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to the question of opium smuggling, they would be help- ing vary materially to stop the continuation of civil war in this; distressed nounity.
DAY BY DAY.
WASTE DOES NOT MEAN SPEND- ING MONEY, IT MEANS SPEND- INO MONEY ON THE WRONG
It is a regrettable fact that the THINGS-Lady Bonham-Carter. weapons of warfare which find
Major R. F. Daubuz, R.G.A., their way into Chias come from
bas retired on retired pay. numerous foreign countries, in which men are to be found whol The name of Mr. E.F.B. Sample are quite willing to indulge in has been added to the list of
authorised architects, this proŝtable tradie, despite the bazm that results from their
Invitations are out for the jefforts. Strict action by the Kowloon Dock Ball, which is to
Įtake place on Decembar 29th. Governments concerned would doubtless have same beneficia! effect, and we should like to think that the matter will in due course come before those who
can and ough: to look closely into this important issue.
Our J. P.'s.
We regret to hear of the illness of Dr. T.W. Pearce, who has bren removed to the Matilds Hospital.
of China..
Shaukiwan Ioland Lot 193, containing about 577 square feet, is to be sold at the P.W.D. Ofice on the 27th, instant. "The upset price is $433.
Between Ourselves
By Robt. MacWhirter.
I fair hate to bɔther you this "writing up his log. A glam found way but a promise is a promise, on his tabla must have ralled aff As I was saying list work, if the vessel had encountered svon MacPherson's (amous subject is the lonst wee bit swell.” And yet the Mystery of the Maris Celeste, nothing was ever heard of ony of I mind fine the very first time he those on board-until MaoPhər- read the story. We ware lying son furnished the clue to the But that's getting at Vladivostock at the time, but mystery. that was in the days when the ahead of my story. rouble wasna' so much printed
Marie. paper, when the Hongkong dollar
Mex. As I said before, the story task looked like ninety cents alongside it Mac, he had been such a hold on Mac that he some- ashore the night before and had times eren used to miss writing been sniffing the vodka when it his weekly home letter. Of course, was cils and the sturgeon served through time, he got to be a pniasnce for up wi' cod liver ile (that sounds perfect darned like poetry but I'll no* do it again) no matter what stranger was As nuts ho'il· Sir Robert Ho Tung. LLD.,nd he hadna a kopeck to bless aboard, as sure bas been awarded the 1st Class himself wi' excepting some that try and wangle the talk round Tashou Order by the Presidont full-whiskered lad, who kepi a to the mystery of the ill-fated restaurant, had promised him the briz in the hope that he'd by and next day, for half a bucket o" dirty by get a chance of lething looss a engine oil, and no getting ashore coupla theories or so. In fact two nights running. he began 80 associated wi' the thing did complaining about having he become that among the nothing to read. Just as I was younger generation It got to be putting on my clean collar, be quite current that Mao himself stuck his head in at the c-bin had been aboard her. Between door and ansed the grouch ourselves, he told the story so in sideways. Wi' that I hunted often that I believe in the long him out an old magazine and told run he wouldna' bave been really him it would base suited him bard to convince that he had better if he'd spent less on his actually been there. stomach and some more in the I mind o him getting red way ocultare. At first he wasna*; face over the bead of it though, of Mr. Northcote's term of office, The wedding is shortly to take for taking it till be saw jonce after we'd come up fram and cominstions were required to place of Mr. W. M. Vernor, the pictures and by and by he Saigon. Mrs. MacPherson, she, MARRIAGE.
be seat in by Wednesday, the electrical engineer, Hongkong birpled off to bis cabin.
as usual, co ne aboard to see that THIESSEN-RASMUSSEN-election to take place on Tuesday Hotel, and Miss Nell Brewster
bis bedsheets werena' damp, and Small Things. On 15th, December. 1922, at
Bat what has happened? | Avery, of Kingsclere.
