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We desire to contradict the What with the reply is a record of an interview The Whist Drive arranged by rumour that a special medal is to Russians in Hongkong sad the Mr. Burkill bed with Sir G.tho Catholic Mens' Club will be be struck for those who still have distressed Peakites in Kowloon, Grindle at the Colonial Office last held to-night, wet or fine.-Adet, the courage to remain in residence things are coming to a pretty fine
on the Peak. November, which clearly proved Cthat the Secretary of State would
ANYONE CAN TELL YOU SOME. We have just been reading Money in Cricket," says a THING YOU DON'T KNOW. ASK about a fish weighing 40,000 headline in a Homepaper. Maybe, aotsanctionary payment of profits QUESTIONS-THEN LISTEN.-Cole pounds which was caught in but We have known many to the shipowners; or, in fact, man Cox.
Florida. This must be the one, cricketers to ba “stumped." any deviation from his explicit
which usually gets away. instructions in the mattor. It The following additions have
Advt: "Wanted to sell good been made to the List of
A milliner recently fell off a gramaphone. Suit country family, Mmust surely be apparent, to say-Authorized Architsete: Mr. R. ship at sea. It is presumed that with clean records." We wonder one who troubles to think the W; Bateman and Mr. O. F.she saw a fellow-passenger with how many replies were received, matter out, that to condemn the savego.
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among Peak dwellers. Wong Noi Chong village and While do this subject of the Happy Valley. Neontrol of British ships during|
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Nowadays it "never rains but lit pours" a stream of sooty water It is proclaimed by orders of down the back of some poor Council that Bangkok is a place His Excellency the Governor in tsipan.
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the war we might repost the reason for the Admiralty's action. YIt was found
essential that certain ships be requisitioned. In consequence, the owners of uncontrolled vessels were reap-
The official appointment of the jag an enormous harvest, with Hon. Mr. T. H. C. Creasy as Director of Public Works, as well
American ships being so dry, field left almost without as a member of the Executive it is suggested that the "9.8." competition. In order to avoid and Legislative Councils and before their names means "Sun these very unfair conditions, the Vice President of the Sanitary day School." Shipping Controller decided that Board, is gazetted.
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HONGKONG, 1st Sept., 1923
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A recent Home paper record- the case of a man whose temper sture actually rose after death. We know Beveral persons who, we fear, will have a similar ex- perience.
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It would be a good idea to get the winner of the Dempsey-Firpo bout to fight the Pennsylvania It is easily conceivable that man who is said to have 22 wives. after being sent to so many fronts, Sun's troops" at the mo- ment do not know where they are, and that there is a possibility of mistaking themselves for the
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We're getting so that we count that day lost whoes low descend- ing sun does not find us figuring „out a new grouch.
An advertisement in a Malayan contemporary asks: "Why injure your health by smoking inferior cigarettes when you can smoke our brands instead?" And they are only four cents for ten, so you can do it quite cheaply.
If Diogenes lived in China to. day, ho'd be putting in a lot of overtime.
all British ships should come A Baseball League match will under the scheme. What could be played to-morrow afternoon at be more illustrative of Govern-4.30 p.m. at Happy Valley be
Canton can give Hongkong ment anxiety to see fair play?tween the Lusitanu team and the Oce of Mr. Molier's accusations team representing the LR.C. A some tips. A ricksha coolic there
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close game is expected, returned a handbag to a paa is that the Hongkong authorities and fans should find it an in- senger." requisitioned the steamers for teresting and exciting contest. war purposes. This is untrue.
Rural Building Lots 230 to 234 The local Government had puwer We referred yesterday to two
inclusive are to be sold by auction
The Japanese artist who was points on which Mr. Moller to divert any ship to war service on the 17th. instant. They are wrongly accuses the Hongkong
if it found such action necessary, situtate near the Chinese Chris- recently sketching Peak Homes but this was never the object of tian Cemetery at Pokfulum, and is not likely to be suffering from Government of culpability in con.
the control scheme. Thue we very from 141,350 square foot overwork at the moment. nection with the war-time con- find a few instances of diversion square feet (upset price, $3,502).
