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There is no truth in the story - A Kowloon man has sprained that the Rialto is to be removed his epiglottis. He will recover, but these globe-trotters are filing to Hok Un.
an alibi. The slight earthquake register- The Gazette contain amendaded on Monday evening had no Cpeditions against pirate nests is regulations in regard to launches relation to the applause at the going to win a big sweep at the
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considered in some quarters with much shaking of heads-it will be an "infringement of China's The Hon. Mr. E. A. Irving is to distribute the prizes at the territorial integrity," and
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Funny thing how everybody is
races this year. Next week the majority of them will be feeling A contemporary refers to a unwell-at least, we presuma local "pupils apostrophe recital” that is what a man means when That's better than a full-stop one, he says that "his system has
gone phut." anyhow.
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From the Post-Lighting up tima to-day is at 6.18 pm, The lantern used will be a Pathe
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Of course, to quote an old saying. "A man who doesn't bet is no bettor and a man who does is no better."
The name of Dr. John B | University—Adet. of the Chinese authorities thera-Bourke has been added to the list
of medical practitioners. He joins K. R. A. members must have According to a Shanghai salvos. This cannot reasonably the firm of Drs. Allan, Strahan felt highly honoured at Mfr. paper, three American school- A
be withheld at any time for and Thomas.
Silva's suggestion to model the boys who stowed away on a Pre- Chinese nationals are in the long
naw hospital on that of Sura sidant boat "were caught by hospital in the Fiji Islands. And wireless." Let's hope it wasn't gressive too! they thought they were so pro- darded.
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piratical activities in these water. Chief Justice has ordered that It is notified His Honour the Well, the whole subject has now the next Criminal Sessions hel Y. become one for serious consider held Monday, 25th day If Canton is so really hard up that Chadwick has strained a
ation by His Majesty's Govern-February, at 10 o'clock in the for money, why don't they or cartilage.
forenoon.
ganise a sweep on the next man ment. There is even the sug-
likely to be made Civil Governor ? We have it on good authority gestion by responsible men, who
that immediate steps will bə More atrocities for friends of taken to provide the necessary have closely examind the ques- Messrs. Benjamin and Potts
received tion, that it is a matter of inter- have
advices from China" A Northern contempor- daily supply of raw material in national.concern, to which the Shanghai to the effect that the ary reports that Sir F: Aglea has Ice House Street
Shanghai Loan and Investment had a week's "peasant shooting" Powers can no longer remsia Co. Ltd. has declared a dividend round Nanking.
It all depends. Lloyd George can spill the beans and merely be (apparently indifferent. Perhaps of 30 cents for the year. The
we shall shortly see these pro-profits amount to TIs. 183,698. posals coming into operation, | and then certain clouds which are known to be gathering on the local horizon should be dispersed.
HONGKONG, 16th Feb., 1924
SOMETHING CONCRETE.
It is common knowledge by now that the seafaring community in these waters have their own opinion of how the piracy evil should be tackled, and that their point of view is in sharp contrast
In the Limelight.
Somehow or other. fiongkong is constantly getting in the lime- light; and the worst feature of it is that the publicity we get is not altogether of the kind we would most desire.
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We hate finnicky folk, but all considered guilty of an indiscre- the same we wish to record the tion. If it had been Poincare, fact that this week a member of well, we ask you? Booking is now open at Mou-te Board of Education split
an infinitive! trie's for the boxing tournament of the Hongkong Police (light-
A doubtful compliment. Chair- weight. welterweight, middle weigh: and light-heavyweight man at last Monday's K.R.A. contests) to be held at Volunteer meeting" Mr. Wylie is so well- Headquarters on Saturday, Feb. known to you all, that silence is
golden!! 23rd. at 9 p.m.
Mr. David Boyd McKenzie Bone, of the Taikoo Dockyard. has been given permission to use
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And further:-"We have had a tariety of secretaries during the past year."