wben afterwards we were Man, isn't it queer what a lot sitting in the saloon having a Union Church, Hongkong, by the No nominations have been re- Reverend Kirk Maconachie,ceived. We suppose the Gov- A District Court Martis! is to comes of a small thing? Right peppermint, didn't the s cond Dorothy, daughter of Mrs. Cernor will now have to fill be held at Murray Barracks on here and now I should squeeze mite say to Mec in one o' yan Thiessen, to Johannes Rasmussen the post, by himself naming Thursday next for the trial of ajout a column or two proving the healthy stage whispers "Oh. M.. of the Asiatic Petroleum Come-one for the job. This doesn't private in the RAMC. and a contention but I'll no bother. All MacPherson," says he "what did (North China) Ltd.
(look very much as if the JP.'s private in the King's Regiment. the same, bistory is fair chock. [ye say Marie's (UTALAD WES
are keen on serving the public ;
-block wi' instances of how again?" does it? Of course, there is no The dedication of the Holy trivial things have changed even magic title of "Honourable" Trinits Cathedral chapel at the destiny of nations. "It's the D. D. Czorio begs to thank his attaching to membership of the Shanghai, in the presence of a same wi' individuals. I once bad relatives and friends for their Licensing Board, and berein may large congregation, took place on a couria that served six years at kind expressions of sympathy, be found the explanation of lack December 18th. The chapel is the piano-tuning and what d'ye siso those who sent wreaths and of candidates for the post. But memorial to Shanghai men who flowers, in his recent sad bereave the Board has essential functions fell in the War.
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HONGKONG, 16th Dec., 1922.
ARMS FOR CHINA.
Yesterday
Our Justices of the Peace do not appear to take their civic duties very seriously. They are never babind the times when it comes to selecting a member to His Excellency the Governor serve them on the Legislative has accepted the resignation by Council, but it is otherwise so far Lieut. T.P.M. Bevan, M.C., of his as the Licensing Board is con-commission in tho Volunteer cerned. There is a vacancy on Defence Corps. this body, due to the expiration
next.
to perform. all the same, and
matters go
some time to come. We have no
or not
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It was Mac's trick asbere that
"Celeste." promptly chipped in the mate.
Wi' that the bottom halfo' Mrs. MacPherson's Creme de Menthe went down the wrong channel. think he took into his head one which was maybe just as well as day? To be a chef! And all it turned out afterwards. Hac, be over having to sea to a piano nearly started another deck and somebody must do the work. If The attention of our readers, is one day that needed sorting engineoom war over the head of on like this, the drawn to the fact that Messrs. in a hotel. Fact. Ay, folk can fit and it took the best part o' a DA COSTA.-On 13:b. Decem- Government will be quite justified Mackintosh & Co.'s store will re-talk till they're black in the face year to convince Mrs. Mac that ber, at 1005. Wanchai Road, in taking from the Justices of the main open from December 18th. about vocational training nowa-her husband wispa" given to Antonio dos Passos da Costa sr. Peace the right to nominate to the 23rd. until 6 p.m. for the days and about finding out a boy's profligacy in his spare time. aged 78. (Shanghai and Lisbon members. The J.P's are to lose convenience of those who cannot bant by the way he talks in his Worth Money. papers please cops.)
their privilege of choosing a do their shopping before the usual sleep and such like, but you can member of the Legislative closing hour.
take it from me that what we're Well, as I was saying things Council, if the constitutiona
going to be when we're man-big went on
usual until once. reform scheme is pat into effect.
were lying at A neat little calendar has been is very largely a matter o' joss, when Sa in course of time they will issced by Messrs. Mackintosh Mind ye. I'm so denying that Dalgety's Wharf at Sydney, become, like many a wedding gift, and Co. Ltd., the men's wear there's a lot in taking advantage Mac, he solved the mystery of rather more ornamental than specialists, being an arranged that of our opportunities but all the the ocean and nearly burst a useful.
it can either be bung on the same there's a desi more hap-blood vessel in the process. I office wall or stood on the desk. piness in life when we happen to mind the time fine, for that was Turkey and the League.