(upset price, $46,139) to 10,160
A bagpipe competition for schools in the West of Scotland -one ship takes coolies to
has been won by a Chinese Malaya on the urgent request of Tenders are being ivited for scholar. After some of the noises the authorities there, who needed topaire to Railway Pier Taipo. we have heard emitted in the Far
The average man always knows! them for the tin mines, and tin The work consists in:-(1.) Re-East, we can quite understand it. building the wooden portion of
much more about running a busi- was being dug out overtime for the pier upon the existing steel We need not be so anotty about ness than bis taipan does. munitions purposes: another piles. (2.) Pulling down where our fine harbour in future, Reuter vessel carries. part of a British necessary the pitching which has wired that during the big typhoon Everything seeme quicker -
been damaged by the recent the Empress vessel moored in nowadays. Falling in and out of battalion to Vladivostok. As for typhoon and repitching.
mid-stream, and a Paking con- love, for instance. the references to rice carriage,
temporary heads it: "Empress the local Government know its No less than 3,750 counterfeit boat is moored in river." business best; it found there was Chinese coira were discovered!
secreted in the false bottom of a To open an umbrolla in the tenced to Rubber." It is not, ample rice here and no need for basket belonging to a Chinese house is said to be unlucky. however, as startling as it seeme passenger of the s... Liang Chow Many Peakitos are taking the at first sight-merely a proof- special carriage of this cargo.
proceeding to Swatow. Sergeant risk in spite of superstition. reader affected, we presume, by a hot afternoon following a big Carey, in charge of the police launch which visited the steamer, took the man into custody yester day.
tral of shipping. As wo have! briefly shown, the local author. ities did not requisition the ships for war purposce, and they did not deliberately pass an indemn ity law in order to safeguard
themselves for this action. It was the Admiralty in London that requisitioned every British ship-"requisitioned" in the lesser sense of placing these abipa under Government control-and
Our space is limited, but before leaving the subject we shall in dicate ono more false deduction
the introduction of control in Hongkong was effected by the Naval Commodore on exprese orders from London. There was no alternative for the local au- thorities but to obey, else the put forth in Mr. Moller's latest Home Government could "sack effusion. He refers to a success. ful action by a shipping company the lot." Disobedience, in fact, would have been open ravolt. against the Straits Settlements Yet, it seems, there are some
Government, which he declares Arose under circumstances persona who refuse to see such'a;
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The name of the super-tuchun lunch. in China at present is General Paralysis.
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Every night for a week, woman sang in a lion's cage at New York. At the end of that time her husband, out of pity for the animal, offered to take her
back and say no more about it.
Women are doing fine in Home
To Let House on Peak in one of our exchanges; and adds thoroughly up-to-date condition. "but we hope to hear of his speedy Shower baths in every room, recovery."
How informative! water at all hours; airy; grounds can be used for sleeping in. A Singapore contemporary simple fact, obvious to the in-actly similar to our own." This Ship's Compradore Charged. Owner having no further use is states that a lady who danced prepared for anything. Apply there "exhibited charming The proves the danger of declarations telligence of any child.
The compradore of the steam-Webb-Foot, F. O. Box O.L.
This must be a new form of lingario that has not yet same thing applied later to the made without the book. The ship Jan Nam Hoi was to-day charged before Mr. J. R. Wood, Indemnity Ordinance, which was case was absolutely distinct from with being in possession of 40 pots thought the average rainfall" for
Up to last Wednesday, we reached Hoogkong. local circumstance. The of passed by the local Government any
prepared non-Government Hongkong must have been com If you have any doubts about on instructions from Home. The company, concerned, the Eastern opium...
