PROTECTING TENANTS. “ON LEE MYSTERY.
FURTHER AMENDMENT OF
RENTS ORDINANCE,
NOTICES TO QUIT. The Guzetic contains the draft of a Bill further amending the
NOT SOLVED YET.
A number of the men detained in connection with the repart of a piracy having been attempted on the Kongmoon steamer On Lee are still in police hauds awaiting their turn for examination.
Some sixty of the passengers were brought ashore on the Rents Ordinance, which it is pro-arrival of the vessel, and through- posed to introduce into the Legis out yesterday, one after another lative Council on Thursday, 28th they were put under an' exam- February. This draft differs only ination, and, with the exception in clause 4 from the draft which of a dozen whose turn had not was published in the Gazette of come, they succeeded in proving their bona fides to the officers, eventually being released.
the 15th February. The reason for the alteration in the draft is as follows:-
Clause 4 of the Bill applies only
to what are called
current
notices to quit, fe, notices to quit,
The results of the investiga- tions have so far not disposed of
all doubts of a piracy having been attempted. The On Lee has been released from the naval anchor-
Company wharf.
HOWLER HISTORY.
The Bisecting Angels,!
THRESH
BACK AGAIN.
East again-East again; I go the same old rounds; Back again.-Back again ;
I hear the same old sounds.
I smell the smells-I see the
sights,
I live through all the same oki
nights,
I call down umpteen thousands
blights
On that which called me back,
East again--East again : What is the subtle pull? Back again-Back again : I'm just an outsize fool.
I hate the sound, I hate the
scent.
I hate the whole d-d Orient: I'm sure I do, and yet I went, When something called me
back.
East again-East again; I'm hoodooed by it all
Back again-Back again : The old insistent call.
This time I'll win the crock af
gold
This time -" mine to have and
hold"
This time -Alas! the story's old;
I'll always be called back.
JINGLE
on the ground of intended recon-age and now lies alongside the struction, given before the.com- mencement of the proposed Ordin- ance and still unexpired at its commencement. The draft of clause 4 which was published in the Gazette of the 15th February provided that such current notices to quit should be invalid unless, before the ex- Once more British schoolboys piration of the period of the have provided a hearty laugh by notice, the lessor obtained al their unconscious humour. certificate to the effect that the The "howlers" quoted in intended reconstruction was University Correspondent are 45 KOSHER RESTAURANT. desirable. This would be sufficient delightful as ever. if one could be sure that lessors "would apply promptly for
certificates. but some lessors, possibly through negligence, may delay making their application until towards the end of the three months period.
the
not
Mistakes in history, geography, grammar, and literature are always humorous merely because
Wisdom of Food Regulations.
Low re-opened as
they are anachronisms, but are
Considering how keen is the often based upon the misunder-love of the theatre among the standing of a word. Thus: Jews, the management of the
"Bearded like the pard" means Tuscan, thus
with a beard like a clergyman. kosher restaurant, should at-) The inflammability of the Pope tract many playgoers to their was proclaimed in the Vatican handsome establishment in Shaft- decrees.
bury Avenue. Also the non- There is it reat pun in the Jewish epicure will find the following play on words which cuisine worthy of his attention. one schoolboy made. Asked Many of the advantages of, "Where do we find mangoes?"be" Kosher cooking were describ- answered." Where woman gorsed by speakers at the opening Pieces of hitherto unknown dinner. Sir James Cantlie was history from the juvenile mind enthusiastic in praise of the laws include these statements:
laid down by him who is now fre-) uently referred to as "Dr. Moses, the First Medical Officer of Health," He drew a terrifying) Picture of the horrible results at- tending the Gentile practice of consuming milk (not butter): during meals.
keeping the leasee in doubt as to whether the notice is to be valid or invalid at the end of the three months. The new draft of clause 4. therefore, provides for the invalidating of current notices in a second way, and under it current reconstruction notices to quit will become invalid, not only upon the failure of the lessor to obtain a certificate of desirabi lity, but also upon the lessee obtaining
certificate of Bunyan was the inventor of the undesirability, Le, a certificate Nonconformist religion, and also that the intended reconstruction] wrote the, Pilgrims' Chorus. is undesirable. This gives the In 1620 the Pilgrims crossed lesses an opportunity of taking the ocean, which is known as the steps himself in order to obtain Pilgrim's Progress. an early decision on the question.)
&
An apprehension has been ex- pressed on the part of the tenants that certificates of desirability may be applied for and obtained without their knowledge, so that they may not know up to the last moment whether any certificate has been obtained, and it pointed out that there is 10
Charles I, was going to marry the Infanta of Spain. He went to see her. and Shakespeare says be never smiled again.
The Tuscan aims at following the Mosaic ordinances in every detail. Oysters bave no place in During the war of American the menu because shellfish are: independence Lord Northcliffe barred. Turtle likewise is not| wisely gave the Irish Volunteers for self-repecting Jews because Home Rule.
it comes under the heading of reptiles. All aquatic animals without fins or scales are re
Account of the Feudal System. is-William the Conqueror was thrown from his horse and wound-
provision in clause 4 for the led in the Feudal System and diejected. Likewise, the cosmopoli-
service of the certificate on the Jessee. The question of providing. in the clause for such service bas been considered. but there are difficulties in the way, and it is thought that the point will be met sufficiently by the adoptio of the following procedure. If a certificate of desirability is grant- ed to the lessor, the Building Authority, or the Governor-in- Council as the case may he will endeavour to communicate the decision to the lessee as soon as possible, and will, in any proper case, endeavour to communicate With the lessee before grunting certificate of desirability.