Besides the current month in be doing the thing that interests the year of the short corn and For those with a strong sense heavy letters, it gives the im- most. The man that does Mac's wife was at home trying to
makes figure out how her goodman's pay. we reported the of humour. the latest development mediately preceding and follow that and incidentally
enough to live on in the by-going, got less when exchange want arrival in Canton, by a steamer in higb diplomacy must prove aing months in smaller type. is the ma to be envied. Ye down and there were more dollars From Germany, of a considerable eource of buge amasement for
The Harbour Master of Hong- might make plenty of money but, to the pound. consignment of arms and am- desire to cast ridicule on the kong notifies that the white if in the making of it, you're an manition, including, so it is said, Allied policy at the Lausanne conical buoy, marking the Proser intellectual misfit, ye may as well night and I was just thinking Sorbe three thousand Masser Conference, but wa ato unable to pine Rocks, situated in Lat. be in Happy Valley for all the about turoing in, when be barst into my cabin yelling out at the pistols, which are to be disbaing Jackeyed into joining the 101 E. bearing 234 degrees distant time Mar bad read the pictures in at last."
siew the spectacle of Turkey degrees 1634 N., Long 114 degrees good ye get out of life.
But as I was saying, by the top of his voice that he'd "got I tributed amongst officers of a League of Nations without feeling 38 cables from the flagstaff on
“Ay, 47,” says I, thinking yon magazine and had thumbed specified rank. Evidently realis- inclined to laugh loud and long. Kellet Island, has bees with his way through the other reading to sooth bin a bit," that's lucky."
There are many competent critics drawn. This boor will not be re- ing the danger of modern arms who consider the League a joke, placed owing
From the look of the poor body" WB3 4 changed to reclamation matter, he eventually falling into the bands and an expensive oce
man, for one of the back-end I couldna' quite decide off-hand at that work.
articles was a rebash of the whether it was all-pox he'd of bad characters, the authorities Leaving aside the question it is have decided to hand over these of whether
At the end of September the mystery of the Marie Celeste. got, or just plain D. T.. I'd seen likely
Man, yon story fairly gripped Dy a man less excited owez to prove
real Colony's credit balance had in his imagination and for months winning the Calcutta Sweep. arms only on payment of succese, or of concreta advantage creased from $10,369,196 on hundred dollars, which sum is to the world, let us examine a few Augus: 31st. to $10,536,783. The else in his spare time. He'd sit there was nothing partion'urly after he could talk of nothing And yet, except for his brealb, to be returned when the weapon of its objects. One of the chief of total revenue for the nine months for hours trying to work the offensive about him.
these is to discourage the ignoble of the year was 616,339.915, comthing Dusand bis theories ware as is handed back again. That is
Ar: of exterminating national pared with $12,362,902 for the excellent in its way, but it by no minorities that happen to differ corresponding period of last year, plentiful as the rats on the old Mac." says 1, "and tell me where he hit you and what the Invste Kinfong. mans entirely rules out thelin race or creed from the govera- whilst the expenditure fizures
aaid to the polisman afterwards." possibility of these arms being ing nation. If Turkey adheres to were $12,331,878 and $10,226,353 The Mystery.
