THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
KWANGSI AFFAIRS.
PRICE OF GASOLINE.
Reduction in Shanghai..
Two Civil Governors!
THE POTSDAM **HISTORIAN."
Ex-Kaiser's Inartistic” Jumble.
Kwangui politics have been Motor car owners and users of When the Xxiser desorted his hardly improved since we laat gasoline will learn with pleasure troops and fled across the frontier referred to them. The military (says the Shanghai Times) that into Holland be at once sat down factions are still coatsnding one the price of the commodity will and began to jot down notes for) against the other, and from the be reduced from $1 to 90 cents dis ultimate seif-justifiantion. latest reports we glean the inper gallon, according to an an- This jotting down of notes oc- formation that Cheung Ki-woog, nouncement made by the Stand-cupied him daring 1919. In com who is the
President's and Oil Co. of New York and the piling these rough notes bal nomipee for the
post of Asistic Patrolaum Co.
zansacked first his memory over Civil Governor, is now doding it) The price was formerly, and the period from 1878 until 1914, difficult to establish his claim, has been for the las: eighteen then, every available diplomatic Although, is deference is the months, $1 per gallon, but a gene-document, German and other, and present adverse circumstances ral price reduction in America scribbled down in tabular bistori. be has found it convenient to has had its effect on the China cal form, just those items that he establish his yamen temporarily market, with a consequent benefit thought would best suit bis at Kwellin. He is not the only to local consumers. one in the picture, for we find that; Sum Chan-abuen (well-known in Canton politics) has anticipat ed this move and is already our of a campaign for this highle desirable post. So it has coms to pass that Sum has also establish- ed bin own Civil Governor's yamen in Kweilin, and the farci- cal nature of the situation is em. phasised by the two aspirants to
purpose.
The result is called by his The reduced price through the local garages applies to Pratis publishers a "Comparative His- Motor Spirit frei quality, and 10tory "a grandiose title for this Shell Motor Spirit.
SERVICE NOTES.
and This week Vico-Admiral Sir
the
the Ciril Governorship, issping Arthur C. Leveson, K.C.B. mandates against each other.is staff left England for Cheung Ki-kwong has found that China Station, where he will as the moral backing of the Presid- eat is not sufficient, and he hopes for more substantial supK.C.B. port in military form before The mine sweeper Petersbeld; moving further into the Province.
sume the command of it in suc cession to Sir Alexander L. Duff,
commissioned
on
the
extraordinary jumble of some- times the merest odds and ends of no relevancy whatever to any thing, sometimes of the most out- rageous perversions of faer, al- ways of the blindest, most wilfal prejudice. Altogether, there are: several hundreds of these jottings. A typical instance of their ptiness and banality is: 1831: President Artbur, a Ra- publican, succeeds Garfield." Whole pages are given to items of equal value.
WHAT WAS HIS OBJECT Y Why ever they were written
what purpose they are intended to serve; or what particular appeali they had to the Kaiser's friende, who, we are told, insisted upon their publication.
On the other hand, Sum Chun- 21st. inst. At Portsmouth by down passes comprehension, or shen is relying an Commander Commander Archibald S. May Sure hung-ring's military supportC.B.E., M.V.D., and a full crow and the report naively adds that for service on the Chins Station, he who possesses the stronger where she will take the place of military backing will be the more the yacht Alacrity, which return popular candidate in the run for ed home some weeks ago and was the Ciril Governorship.
handed over
to her owner at Cowes. The Petersfield is one of the many 17-knot ships which were built during the was
DAY BY DAY.
