fook & Co $10 Long B. plunge: 1, LR eye that it wasna' the ordinary the streets, I've often observed a accessible. perhaps, to such influences, for it has been to broken stubble-land. Given
bringing up the total received to Duncan, distance 56'6''; 2, F. common good conditions during the next
gaidan peevors likeness to the very games I used decided to admit girl students to Peking university, which week or ro, our village folk will $789.00.
Schuepel, distance 58*10.**
Anglice Hop Scotch] like the to play myself as a boy. Have has thus preceded Cambridge in the admission of women. have completed quite an average At the current rate of exchange
Two lengths. Gandicap (girls): lassies used to make in my they a common origin or do they young days. It was a kinda come naturally to kids who have Some people are perhaps disposed to look askance at year. The first crop was badly this will purchase over £100, Daisy Witchell; 2, C. Smith.
100 yards championship: 1. D. barem-acarem-looking diagram by nothing but stonee and leaves and the greater latitude allowed. to Chinese labour by the laid by heavy storris and at one result by no means to be despised.
the time she'd got through and twigs-Nature's toys—to play Legislative Council, as the result of which unions and time it seemed as though the We take this opportunity of ex- Liang; 2, C. Logan,
second crop would bave suffered pressing our thanks to our readers
Two lengths handicap (boys): 1, for the moment. I feared that wi. Then again how is it that guilds have spring up apace, including one for girls considerable damage from exces- who supported us in this appeal May; 2, W. Urquhart,
the pavement artist work would, all children's games come in employed at knitting factories. It is certainly a sign of sive rains. But the dry spell of an appeal we made solely because
Two lengths handicap (memcatch our gardener's eye and then their dae season. What is it the times when China's women start organising. Not that late has greatly remedied matters there had been no other local bers): 1, L. R. Duncao; 2, R. K. there would be the devil to pay. that causes peevors follow kites, Bat Janet she never let on, from for instance, or girds (hoope) come this is their first essay in public activity. The women of and there should be few disap effort and because we were asked Valecting.
Two lengths handicap (girls): 1, which I jaloused that she'd seen after cat and hat? Bools wi us Canton have lately been agitating for political rights. In pointed husbandmen when the to do so, in the light of the newe
final tote is made. We in town received by cable during the past Daisy Witchell; 2, Baby Chin.
the play before.
had their vogue just as surely as that instance the other sex was inclined to be hostile, as are more concerned with trade few days, by which it will have Team race (members): The
Man, I'll admit, as I sat there Halloween and Hogmanay pro might have been expected even in the progressive South reports and conditions and in this been learned that the internation-winning team consisted of Awatching the peformance, that I duced guisards.
Maybe Mr. Botelho, E. Railton, B. K.was quite taken up wi' it, and in Passim Rambler, him that knows after woman's long subjugation in China. Not so ou connection there is not a little si effort to assist the starving Saturday, when a male delegate acclaimed the new union, optimism that the winter season inhabitants of Russia is to be Valentine, L. R. Duncan and J.the process clean forgot my plans so much, could give us an inkling
will prove to be a much better intensified, it is perhaps possible Keot.
regarding the internal adminstra as regards the regular frequency spoke of the equality of the sexes, and referred to the one than the summer. Retail tout some greater local afort will 100 yards handicap (V.R.Ction of pallatives for a distressed wi which phenonema of the value of unions in helping to form public opinion. These shops are looking forward to be made.
members): 1, E. Busschaert; 2, tommy and an overcoated tongue. kind makes itself apparent ? J. V. Kamsay,
The wee yin saw I was kind of But I'll ward are noteworthy symptoms in the development of Chinese brisker business to the season
him," if The officials were: Judger and curious-like and started in right be does and Baes the social life, and if the movement continues along the sane of good ebeer, And do it might
Committee, Messrs G. T. May, V. away to elucidate. This onbist word "Boots" once, when it lines that marked Saturday's meeting little objection. Can the Colony has had to-day has good to us; let us hope that it Summers, T. Mask, J. Bench, F. looking drawing, it appeared, as doesna' refer to man of women, be found with the organisation of an industrious and best but a creshing space pre-presages the steady shine of the Schuepel, C. H. Blake, D. D. the ground work (no joke intend- I'll grease the topmost Telegraph thrifty body of workers. It is worth noting that the male loding an unbroken spell of almost the sun of business prosperity Urquhart, D. Laing and J. Ced) of a game she called Aero- step and put peas on it, that he may fall to the bottom and break for my grand-dochter, her being his flaming neck, co-operation of the Chinese Y. W. C. A.
be viewed that the little respite.
delegate advised the Women's Industrial Union to seek the three months rions and profit antil we once more adjourn to Finch. Referee, Mr. W. J. Carroll, plane Hop Scotch. No "peavors,"
able business. The weather was take our ease at Christmas, | Startor, Mr. B. C. Witchell.
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