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"American women used 10,000 tons of talcum powder last year says an overseas fashion journal. A statement that certainly puts a different complexion on things
NO CHILD WHO IS UPBRAIDED, stock-in-trade of some writers. CAN RESPECT HIMSELF-Dr. Certain aspects of human frailty Hertor C. Cameron.
We desire in contradict the. On the Foak Trans taipans are can hardly even be hinted at on
rumour that the Government no longer taken af "faċe..vālus."" the films, whereas one can now-
Lieut. Colonel B. II. Finnis. Proposes at an early date to pro- adays road nearly all the bald 2/55th. Coke's Rifles, is granted vide a creche for the convenience details in a best-seller, It hus the local rank of Colonel, with of thirsty and Irresponsible been maintained that the cinema pay and allowances of substan Junior Assistants.
tive rank, from September, 16th,. affects juveniles to a great exaudeis uppointed O. C. Troaps, tent. The answer is that North China. juveniles who cannot read are too young to take harm from a
Command, orders notify that film, whilst those who can read pending the arrival of Garrison are able to devour seven-shill-Sergeant Major Tye, the appoint- forty years old. ing dreadfuls" to coin a newmont of Acting Garrison Ser phrase in their heart's content. geant-Major is held by Sergeant R. Smith, 2nd. King's, vice Garri The repute of Dickens gave way, son Sergeant Major B. Hallmark. amongst the asses, before the M.C., who is promoted to com-
Specifications on Applic food of Charles Garvice. This
tion to
was to be deeply deplored. But even Charles Garvice was better! reading, we should fancy, than MUSTARD & Co ste of the stuff that is publish
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HONGKONG, 8th Sept., 19237
MODERN LITERATURE,
missioned rank as Quartermaster
Two lots of Crown land will he sold at the P.W.D. offres on the 24th, instant. The first is new Kowloon Inland Lot 465, situate
Shamship, containing 5,173 square feet, the upsel price being
Wasn't it a pity the vote on the Chits Bill wasn't takon earlier in the summer? It might then have gone the other way.
"Vote, for elits but none over
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In organ
preferred.
Same people only tell the truth when they lose their temper,
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Princess Mury received wedding gift from the waitien of New Zealand a few weeks ago. 1 is beloved that "a christening"
gift for Master G, H. H. Lascelles
We're lucky with our officials will be despatched early next Or, put it another way, isn't it, year.
remarkable coincidence that
the whole blamed lot have such a horror of whits? H'm. -- ·
Here's a real homely touche Mr. Pollock: "The ment being finished the parties perhaps get a little tired of the dining room."
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ed nowadays, with the crudities of sex the only theme in it that finds it a market. The "War" $2 per foot. The other is Inland P'raps so. Like marriage, holi- has been blamed for much of the taining about 32,800, the upset ein get too much of a good thing Lot 2442, at Mount Davis; con- days, babies and Mah Jongg, you present-day human lapsos: buti prive' being $7.060. we wonder whether serimis con-f sideration-has-been-given-to-the- literature of the last decade.
Sheer Fleecing.
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He's a well-meaning son), Pol. Haak is awkard at times but fine
Leung Wa-po, compradore and at dancing with his Let's put it part-owner of the steamship Yan in his own words: On, was charged by the 1. and, E"] X
office, before Mr. J. R. Wood all "Repulse Bay. People go there" the Police Court this morning, to dance. Very often they ding
We've had much worse partners.
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"Orgin the words of the Ordin- ence, in conjunction with' your dinner.
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"There is nothing like a good minke", ruhs a certain cigar mer- chant's announcement." That is what Balaam said when his ass refused to go on.
The fall of Waiehow is ex pected any year now.
notting from Taikon Dock was The Chinese who stole the wire
probably contemplating a run with someone else's money.
If
Disaster is only relative. What's a few tiles anyhow? Think what it might have been.
All those favour of flat roofs.
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What we want is the good old- fashioned dances and that tired feeling in the wright arm back- again.
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King Canute tried to stop the waves and got wet instead..
Some of our good friends think we can get wet quicker by ro- introducing the old fashioned dances.