-
A
on
Jan-
According ID the Gezinan preface. "The idea which inspired the Emperor in compiling these: tables was to furnish a compre- hensive summary of absolutely The late Mrs. Violet Inez Levy.completed after it, she, 3
bistoric facts, which would
the render of Repte des Soeurs, Shanghai.matter of fact, having been com.enable
to form dxo judgment
the China, left estate in England pleted in 1919 under the name of his valued at £2 322.
the Formadoc. The same yea: world. situation since the Berlin she joined the now defunct South Congress of 1876, and on the his. Mr. Hattori, who held an ap-America Station, and returned tory of the period preceding the pointment at the Japanese Coa-bome on its abolition to be paid off. Grea: War." Bulate in Nanking, has been She did tender for some time is Now there is no denying tha: appointed Chancellor at the Ein-Portsmouth Harbour. Te Pethe election of President Arthur bassy in London.
tersfield has a displacement of took place in 1581, or that 800 tons, carries one 4-inch gun ar 26: Loss of Khartum and At the suggestion of General and four 3-pounders. Her en-death of General Gordon" is an absolutely historic fact. So Chan King-ming some time ago.gines are of 2.200 borse power. the Siwn ar West Lake Hospital on which she can do up to 17 was the death of Queen Anne. in Walchow is being organised. knots. The Petershield's kipper. But what is to be said of such an Thirty mows et land near the Commander
who has entry as this-- West Lake has been converted served aflost for nearly thirty
As there was no doubt aboutj for the purpose of erecting the years, reached his present rank hospital buildings.
in December. 1915. He served the Franco-Belgian agreements with the Grand Fleet in the North for the eventuality of mobilisation The Cintos Time 358-The Sea curing the greater part Germany addresses an labour unions of Hargkong will of the late war, was senior tum to Belgium to permit the publish a newspaper, the first liectenant of the battleship march through of German troops. - The French violate The number appearing November 3. Valiant, and also junior com when the labour leader will also mander of the same ship. The frontier in many places." meet at the Kung King Tea House other officers are Lieutenant
May.
July 30,8 p.m.
ultiona-
Both these statements are cross at Sai Ying Pun in the after-U. L. Horton, navigating officer, untruths, for which it is safe to noon. for reception. On Novem-jwho has held that appointment 587 no respectable German eveni ber 1. the Ban Kun, Yu Fe, since July, 1921: Lieutenant (.T. would to-day make himself re-
paper representing the overses. Adlis, and Surgeon-Lieutenant-sponsible. Chinese will make its appear ance at Hongkong.
Last wook's health return shawg six cases olenteric fever Hour fatal). two of puerperal fever (both fatal). two non-fatal cases of diphtheria and one non fatal accurrence of plague. Of the enteric cases one was English and one Filipino, whilst one of the *ufferers from diphtheris was an Indian All the other patients
Commander H. L. Perezrine. The Peter-field carries a crew of 80 all to't —Ching Expressant Tele-
up. Sept 8.
Or again, take this:-
August 4, 1914. English ultimatum to Ger- limit until many with time midnight. The German demands on Belgium must be withdrawn and Belgian neutrality must be GOAL OF THE FASCISTI. respected. The rejection of this unreasonable demand means a declaration of war by England."
"To Govern Italy."
Signor Mussolini, the leader of
FLIPPANCY, TOWARDS A
CATASTROPHE,
Thus in some 30 words the the Fascisti Parts, speaking to a tormer Kaiser disposes of an were Chinese. There were also three Chinese deaths from in the Fascisti must form the to himself, bis dynasty. bis cour- large crowd at Levanto, said that event of catastrophic importance fluer 23.
aristocracy of the Italian try and the world.
"Unreasonable demand!" Fascismo the continued), pro-Truly Imperial brevity.
From end to end of this poses to govern the nation inj
The degree of doctor of techni cal science, at Delft University.
for a Sino Dutch Society were busily discussed.
workers"
Our
✡
com-
new
has beer conferred on Mr. Han order to shape the Italians into parative history." which in form Tiauw Tjong, upon a paper on the one spu! and one idea-the re resembles a table of dates in z industrialisation of China. Great construction of the country. You child's history, though in every interest was manifested by the ask me for a programme.