The worst of having a broken collar bone is the chance of get- ting one's picture in the news- papers.
In America a Chinese has for the first time been executed by gas. Our only wonder is that it hasn't taken affect sooner,
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When a bora urges you to "step on the gas", don't take him at his
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To the folk at in the Colony an invention of notifies that a pair of ladies' silk
The Peak Tramway Company word. Home, this little Colony must ap-|
valve gear for direct acting stockings has been found in the We understand
the pear one of the blackest spots in the Empire, instead of us
pumps," without prejudice to the really is, one of the cleanean Letter Patent to be granted for tramcar. If wife gets as careless exhibits for the Horticultural as this, hubby will have to Show will include a new variety to the system of "prevention "at best-ordered of our many posses-
the said invention.
suspend(h)er season ticket. of cement plant, entries to be
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confined to brokers. present in operation. The im-slous. When the Home papers are not reporting piracies from resolutions passed at portant
Hongkong has not been repro- this part of the world, they are
Owing to the late arrival of the sented at the Conference of British Shanghai two days ago by the able to get good "copy" when steamer on which "The Quaines" Chambers of Commerce in Shang- conference of British Chambers Parliament is in session regard are travelling to Hongkong. their hai. The Hongkong Races take of Commerce are remarkable for ing our "girl slaves" or the social season at the Theatre Royal will place next week.
evil which is said to be so pre-open on Friday, the 22nd. inst., their close agreement with the valent here. Lady Astor is the instead of Thursday us adver- maritime fraternity's view of latest M. P. we have to thank tised. The opening production things, and coming as they did for drawing Parliament's atten- will be "The Nine O'clock Revue. from the Hongkong Chamber we tion to cur alleged sins. She repre-
sents Plymouth. and this fact
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rich if they could carry out the schemes figured out on local
tablecloths.
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It sometimes cuts two ways. What Manila gained in Major Neville it lost in Mrs. Stubbs.
Cheer up. Dividend time will soon be here.
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Marines have landed at Amoy. may presume that they were probably accounts for her keen Commenting on the return There is no truth in the story. Bet they'll tell them something. drawn up la conjunction with the anxiety that the men of the Navy match between, Hongkong and that Sir Robert Ho Tung will, spokesmen of those who go down stationed here should be protected Shanghai in the Interport during his sojourn in England, The worst of better lighting from the evil which one Assoccer contest, the North endeavour to induce Mr. Ramsay in Kowloon is the people next to the sea in ships and meetociates with houses of ill-fame. Chi Daily Nerx 8378: It was Macdonald to sit in at his famous door the pirates. Events seem to We have no idea whether or not really anybody's game from start round table. move in cycles here. First weber implied asperions on the blue to finish, and so even that one's had the cycle of piracies and jackets of the Chian Station are congratulations Shanghai It is rumoured that during his
in any sense justified, but we can must be tempered with sympathy stay in Hongkong, Sir Harry will fall so low that Germany It's to be hoped that the mark certainly believe that Jack Tar in for the visitors on leaving a flag Lauder will donate the pro- may be induced to toe it. the East is no worse in this parti-behind after two of the best and cseds of his entertainments to- cular respect than anywhere else.most strenuous games seen inwards the reduction of the sum When these men get Home. and Shanghai for a long time.”
present regulations proving in effective: next there was the cycle of discussion and tentative suggestions: now perhaps we are at last about to experience the cycle of decision and action.
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Beauty Hint! Keep your mouth The main proposal is the one Parliament of this interfering if terday afternoon at Hunghom at Association stage the next brief shut. This will prevent you from for vesting the whole matter of well-meaning titled lady. They Chinese girl aged eleven years and Eddie Potter.
about three o'clock, when a fight between Chal. Alabaster getting black eyes. piracy prevention in the bands of most certainly do not want any was knocked down by a motor bus
There is no truth in the story the naval authorities. It is the woman member of Parliament to belonging to the Kai Tack Com- Nurses have been conferring at
that Dr. Harston included pany and killed. It appears that Canton. It is a fine place to learn Scotsmen among the longsighted most obvious procedure, to our
the victim was one of a party of nursing, especially gunshot, natives of Europe. minds. There is precedent, in The Larger Issue.
women and girls who had come wounds and lacerated feelings.. Chinese waters, for this activity.