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We referred the other day 15 with possession of and "alterna-before they dance or you dance Tiled Carrigd unanimously.. the rumours which are in circulatively, importing contraband, to with your dinner.".. Lion in Hongkong regarding the wit 1,140 lbs of loose opium, from dire calamities which are said to Kwang-chow-wan. The defen. be due in this Colony in the near dant, who was represented, by future. The latest story, we hear, Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, was re- is that on a certain date not only wanded for a week, bail being We published a.. mali pura-
is Hongkong to completely disaj fixed at $25,000. graphi yesterday which recorded pear, but the whole world is to that an International Conference come to an end." We need not
We'll say sh. And from some Fatly trouble ourselves over Faravelle und Torre, the two of the, attitudės, very much in was to meet at Geneva on August these stories, for we have all often Frenchman detained at Victoria conjunction with the dinners of 31st under the auspices of the rough heard forecasts of the Gaol,, in connection with the re-fother people... League of Nations, 16. ropsider date of the end of the world which cent arms charge against U, the question of suppressing the vehever come true,although the Hon-man. assistant compradare Whit an argument! No, won- Traffic in eomious iterature dates set therefor have in many of Messrs, Dodwell and Com-der the Governor wiped the floor
instances long since püssed. We pany, were recently, in Saigon with them. The unferênce, was to be com are now-informed that the people before they wont to Shanghai. posed of plenipotentiarins charg-responsible, for the circulation of Deportation proceedings re According to an advertisement, ed to prepare a new conversion.believed by the more ignorant authorities, and it is stated that stray on the Peak. It must these yarns, which are implicitly being considered by the Police a smooth-haired pup has gine the project of 1910 never having classes, are the priests and other they will be returned to Saigon. Thaye been him we saw the other | been put into force. Apparently functionaries attached to the this conferere, if it be in session, many local joss temples. They an eye to business, for
have
is not considered of sufficient the more these stories are be- comparative importance « these lieved, the more they do in the dag: 15 receive the attention of Reiter's service, to the Far East.
BILLIARDS.
A billiard match between teams
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"Some of thexe "Mess Contractors certainly live up to their names.
pectable looking gentleman was Last Saturday evening a ré- removed to his home in Kowloon day having tea in a local hard. in a semi-conscious stato. He had taken a full dose of "whisky dry."
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The world may breathe freely Jonce more. The Corner Confer- ence in Wiseman's las: Thursday decided that Japan will pull through all right,
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Nothing like keeping our hoad.
way of sale of joss-sticks, incense, at, to those who frequent these We have not sufficient inform said to be freely taken in hy these of right corporals and privates, places Women in particular-are tion as to the scope of the de-tactics, which amount to nothing and. En. the King Regiment, While Japan burns, we-solemnly liberations judge the exact else than sheer feecing. We wish was played in the Recreation sit and discuss the morality or significance of the term licentious these run-inngers and give Wednesday and Thursday even- it were possible to get, at some, of
Room Murray Barracks, an otherwise of signing chits. when applied to fiterature by anthem the punishment they sa international gathering, but pre-richly "deserve.
| sume it goes no further than the
obscene and semi-abscene publjes-The Stink Carts tions which are known to biteul-
"We "wonder whether the day] ate aniongst the underworld." will ever conie; when Hongkong?
| If thet seupé is öven wider than will, adopt a nure hygienie. that, and includes the ultra provaiks? Every day, big method of rubbish-renoval than modern types of novels (and lumbering carts, with no covering verse) that have found a parket whitever, can be seen rushing recently, then inuch the better. downthe hillsides and being pulled through the zity, full of the most But the matter might be carried evil-smelling garbage. Yesterday somewhat too far. The authors one that passed this office almest of certain books in the English suffocated our staff with the smell¦ - language tight then find them-ow. It is certainly time some-
hat it sent through our open win-i solves very near the borderline, ifthing were done to provide more one or two be not held actually sanitary means of removing the to have overstepped it Also Colony's rubbish. Even in the smallest towns at Home, the the French aathor whose work garbage carts are covered in. Yet deprived him of 'membership of here, in a sub-tropical climate, we the Leginii of Honour Would be, colorate this antiquated method perhaps, subjected to the disf removal. We have not the slightest douls that these stink ciplinary action of an interna-earts (for that is all they can tional body! We purposely name he called) are a distinct menace no names, as we do not desire to to public health. Cannot some- aid the advenisement campaigns What's the use
thing be dope in the matter? of prouching which, in the case of one very sanitation" la, the public if the |" during " English hovel, has Government itself does not
already suceeded in attaining it practice it ?
a"sixth impression within the;
first few niunths of this year.
