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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;
COMPACT
AS A WATCH
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14 1923.
DAY BY DAY.
WHEN A MAN IS TALKING TO HIMSELF HE BELIEVES EVERY-
working for the good of all, and becoming "keenly interested in the welfare of the district in which he lives." In this way only сад a man avoid THING HE HEARS. consolously falling into the habit of thinking that any association he joins will be of benefit to him THE NEW REMINGTON for each and every little problem that he desires solved, whilst PORTABLE TYPE-
forgetting that there are WRITER.
others whose needs merit equal, for greater, consideration.
H.M.S. Hawkins and several One danger of a lack of the other units of the China Squadron
anlaft for Manila this morning.
STANDARD KEYBOARD.
No Shifting for Aguess.
trae civic spirit is that association like the E.R.A. could be used by members for personal
ROUND THE TOWN.
FOOTBALL N
(BY 'QUIZ.
(By " Gadabout.") Remarkable how the Chinese Local football enthugave are cottoning on to our British much to interest them, the games, especially football past few days, the ring Mrs. D.K. Blair returned to the Amongst the Eiddies thare seams|fixtures being arranged" Colony by the Suwa Maru. to be an inborn love of the game, To-morrow-Hongkoque, just the same as at Home, and Division III (kick-off m.) "P. E. F. S.- you will You can't walk far these days Marazione. Durban on A observe from to-day's issue, you without seeing a street game in ground; and Hongkongue, progress somewhere or other Division I (kick-off m.) were quite correct,
Near the City Hall, near WaD-Police v. Ambrose on th cbai market, at the Wanchai end |China ground. of Kennedy Road are among the most popular playing pitches Shield Semi-final, King'sa. Friday, Junior Cige With goalposts improvised from (kick-off 245 p.m.) on lub jackets, hate, or anything else ground; Senior Shield Sel handy, and an old tennis ball Durban v. Kowloon (kick 15
Saturday. Interport h the Hongkong v. Shanghai ( advance of Western education, pm) on the Club ground, Western customs and influence, Monday-South Chidy. the Chinese youngsters are begin-Shanghai (kick-off £30 pn oing to take up many of the the Club ground. European prototypes. pastimes and pleasures of their] Wednesday-United Se
Unfor-v. Shanghai (kick-off. 4.30) tunately, they don't seem to have on the Club ground. the same facilities.
return
Yesterday's health axe-grinding, and thus cause a shown three cases of diphtheria taking the place of the usual p.) on the Club ground
(one British and two Chinase) larger. leather sphere, the en and one occurrence of small-par sometimes lacking. With
thusiasm's there even if the skill's (Chinese).
weakening of tha influence that a combined effort can bring to bear on any problem, or even) result in dissension in the ranks off members. Without suggesting that KR.A. members lack the ability to appreciate the need for civic
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make these comments in orderi Command orders state that to drive home the point raised by owing to the scarcity of water, the usual monthly test of fire the Chairman. More enthusiasm
hydrants will not be carried out could be brought by members till further orders. into their relationship towards the Association. with great advantage to themselves. Many more residents eligible to join abould do 80. All individual prejudices should be sunk and;
Playing at the V.R.C. in the Colony's billiards championship last night, R. F. Luz defeated Ho Shai-cheung by 300-465. Each made a break of 26.
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Owing to the great fatera The poorer schools here have 20 the Interport matet, the H.K. playgrounds and such things as have decided that no other g recreation grounds, which are shall be played on Saturd such feature of most of the more therefore the Division Ii mato. thickly populated districts down on the fixture list for ti Home, are just non est. It's a pity day will not be played. the Government can't allo; a few open spaces in the overcrowded Chinese areas for the youngsters
...
It is not definitely known bo to play in. It would cost a heap long the Shanghai team will n of lucre, of course, and it would main in Hongkong, but thre be so much valuable land lost to matches have bean arranged t Captain R. B. Khare, IMS, trade and commerce. But most date. The Interport game dow has been appointed to perform cities at Home realise the import for Saturday will attract a large Specialist" to the troops in Hong-where to play and keeping the reserved booking for seats in the the duties of Ophthalmological ance of giving the kiddies some crowd to the Club ground. The kong.in addition to his own duties, streets free for legitimeste traffic, Club stand
FETTERLY-O February 13th, at French Convent Hos-common cause be made on im- pital, to Mr. and Mrs. K. M. portant questions that arise from Fatterly, son.
time to time. la this way the EITTER.-On February 7,1923, Kowloon Residents' Association, at the Victoris Nursing Home already a strong, representative Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. F. C. body, will become strengthened Eitter, & daughter.
SPURGEON. On February 7. and attain a position, which no was ran over and killed by the 1923, at the Victoris Nursing one coull challenge, of primary the 18th. milestone yesterday. 8.15 train from Shenugshui near Home, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. influence in the Colony. S. E. Spurgeon, a daughter (ace
His remains were removed to the Rose Ethel Sullivan).
