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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22
1922
SOLDIER FINED.
Damage to Ricksha. Aprivata in the Rotal Marine Light Infantry, named John R Prendergast, was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Police Court this morning, with daing wilful damage to a ricksha on Chaler Road latə last night.
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EASTERN ITEMS,
LOUNGE LIZARDS.
The Mohamadhan community & Nuisance at Entertainments. of Singapore entertained Captain Chancellor, Inspector-General of Police, at a garden party, to bid him farewell prior to retirement, on Saturday last
An excellent subject for anim- adversion suggested to us 23 belog highly reasonable is that of the lounge lizard, his babits and occasional rewarda,
the latter As
is evening.
one of A party. generally already made up and doubtless skilfully balanced, the lizard has
his partner, dance his dance and so off again.
The Chinese Government has This animal is usually to be conferred the 3rd. Class Order of found in the balls of hotels or tho Chiao Ho upon. Mr. A. J. other precincts adjacent to
dances
in are lu pleading guilty.
pro- the Commije, of the Customs service, where defendant said that he engaged stationed in Shanghai, Previous-gress, and having come array- All his finery. he the ricksha outside the Hongkongly Mr. Commijs was awarded the ed in Hotel and told the coolie to take ith. class of this order. Mr.is ready to dance with, any him to the Naval Yard. Instead Cammijs, who is a Dutchman, woman of his acquaintance who of doing that, the coolie has lots of friends in Shanghai may arrive in the course of the pulled him round town and the Far East, who will be glad and then suddenly dropped the to host of the honour conferred shafts, throwing bìm out on to|upon bim.—S,M, the road, The coolis ran away and be (defendant) foolishly Aletter from Japan to Shang-to thrust into the group, acquire began to break up the ricksha. hai mentions the disposition of the He had bad a little drink. Japan Chronicle according to the
The coolle's story
will of its proprietor, the late Mr.
The outstanding feature of the was that
Mr. Young has willed breed is that Young. defendant wanted to go to the Naval Yard, but as soon as the half the Chronicle to the widow, conceivable ricksha was turned east, defende quarter to the youngest son go to the expense of arran.-
A (now in the printing department ing
party for ent said it was the wrong way of the paper), and one quarter to self, and moreover he is perfectis and wanted to go west. He (the
Mr. Morgan Yaung, who has been coolis) was taking defendant to
unconcerned the Naval Yard when he stopped the ricksha and wanted to hit complainant.
FOOTBALL.
ON
any Occasion does be
bic-
about the incon-
the managing editor for the pastvenience to which be pats his eight years, but who is no relation self-appointed entertainers. To of the Young family.
say that the creature is a pest is to A fire of $5 was imposed, de- Mrs. Naka Takami, who is put it mildly, and his presence fendant also being ordered to pay.id to be the oldest woman in might well result in the formation $5 as compensation.
Yokohama, will celebrate the of a League of Hosts (the outer- 112th. anniversary of her birth taining kind) to eradicate him. early in January. Until a few Tact may do a lot, perhaps, but months ago, Yokohama had the display of courage, both moral and physical, is a infinitely distinction of being the residence of three centenarians in the better method.
For instance, it only recently persons of Mrs. Hisa Shinohara, 115
Maru happened in Japan that a man, old, years
Mrs.
dinner and dance The following will represeut Sakamoto, 111 years old, and giving &
was thus victimized, the United Athletic Club in their Mrs. Takami, who also was 111) party,
he saved himself from Second Division League Exture years old. The deaths of Mr. and against R.G.A. on Saturday Sakamoto and Mrs. Shinohara all further worry by pursuing
lizard
his lair acd to A. H. Other; Jackson and leaves only one centenarian in the
informing him that he was Chilloo; Urquhart, Mackenzie Yokohama, it is believed. and Leonard; Botelho, Dares.
perfectly capable of doing all Brown, May and Chubb.
Mrs. Margaret Harrison, who his own entertaining, and that as recently was in Peking, has beenit cast him a certain amount of The following team will re
re-arrested by the Soviet author-money to do so he demanded a present the Club in thair League ities, this time at Chits, and taken policy of non-interference in fa game with H.M.F. Durban:-nader guard to Moscow, where ture. It
thoroughly Rodger: Gerrard and Bishop: she has been put in prison as an successful interview from his Israel. Stewart, and McPhail enemy of the Soviet Government. point of view, and lizards now Captain); Furvis, Forsyth. Begg It seems that when she just leitį dislike him to the point of giving McTavish and England,
Moscow, Mrs. Harrison was him a wide berth.