We are. however, more con- from Tsin Wan and visited Kow- cerned with Lady Astor's loon City, being at the time of
Politics do not differ much against pirates by the British
suggestion for the abolition of the accident
A new record. "Sampan loses from any other variety of ticks. on their return. twelve lives." Navy, even
to the punitive Hongkong's system of regulated They had reached a narrow part
They all cause an itch of some measures suggested. If one goes prostitution than with her of the road when the bus came
kind In China it is mostly cOD- MacWhirter, he's pleased to fined to the palm of the band. further back to the early history particular interest in the do into sight, and the girl became so think that Laudez is coming. He
palm ings of our naval men. It was confused that she could, not
If of the East there is abundant only a few weeks ago, that we escape the bus, one wheel of says, at long last the Colony will material for a treatise on naval had some comnients this which passed over her body. On have an opportunity of hearing Cookery Book we'd describe it as work against pirates. Even in somewhat distasteful subject.being taken to the Kwong Wah pure English,
The stand we then took-and we Hospital it was found that life the last century our men-o'-war! cleaned but many a baunt infest-regulation of this traffic is ed by Chinese and Malay sea-eminently to be preferred to robbers, and the names of Keppel attempted suppression. It has been found in Shanghai that the and Brooke will always be gradual closing down of regulated associated therewith. The East houses there has led to an
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has become more civilised since.alarming increase in solicitation when first I came they told me Fin the streets. with the but oven in the reign of
result that respectable women But soon I found they'd sold me King George the Fifth
We are often accosted and insulted. I must clirab the Peak and take
my stand aj Attempted abolition only succeeds
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At first we thought the Auto- medon which broke the record between Brisbane and Sydney was a new kind of motor car,
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Our January water return sbows a full supply in all re servoirs. Naturally.
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The weather will soon be here for Sun to start thinking of send- ing another army to Peking.
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Doubtless that new store at the Central Police Station will ad- vertise in the Telegraph.
Reuter tells us that Tut aint a-
Another Chinese general has coming no more. e
been arrested by telegram.
This talk of excavations on the Mount of Olives reminds us of a advertisement it would look as if stones.
Radio Note:-From to-day's social difficulty-where to put the the Hongkong Hotel had at last
(manent wave.
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be faced with that troubled the in diverting the evil into other Too see a panorama grand
channels, where it is much more Of earth and sky and sea and land Victorian pioteers; 50 once difficult to cope with.
That is Stretched out around on either
hand; again let the Navy tackle the conceded by all unbiassed people job. There are references in the who have made a studs "of the subject. We are therefore hoping Chamber of Commerce proposals, that the new Labour Government Thicks clouds of mist enfold me however, which draw attention to will not be tempted into an And moisture soaks me coldly: reforms that the naval service drastic new policies on this I've climbed the Peak, and here I succeeded in supplying a appears to require. We under-matter. Above all, we trust that
the fact will somehow be mader cannot see my either band stand, for instance, that certain clear to the Imperial authorities Of all things on the sea or land, patrol vessels have no wireless, that Hongkong is far from being I find this spot much less than
grand. and that on some of the smaller a sink of iniquity-that it is, in fact, as moral a place as many a
I'm piqued about the Peak. British warships there Are town at Home and infinitely more!
JINGLE! periods when no radio operator so than some centres in the East,
stand;.
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It is stated that the Rajah of
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Hajahpore will shortly leave. Our retiring Director of Educas: Hongkong ขอ a well-earned tion is just begining to fad out holiday.
what a fine fellow he is.