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Sub-Lieutenant P.C. Agnew has been posted to the sloop Blue- bell on the China Station,
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Hard nos. If it had only been Submarine 9 now, he'd have had a chance to put in his foreign service without working.
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ing and rosulted in a win for the · We believe that the many The Chinese are trying to stop privates team by 104 points, syrup drinks which have made the Shanghai" Mutual Telephono Schres:
their appearance in the US.A. Co. from extending its lines into ince the advent of Probibition. Chinese Territory. have nothing to do with the in-
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We don't wonder at this, China
has to start sometime to eliminate
The TW.D., by farming out atrocities.
the designing ands building of
those British Schools, have at It only needs the dollar to fall
last admitted that there can be to twe bob to complete our too much of a good thing. Good misery.
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St. Andrew's, Kowloon, is to contemporary trusts our have an extra parson soon. Bench and Police will co-operate amicably within their respective
CORPORALS.
Corp. Bee-ley' L/Cpl. Dyer:... ECpl. Barlow L/Cpl. Carr! Curpl." Connolly Corp. McGowan LCpl. Dangerfield LCpl Fox
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crease in syruptitious drinking.
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PRIVATES.
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150
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150
121
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150
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Pie. Todd.. Plu. Ashuroft Pia. Cammrick Ptc. Valiant Dr. Walker Pte. Williams. Pte. Crooks Pte. Gregory
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K.C.C. CONCERT POSTPONED.
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Steps have also been taken to open a lodge of Theosophists on. The Peninsula.
AnEarly-to-Bed" League Is contemplated.
The only thing lacking is an without being amiable, anyhow? "up-to-date cemetery.
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Governor General Leonard cable quoting marks at 900, 852, Wood of the Philippines will 152, 55, 674, 410, 507 to the come to China in the autumn, pound. We'd hate to be a money. changer in Germany.
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Which is altogether wrong.
He should have sent Quezon
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Dr. Sun tells Sir. Robert Ho instead. Tung that he in prepared
personally to meet other Chinese And had him, pinched by
On account of the inclement leaders in Conference. It looks bandits just to see how indepen- weather, the open-air concert as if he's going to have plenty dence works out in practice. arranged to take place to-night of time on his hands soon."
at the K.CC. grounds on behalf of the Japanese Relief Fund hise. been postponed indefinitely.
THAMES PILOTS FEES.
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From a local advertisement: The beauty of these round table “French; German, Spanish, conferences is that there is no Hindustani. Italian, etc., SELF end to them.
TAUGHT at Brewer & Co."
The High Cost of Fibbing is still' going up. German white silk
mercerised cotton.
Fine Pity they couldn't have included Portuguese when they
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when merit in a true-to-life book will fift" it out of the category of Interport Practice Game." literature deliberately pandering The Hongkong Interport Bowls salacious instincts of Team had a practice match at the humankind. We think there- Kowloon Bowling Green Club's
ground last evening. The Loan From figures quoted by Judge, fore, that the Geneva conference comprised Messrs. Omar, Hall, Parry when sitting at Lambeth*tockings have been found to be were at-in, will be tackling too big a
Just when these Shanghai pro-Gow and Wallace, and their op County Court it appears that
bowlers thought they were going position were it to take a tilt a ponents were Messrs. Harvey, ordinary Thames pilots carn on
Still, &ta,chilling a pair a white to have a eo quiet time, spme- Whibley, Crawford, and. Russell, an average close on £1,000 a year, freely-circulated fiction. All the Fourteen heads were played, and while the choice pilots (pilots lie of this description can be one starts electing a reception Nume, Wo Ara old-fashioned the score was 13 points each
specially retained by the large toleruted. enough to regret that something
shipping companies) make double Messrs. A. Cheethani and as much. A choice" pilot will So long as they'do not wrinkle cannot be done check the Tomlinson, members of the bring a 30,000-ton vessel to port round the ankles. tendency of some modern novels, Shanghai team, are already in the with only a foot to spare. She elro who can say what it will friendly game will be arranged may be drawing 25 feet, but the Yes, if we'd had no bananas, "load" to ? Hescoms att anomaly for them, at the Kowloon B.C.C.ows just where the depth we'd have no banana sking to
is 26 feet, so is safe. that incidents--even cammon-or-green to-morrow..
Colony, and it is probable that w
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committee.
Four mosquitoes, blown, inland by the recent typhoon, have re- turned to Fanling...
They will be treated in course to g crude oil frappe,