puted at the time of the Grest the ant being a model of industry On the night of the 31st August, Deluge. Now we are looking for just let them loose in the sugar. Shipping Controller had provicus Shipping Co, refused to run it it was stated by Mr. J. D. Lloyd, th
Q ly ordered requisition of vessels Vossels under Government con- who prosecuted, revenue officers
The love of the Chinese for our all over the Empire: It je estira. trol, and the authorities, under went on board and made a
Rubber bricks are the latest. Botanical Garden is only beaten ated that, when control ceased, an Order in Council, illegally search. A cupboard, which was quite useful for electioneering by the manner in which some of the Home authorities would have seized the ships and appointed Officers, Wes beon "liable" to claims for profits In Hongkong, all the companies disappointed in their expectation
If aeroplanes should become | totalling something like a hun-
take in the chimneye at night. dred million pounds sterling. To concerned, including the Moller of finding something good, for really popular, we shall have to
that same cupboard had on a Shipping Co., ugreed to come previous occasion rewarded the prevent these excessive war.
One thing about a perambulator, engendered profits going where
under the cheme (though under attention they gave to it. The' they should not have gone, and protest) and ran the ships them. forty pots of opium were found you never have to reckon how
in this recess, in addition to many miles to the gallon. selves. One wonders how much thirteen pipes and nine lamps. in order to follow the policy
Hongkong knuts say it's all of the Government whenever longer Mr. Moller and his sup. The compradore was charged on special emergency
porters will keep up their attitude the point that in his official posi- right for a girl to close her eyes politics. Englishmen no longer legislation
tion be responsible for while kissing so long as she keeps rule the permanent waves, (like D.O.R.A.) has had to be
everything occurring between her mouth shut afterwards.
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docka.
Funny nowe is 80 soare A remand was ordered until The rainfall for this year and wish Charlie Chaplin would Friday, Mr. H.C. Lee appearing the average had been running & Tho, Government apparently
for the defence. Bail was allowed close race for several weeks, first marry..
one and then the other obtaining be passed by the Colonies (includ- holds the view that the use of in the sum of $3,000,
the lead. We understand that, "What's in your tolephone?" ing Hongkong) on Imperial in-rocket apparatus during typhoons
pending the revival of our Race aske an advertiser. Seemingly, structions. The local Govern-in Hongkong is impracticable.
That was the opinion expressed in saving some livos, it would Meetings, the Turf fraternity two million wrong numbers and mont, we doubt not, would will some yekra ago by, a former Com- have a value. We are told that were finding quite a lot of relaxa- a boiler shop.. ingly have handed over the local modors, and it is still the official the Loongsang was for some report. Now they are going in
tion in reading the weather ̧
offer apot where she eventually foun tochnical advice on the sub-dered, and the opinion has been ordered, for it did not not out to ject, we do trust that the mattor expressed that it would have been Hongkong. is known as The Isle According to a Chinese legend, make any profit and held the will not be disposed of without possible to have saved some of of Fragrant Streama" The fra- money merely as a subordinate further consideration. Does the her crew had a rocket apparatgrance seemed a bit strong on former Commodore's opinion tally been immediately available. How- agent of the Secretary of State. with that of other exparia? We over, the Chamber of Commerco
Wednesday last. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. are prepared to admit that the is to consider this general ques. A collection of old Liles is likely Fletcher, who was chairman of case of the Loongsang was tion, and it is at least gratifying the local Shipping Control Com- peculiar in some rospects, but we to have the assurance that the to be purchased by a wealthy.
A horo is a lad with enough are not yet finally convinced that Government will be prepared to American, reports a Home paper. mittes, and has therefore become rocket apparatus would be altoge-act upon any suggestione which We are sorry now that we gave money to buy drinks for the
our last one to the cook-boy, crowd. the target for Mr. Moller's and thor useless. Even if it succeeded are found to be practicable,
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to pass an indemnity Act, and Rocket Apparatus. supplementary Ordinances fiad to|
profite to the shipowners concern viewpoint. Whilst not being twenty minutes stationary at the for boating
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This gives Hangeline and Arold notice," says the local journal. eleven hours to say goodbye in.
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