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No. Coin and a Postage Stamp
The circle in the center of the dia- gram, is just large enough to fit around,,
certain Vaited States coia. Stadr the diagram for about ten seconds and see if you can estimats what coin will fit the circle. Do not "test it with a evin until after you have made your estimate.
Take about twenty seconds to stady the four rectangles. One of them is the exact sien of a United States two- cent stamp. Estimate which one you think is the right size,
Yesterday's Tenser
The circumference of each circle and the line beside it corresponded na tal- lows: Circle A. line 3; Circle B, ins 5; Circle C, line 2. To name all thres correctly is exceptional: two. TOT good one, good. The best way to rate the test is as follows: Every circle and liae correctly named countă one point. One line away from correct counts 2; two liner away events 3, etc. For example, calling B equal to & Counte oze point equal to 4, two points; to 3, one point. The lowest possible total of
•points thren, is exceptional: 4 is very Kambikali, good; 7, average: above 8. poor, CHEM, 1998, Pubite Ledger. Compone
of it.
tan must not expect a camo- steak. Meat must be home- One can trace the band of killed and pass a strict examina genius in the following "howler" tion.
From Australia we get wine But there is no culinary pre- made from a bird called the ejudice, for the Christmas pudding, Of the funny mistakes in was served at the opening dinner. foreign translation these take end called farth a good story some heating:
trom Sir Stuart Samuel.
I
Tout a fait.All on the, make. Joie de vivre.-Whiskey. Expertus vacuum.-An expert
in cows.
PRUNES AND PRISMS.
The hero was at a banquet given by a wealthy Jew to the poor of his race. The guest, having eaten his fill, wrapped the pudding in piece of newspaper. When The music ball song is to be reproved. he answered, “Our observed in this howle:: A host likes to see his good works prism is a kind of dried plum in the Jewish Chronicle." People say 'Prunes and prisms." Oxford and Cambridge will be flattered to know that An undergraduate is (1) a person cot up to the mark, and 121 a lower Fra. class of board school."
Listeners-in will also be in- terested to learn that "Marconi is
Mr. Pregier, the Tuscan's manager, is late of the Pommes d'Or Hotel, Jersey. and the Holborn Viaduct Hotel-The
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used to make delicious paddings."TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Among the political bowlers
are::-
The British Constitution is al Sir William Bragg, Fullerian sound one, but on account of its in- Professor of Chemistry, made a solent position it suffers from fogs. good beginning of his Christmas We are confronted with lectures Concerning the Nature choice between Free Trade and of Things" at the Royal Institu Detection.
tion. There were the usual crowd- How true is this fragment from ed audiences of boys and girls, a schoolboy's essay: When with elderly people in the back- walking the motorist is a nuisance, ground old and young equally but when riding the pedestrian interested. Sir William said that is too often in the way."
must shout for help.
SATURDAYA
She Lied-She Chested-She Loved--She Doelved-----
She Preyed-She Fought-She Sohamed-She Laughed- She Paid-She Gave all to do The Bidding of Her
Husband!
Was She Wicked?
Sie It and Find out,
Was She Justified?
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The London Zoo bas purchased there were 90 different kinds of two Peba armadillos, interesting But it is when we come to atoms, and all things in the un-examples of this very distinct and strange fact, as their own diet science that the educationists ĝiverse were built up of them curious group of mammals. Faba consists simost entirely of car- Tolstoi, itWrapped up in those 90 atoms, armadillos range from Texas to rion, which they take greedily appears, invented the X-raye by be declared, is all the wonder Paraguay. They attain a length even in a very advanced stage of accident, and "a geometry teaches of the world." This doctrine of about 16 inches, exclusive of patrescence,
had been held for more than a us to bisect angels."
As is well known, the several What requires a little more century, and was the basis on the tail, which is nearly as long
as the body. Both fore and hind species of armadillo which still] thinking about is
which the science of chemistry limbs have long claws, four in the exist, are the degenerate descend- A solid is that which has no was built. But the subject was case of the hand and five on each ants of large animals extinct
at least 2,000 years old, dating
space under the circumference.
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A magnetic force is a straight from Lucretius, though in the foot. The eyes are small and within times so comparatively line, generally a curved one, last quarter of a century, two new very bright, and the long pointed recent that sub-fossil remains which would tend to point to agencies. had been discoverd ears are closely set together at the have been found with gelatine and where the North Pole comes. which enabled us to acquire a far roots. The characteristic feature "fatty matter still preserved in The tightness of a string is deeper insight into the structure of their structure, as in other their skins. From time to time armadillos, is that the skin is set rumours have spread as to the equal to the square of the and properties of the atom than with a number of bony plates existence of some giant armadillo density.
had been possible previously forming a complete but flexible recognized by the large size of its If two triangles have two sides Those were radium and the of the one equal to three angles X-rays. With the aid of an cuirass for the body, and the tracks. No exact confirmation, of the other, each to each, to instrument invented by Mr. animals can roll themselves up so however, has ever been received which the opposite sides are C. T. K. Wilson, the flashes of as to protect the softer under and the largest living species,
known as the
giant" armadillo parts. particle or equal, that is to say, the triangles helium from
Armadillos frequent very differ- of the forests of Turinam and shall be equal in all respects. radium were shown in a cinoma-
Isosceles triangles are used on tograph picture. The lashes ent kinds of ground, but on the Brazil, is not more than a yard in whole prefer soft, rather sandy length-a pigmy in comparison maps to join up places with the appeared as white lines on a
soil, favouring specially ground with its extinct predecessors. same weather.
black ground.
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