Public Mortuary.
MARRIAGES. SARJEANT-CHASTY.-On
Lionel Sarjeant Chasty.
Cost of Building.
B.
→
has been almost
so why not Hongkong? If the filled up. The Shanghai team, sa A Chinese boy, 15 years of age. future generation can be encour previously announced, leave the aged to take up games, it will Northern port by the President happier and healthier lives and tong on the afternoon of the 16th. mean that they will lead clasner, | Jefferson and are due in Hong
will probably turn out all the inst., their headquarters being the better citizens for it. If they can Hongkong Hotel. The game will be taught to play the game when ba keenly contested and from The following extract is from ably play the game when they're give the Hongkong team a good they're youngsters, they'll prob- recent accounts our visitors will The high prices which Crown the London Gazette, dated 9th-grown up. It would cost money, game. The locals were out on February 2, 1923, &; Holy Trinity land is now fetching in this January, 1923 The King's Regi- but I've an idea it might be worth Monday night and will be seen Cathedral, Shanghai, Raipa Colony represent a considerable ment-Major N. B. C.
| it in the long rua.
out again this evening, doing factor in the excessive cost of new Grounds, retires on retired pay; Maulas to
their final practice. residences. The upeat prices fix-6th. January, 1923, and is granted
The Kowloon Residents' Asso- ed by the Government are, in the the rank of Liaut-Colonel.
ciation seems to be justifying The matches down for Chinese ary 9, 1923, at H.B.M. Consulate ain, high enough, but recent ex-
perience shows that these are When the . President Jack. itself. The chairman at the New Year's Day should be well General, Shanghai, and after more often than not greatly ex-son came in from Manila this meeting on Monday night men attended, for good football should wards at St. Joseph's Church by ceeded, so keen is the competition morning, it was reported that tioned that residents had not yet be seen in the semi-finals of the Rev. Fr. Grech-Combo, S. W for desirable sites. We are at on serious case of small-pox had pc-the privilege of governing them-Challenge Shield. The Junior ham Johc, son of Mr. and Mrs with the Daily Press in its remarks curred, the sufferer being G.. P. Norton, of High Royd, that the authorities are going American.
[selves and the Association bad, jgame between the military teams Honley, Yorks,
The boat was pat of necessity. to adopt the attitude will probably end in favour of the daughter of the late David, and in the wrong way. On former Stonecutter's.
Joanns, about this business of land sales into the quarantine anchorage of of supplicant. Nevartbeless, there King's who have the better record Her departure, are some on the Council who take this season. Thess teams played of Mrs. Dec, of Bansha, Tip occasions we have suggested that scheduled for to-morrow, may be an interest is little Suburbis, to a drawn game on Saturday last.
the line to be followed should be delayed in consequence. DUFFUS-COLLIE A the that adopted by development syn- Presbyterian Church, Singapore. dicates &t Home certain areas on the 6th. Feb. 1923, by the Res.should be definitely mapped out
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G. H. Douglas, M.A., Alan & buiding sites, and applicants LEGISLATIVE_COUNCIL.| Duffus, M., Ch. B.. D.P.He therefor should be allotted suic- Singapore, to Miss Margaretable lots at the lowest price po
which gentlemen during the The senior game should be evenly course of his speech the chairman contested, although the sailors will expressed thanks. But one of start favourites Kowloon will these days perhaps we'll bear of be out to enter the final for the what's happened to that long first time in the history of the strip of paper containing all those Club, and the sailors will have to signatures in support of Roderick be all out if they expect to wia.
Leila Collie, daughter of Jsible; in such areas there should Bill Dealing With German Random's baby, "Constitutional In the event of the scores being
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Younger Collie, Esq., advocate, be до competitive bidding.
Reform," and, who knows, one of equal at the end of ninety mina es' Aberdeen.