Well, other respect-in intelligence, numerous Chinese students at
is programme
tery accuracy, clearness of statement Delft. At the farewell dinner, at
is incomparably inferior, which Mr. and Mrs. Han Tiauw simple one. We want to govern it
Italy. If the Government there is, so far as we can discover, Tjong, entertained their friends before leaving for Chins, the plans no suicidal mania, it will not not one single new "fact"--not prevent us from adopting legal even one new fact of German measures. Otherwise when the war propagands: not one hour com the Fascisti will thought; not a single new light happened spring up as one man for the last on anything that The death of Earl Spencer re-and decisive battle, the goal of during all
the long years ralis to remembrance that, as which is Rome, but we do not that this extraordinary Lord Chamberlain, the late Earl, want to occupy the Italian city, stood under the world's limelight. when, Prince Fushimi was on a with its priests, its antiquities As a revelation of the empty visit to London, stopped the re-and its ministries. We mean, by childishness of the man's mind it vival of The Mikado" at the Rome, the capital of the nation has importance. Otherwise it has Savoy, thinking that the comic which has to become a beacon of none. opers would sandy the Prince the Mediterranean, which must These notes first appeared in Much amusement was caused be guided by us as the vanguard Dutch
Socialist paper, when Prince Foshimi replied by of civilization for the greatness in 1920: they were telling his band to play the music and prosperity of Italy and for printed in Germany, and fell flat of "The Mikado" on his flagship, the peace of Europe. which was stationed at Chatham.
-China Express and Telegraph.
Today is the birthday of H.I.M.
FROG LEGS BANNED.
the Emperor of Japan. On the The German Government has Japanese ships in the harbour decided to place turtles, snails and and on the buildings occupied by frog-legs (if otherwise prepared Japanese firms in the town flags than by simple cooking or salting)| are greatly in evidence. Most off on the list of food-stuffs which in the Japanese Arme gave a half the interests of economy can be holiday. The Japanese com-dispensed with, and the import of munity are holding an al fresco, which is therefore prohibited. party this evening on the vacant piece of ground in Peking Road. Kowloon, and a concert at the Star Theatre. A reception is be-i ing held at the Hongkong Hotelį "at four o'clock. “
MOUTRIE PIANOS.
The Highest type of
Excellence.
everywhere.
"Het
re-
The English translation was published last month by Hutcb-, jinson and Co. (8s. 6d.), with s number of photographic neWS illustrations.
£10,000 LEFT TO SCHOOL. Rev. Francis John Eld, of the Esplanade, South Lowestoft, foz over 30 years headmaster of Worcenter Grammar School, left £13,954. After bequests to friends and relatives the residue of the estate goes to Worcester Gram- mar School for a scholarship for boys, the sum amounting to over £10,000.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1922.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
JUST LANDED ex
CANADIAN
"EMPRESS OF ASIA "
SALMON
70 Cents Per lb.
CANADIAN POTATOES
10 Cents Per lb.
"PHILIPS"
A PHILIPS LAMP
IS A PERMANENT
ECONOMY
SOLE AGENTS'
Holland-China Trading Co
Hong Kong
THIS GENTLEMAN
has just been told where
to buy a really good cigar.
He is off to the Hongkong Cigar
Store to get a Peerless.
The Hongkong Cigar Store Co., Ltd.
ALEXANDRA BUILDING.
J. T.
T. SHAW
TEL. Central 602
Ladies' & Gentlemen's Tailors.
This business will be
carried on as usual at
II, BEACONSField Arcade
Opposite City Hall,
as from 1st November, 1922.
WORLD THEATRE.
LAST SHOW LAST SHOW TO-DAY ONLY.
"
MONROE SALISBURY
in
A Universal Special Attraction
THE SLEEPING
LION."
COMMENCING
WED, till SATURDAY.
-WILLIAM FOX SPECIAL
PRODUCTION. PEARL WHITË
in
THE THIEF
7 parts. Prices Increased slightly.
J. T. SHAW
LAST FEW DAYS
OF
CLOSING SALE
ALL
BOOTS AND SHOES $5.00 PAIR.
LINEN COLLARS
ALL SHAPES
$2.50 DOZEN
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Department
removing our
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SUITINGS
· OVERCOATINGS ..
- SERGES, etc.
At a great sacrifice, many being marked at less. than half-price.
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