Robbie." says he, looking like the rules, the pleasant recreation respectively. used against those in authority of slitting the throat of an Arme-
But maybe you've forgotten our suld b.adlo when he used the story yourself? Well, you to shat the minister in the pulpit ¦should an uprising accur.
nian or a Greek will have to go At a meeting of the Hongkong see, some fifty-years back just of a Sunday, "Robbie, dinna try out of fashion, and the ex- Hockey Club last evening. Mr. about this time of year, We take note of this
the to be so damned fuany. This is Conciting pastire of harrying his B. D. Evaos presiding. It was brig Marie Celeste sailed a serious business. What I've siderable import of arms and womenfolk will also become one decided to start a triangular from New York for some heard this night is worth money.” ammunition because we cannot of the old-fashioned sports.League between the Army, Navy where in Italy. I've forgot. "Suffering shamrocks" says L help thinking that it is high time According to the various by-laws and Club, a shield to be provided ten just exactly what she carried wi' my finger on the switch ready and so forth of this exalted with the winners' names inscribed for cargo but that doesna' matter to turn off the light, is that all. something were done to prevent Society of civilised nations, in there on annually. The Club's anyway. About a month Ister To thick of all the babies you've the country being flooded by fact, a country has to pass a fairly balance sheet showed a balance on a nice calm day, she was held in your time on the Hongkong modern weapons, as it now is by severe character test if it is not of $211.35, against $161.40 last found in the Atlantic w her Rialto and ye come breenging la going to be black-balled. For year. Mr. F. C. Miller was invited sails set, her boats in the chocks here wi' a story like that. When smuggling and otherwise. Apart instance, Germany was "punish-to join the Committee and act as but nary bide nor hair of a soul will ye ever learn sense? What from the syndicates who indulgeed" by being denied admission to Secretary during the absence of on her. When boarded, every is it this time, gold or coal, a lin illicit traffic io arms, this coteria of the elect. So far Mr. L. R. Blacking.
orders for considerable consigo as we have been able to observe,
she has not suffered over-much; ments are freely given to through this ban. Now there is big things through the high ideals of the usual baving happened. Robbie," saya be, looking up foreign concerns by particular talk of admitting her at last. As of their charter. We only wish The log was nicely written up and showing the whites o his political groups which rely for for Turkey, we are informed that that there were better prospects in the captain's writing without eyes, for by this time he'd begun.
the country" must still apply for of their plans coming to fruition. mention of anything untoward; to loosen his bootlaces "Robbie," their infusace on military back-admission to the League-but The matter of Turkey's joining his wife and child had been on says he, if ye wouldns' let your ing. The result of all this is there is no auggestion that entry the-League serves rather to dis board but there was evidence self think you were twice as smart only to add to the disruption in will be refused. It all seems so countenance the whole idea that the youngster had been in as you are, you'd be a rieb man
having regard to the circum the middle of a game when what to-day". Chios and to perpetuate the cut and dried!
stances of ibe case. Apart from happened took place as was indi. "Hold on a wee," says I, slip- strife between conflicting parties. High Ideals, but- any question of whether she baafcated by its toys. The vessel ping into bed and before re go Arma are a greater curse to We have no intention of dis- clean hands, it is extraordinary was perfectly sound and tight; the any farther just let me remind ye China than opium ever has been paraging the fine motives that that candidats for the high men's cheats had not been dis that you diana' take off year boote of will be. We consider, there scloated the men who formed the honour of membership of this turbed and inspection of the hare. This cabin was disinfected League of Nationa. Theirs was a council of nations should practic galley revealed a half-cooked last trip anyway. And, what's fore, that if the foreign Powers magnificent scheme, and at one all have to be bullied into cou-meal. Any theory of a storm more forbye, if you've got any would only devote half as much time it seemed the sure and cer-senting to join! It is really having raised seas, of which one thing of importance to tell me, energy towards the failistion tain remedy for so many of the ills humorous situation, and ill might have swept every man over you'd better be quick, and no let of measures to combat the im. this old world is subject to. Theza doubtless excite the risible facul-board, was destroyed by the fact it be exciting into the brain,
are great men to-day who are ties of the opponents of the that all the evidence showed that for as you know T portation of modern weapons into striving to make the League a League, both individuals and the weather had been calm from sleeper.*** Chins as they do in regard success, and who hope to achieve nations; which is a great pity, the moment the captain finished i (Continued on Page 7))
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