by which wealthy Asiatics
these days perhaps in the Legis-play, the teams will probably can always outdo Europeans. The Legislative Council meetslative Council there'il' be a Mem-play extra time. These teams Let specified arou regery- to-morrow afternoon. The agende banite myself these days, I did my and the question of League points |ber for Kowloon. Being a'sobu: have not met before this season ed for various classes, be set includes:- aside and encouragement to
duty as a loyal citizen (should will also be at stake. First reading of a Bill intituled I say?) and lent my support build be given by offering these An Ordinance to provide for the to the city fathers' gathering. at reasonable rates. Then it might be possible for the Euro-Crying on of the work formerly We often talk of our Colony as In the League games down for carried on by certain German being cosmopolitan, but I'd never Police should play an even game, pean of moderate means to become
to-morrow, the Ambrose and an ownat-occupier. ars, very few are able to build with certain property formerly close on a dozen nationalities reparazion
As things Colony of Hongkong, and to deal did at that meeting there were
the realised it to such an extent as I with the sailors having the their own homes. We fear the held or administered by, or used resented in that little Church present Government policy is to in connection with the work of, Hall. And, by the way, talking The Chairman at the Kowloon raise as much revenue as possible such societies and persons in the of that, didn't the chairman mean from land, rather than to induce Colony of Hongkong, sa to pre-that they wanted a non-Chinese Res.dente Association meeting residents to acquire a stake in vide for the control of the persons residentist area, not European? LATE MR. GUBBAY'S on Monday toached on one very the Colony. We also agree that by whom the said work is to be I suppose he meant to include important point when he stated the contractors' ring ** badly
carried oo, that the policy of bis committee is done the actual cost of con- | needs breaking up, and notil that
everybody present, but Australia. Second reading of the, Bill in India, Mexico, the Philippinee-to was to foster a spirit of civic struction must remain dodaly Haled An Ordinance to amend mention but & few countries responsibility among the mem-high. In the Straits some years further the Medical Registration whose representatives were there
Ordinance, 188£. bera. Without the whole-hearted 2 commission which in-
-are not in Europe. vestigated the cost of building dis Second reading of the Bill in-
There was a large attendance co-operation of individuals, no covered that such a "ring" existed tituled An Ordinance to amend
at Messrs. Lammert Bros" auction association of any kind can work there and it recommended that the the Maintenance Orders (Facili.
There's one thing that can be rooms yesterday afternoon, when at its best. In the most primitive Government attempt to smash it ties for Enforcement) Ordinance, said about the officers and well- Inland Lot 1772, with the res-
wishers of that much-criticised idence "Ulbank' example of society, the family, or selling them at low prices. Wo
by manufacturing bricks and 1921.
situate there Association, Easms-they don't on, was offered for sale. The ciao, and later in the tribe or vil-believe that nothing was done in An Ordinance to regulate certain let the grass grown under their house is located on May Road lage community, we find how this the matter, as later the slump sat forms of female domestic service, to the standard they set them A. Gubbay.
and they're living up and belonged to the late Mr. R. spirit of mutual help, for the good in and most building materials fell in price. The point is, how-
selves in the early days of Mr. G. P. Lammert condunted the scheme. They didn't start the sale, and bidding started at that it was definitely and again attempts have been off with flourish of trum-60,000, aventually advancing to Low is the bigger associations, established in Singapore that made to bind the Government pets and forthwith proceed to $77,000, for which figure the pro- first only into counties, perhaps, contractors were artificially in-down to a more or less specific fade into obscurity, as so many then kingdoms, and finally em-kong contractors of doing likewise, work, but very little satisfaction They've kept their enthusiasm up. Shanghai Bank.
Dating prices. We suspect long-date for the completion of the bodies bave done in the past. Carvalho, of the Hongkong and perly WAJ acquired by Mr. pires. It is the subordination of and if investigations were carried has been the result. The job is The outsider who talks about self-interest and the expansion out, no doubt there would be being pushed along, but at a very their Clab being just a boczing of community endeavour; that 60me illuminating revelations. fifls a race or nation, or an as-Kowloon Hospital.
folk who fall sick and have to be of Easma's many activities. The going to have a real pukke sociation of different races, out
gent zo hospital must undergo * public doesn't always hear of the matshed, with dressing FOUND, Judging from the remarks by trying and oft-times dangerous many little things the Association lounge, lavatory, caretaker's of the rut of insignificance on to the Chairman at the annual meet trip across the harbour. The de- does to improve the social life of quarters quite a swell affair the broad highway of progress Association, it will be many has never been conceded; and all billiard tournaments and so forth, service, of course, and they're ing of the Kowloon Residents' mand for a temporary hospital its members, tenais tournaments, it sounds. They'll have a launch and influence: We do not desire long month before residents on that people across the harbour in addition to a great many acis Eoing to have teas and other re- to suggest that members of the the peninsula secure their much can do is to wait on the sweet of charity which don't get shout-freshments supplied on the spot. KRA are lacking in civic spirit, needed hospital that is if the will of the Government. They ed from the house-tops. How And they're promised band nights. or that there is an excess of proved upon. The cutting down process by now. But can't some-ments for their bathing beach, those who've been so food of Fast rate of progress is not im-are quite accustomed to that they've made public the arrange. Shouldn't be surprised if some of selfishness among individual of the site forty feet below its body see that things are bustled which is to be opened at Stone-talking
of booze clubs don't members we merely wish to previous level and the calling for up a bit 7 If not, the present cutter early in the summer. change their minds and look emphasise the need for everybody whole year's work on this project. never see the hospital in being. by
tenders appear to represent a generation of Kowloonites will And they're not doing things foolish one of these days. They to keep before him the ideal of That is not good enough. Again
halvos either. They're should,
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feet,
alow,rste. Meantime, Kowloon institution has a very foggy ides