The following have been select ed to represent Kowloon in both
Divisions on Saturday.
followed by a Sariet secret agent. Were all equally prepared for This man followed her to the the fray the lounge lizard would United States, then to Japan. rapidly rank with the dodo- then to Saghalien, Changchun. North China Daily News. 1st. Division v. Titania:
Peking. Urga and Anally to Woodman; Wheeler and Kaight;
Chita, where Mrs. Harrison Morrison, King and McKelvie:
had gone од her way from Clemo. Mason. Pasco, A. Duncio and Coombs. Reserve:-Millard. Peking. Here she was arrested.
A VALUABLE FIND.
Early Christianity in Japan.
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WINTER EMPLOYMENT.
Many New Schemes Presented.
These facts are of interest in view 2nd. Division v. Titenia: of the charges made that Mrs Rasmusser: Guest and G. Duncan Harrison had bought her release Banner, Ollier and Hooper: Hast, from prison by turning Soviet spy- Ferguson, Spary. Blagden and
Under the Government pro Easterbrook. Reserves Joban As the situation at Tsingtao and Christensen.
bas become more threatening. all posals for the relief of anemploy ment involving financial aidr to Manchu refugees, who
local authorities starting wo ks hзra resided thereat, have
of public utility which were left Tsingtao bag and baggage launched in the autumn of 1921, for Tientsin, Shanghai and elsewhere. Prince Kung, with his Lord St. Davids's Cammittee has family numbering altogether over approved over 2,000 schemes of a
000. twenty, who visited Dairen the total value of more than £18,000,- other day, arrived at Dairen on
The Government assistance for the morning of the 8th. and he is Tokyo, Dec. 3:-An immense amount of documents, books anding to rent a commodious res-these works took the form of a idence at Shotokugai between grant of a proportion of the inter- personal effects relating to early Fushimidai (Dairen) and Sha est and sinking fund on loans Christian activities in Japan, the property al ne time of Prince hokoo. The Prince may have a raised to meet the expenditure. Mitsukuni Tokugaws, third Shoresidence built about Hoshigaura Under the earlier scheme of assistance grants have also been in the future. gue, has been found by Marquis
made of a total amount of 244 Tokujun Tokugawa and will be
How three copties employed by millions on the basis of 60 per given to the Tokyo and Mito mus- the P. W. D. on excavation work cent. of the wages bill in respect eum, according to the "Chugai were passed in a man-hole on of works eosting approximately Bbogyo." The works will be of December. 9th. was told at an £9,000,000. The volume of em- great value to the student of inquest held at the Public ployment provided under these. Christian bistory in Japan. Mortuary, Shangbai, last week. schemes amouoted to over 1,000,-
Inspector Alers said that he found 000 menmonths.
In order to deal with further three coolies lying in an unsON- scions condition near the creek unemployment
ȧutuma this winter the Government Penang Road. One of the and
a letter to local coclies, lie was told, went down addressed
Christian things were burned and believers prosecuted during the time of Prince Mitsukuni Tokugawa, who died in 1651, and the Shogun secured this collec.
& man-hole but he made o authorities on June 1 faviting tion from things seized by daimyo re-appearance and another coolle them to give some indication of in all parts of the country, They followed him to see what was what further works they would be were used a reference for biz famous "History of Great Japan"wrong. The second coolie dis-ready, if necessary, to put in hand and then stored away in sealed appeared in a similarly myster- for the relief of unemployment. cabinets in a godown at Mito.want to the rescue. The third that if the situation necessitated ious manner and a third coolie The replies received indicated After remaining there untouched for 300 years they were found re-coolie came up from the hole gasp it further schemes to the value cently by the present head of the g and collapsed when dragged of over £18,000,000 could be
to the ground. Boat hacks were started. Mito Tokugawa family, Marquis procured and the two coolies in Tokajun. The fact that they are the hole were
so well preserved is said to be due to the care in packing them taken conscious. They were hurriedly by the Shogun who feared that taken to hospital, where the first they might be scattered about the coolie died from the effects of the
gas fumes. country and influence people in favour of Christianity.
Among the books is a copy of] the Bible written in Romaji, which is considered very valuable as it represents the original sound
of Japanese language. It is one of
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to
Invitations were accordingly extricated issued in August to local authorities in all districts where unemployment was heavy submit definite proposals. Already over 1,000 schemes to the value of Dearly £8,000,000 have been received and others are coming in daily. Of these Lord St. David's Committee has approved 370 scheraes, to the value of £2,300,000, These are generally distributed country and road-
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two existing copies, the other har far away to see clearly, the eyes throughout the ing been recently secured by will be strained to make out the include such works as
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distance say 14 inches from baths and public institutions, &c. number of
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