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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TRADE
(CHICAGO)
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1924.
feel that they are being neglooi- MAN od. They counted on early
> [fulâtment of promises made some). “
DAY BY DAY.
IF WE DESIRE TO JUDNE JUST-
SPRING HINGES months ago. We think it is high LY, WE MUST PERSUADE OUR-
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time the Government decided SELVES THAT NONE OF US IS what. it means to do about WITHOUT SIN,-Seneca. | granting a general broadcasting
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licence to some approved ap- Pistol practica for civilians at plicant; and it is time it institut-Scandal Point is discontinued
until further notice.. ed a definite system of licencing
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Cof listeners-in. If the Govern- The Criminal Sessions is to ment finds it an embarrassment hold its next sitting on the 19th to decide which of several appli-jinstant. cants for sola broadcasting privileges has the best title. it The new Yaumati Magistracy is to be opened on April 14th. Mmight at least make an early Mr. EW. Hamilton will be in
pronouncement on the subject charge. of approved sets, else there will Pbe further cause for embarrass-
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts.
There is no truth in the story A local bookseller has just that the Hon. Mr. Lowe intends unpacked “Anna Christia.” We shortly to publish a treatise on alway thought she was a bit ni economies in which will be in baggage, cluded the saying of famous North Country financiers.
The contemporary which said Labour would be able to caITY AS
A short while ago we had “The big a harry as the country need Gilded Rose" on the screan. Wa ed evidently realised the strength now have the spectacle of the of the present Government Guilded mariners on the war
Path.
The House of Lords has resolved that taxation on betting
"It is a gross offence to put is desirable and practical. That water in milk," said a London lots our Jockey Club out. magistrate the other day. It is
Lieut. Col. W... Roberts, leaves in tea
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a grocer offence to put cabbage A correspondent belatedly draws our attention to the report that local race ponies were ment for those who might be D.S.0, (24th Bombay Grena
diers) has been granted leave of If there is any truth in the recently knocked down under the stocking or installing apparatus absence for the purpose of pro-saving The good die young", hammer. S. P. C. A please note! (which it will afterwards be con-ceeding the Whited Kingdom. why do we meet 50. MANY
sidered does not meet with re-
Nquirements.
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Overheard last week when a newly-arrived wife went shop dish-Grilled ping: Wing On, swe i maid."
The eternal triangle is found
The Gutele notifies the de- letion of St. Stephen's Girls'
This week's School from the list of schools to Steamboats. which the provisions of the Education. Ordinance, 1923, shall not apply.
There is general agreement that a wireless and meteorological observing station on the Pratas Shoal would be of the utmost The following Officers qualified use to shipping on the China at the examination in Colloquial Coast because of the typhoon) Urdu held at Hongkong on 10th warnings which it could send out March: Lieut. J. H. Smith. from a point which is relatively M.C.. R.G.A.; Lieut. R. C. Col near this Colony. Yesterday we bold, R.G.A. Lieut. H. C. Gould published some interesting matter] R.G.A.
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Many a man who regards the mule the most obstinate
Not to put toa line a point upon in all circles. it, is the payment of blackmail ever justified?
Annotated programines. like creature, changes his mind when morning newspapers, are mostly he gets married. read afterwards, if at all.
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A local Parson told the season .for poets. Even poets Diocesan Conference that he have their idyll moments. wanted 正 more religious however,
8th contained in the annual report! Chuna Fukt of Pun U, and Holatmosphere in the Cathedral.
J. S.
HONGKONG, 15th March, 1924.
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of the local Chamber of Com Cheung," of Canton, were each than, say, in Ice House Strack. The news caption Russo- merce. There is, however, in fined $1 by the Harbour Master This really hurts us, seeing as Polish Friction' suggests that body's voluminoi bookLient. Commdr Conway Hake ow we live there ourselves. brighter position than actually much further reference to the this
morning for obstructing
exists. Perhaps there is too much matter. including oar ver the pier by mooring their boats
grit in the Polish. lengthy letter from the Chamberi too close in. which gives most polated illustration of how long it takes
to get things done where Caina
After writing off $41,000 for de-
Papanastasion has formed the new Greek Cabinet. He will we presume. be able to father the Ministry.
The midnight Star ferry is now known as the "Hennessy
is concerned. It is there revealed Preciation out of the profits of that so long ago as 1909 the Chin- the half-gear anded 31st Decem- | RADIO REQUIREMENTS, ese Government agrees! to erect rer. 1923. the Douglas s.s. Co.,
such a station, the then Viceroy Ltd.. propose to pay a' dividend Special." of the Two Kwangs being instruct of 6 for that period and transfer el at once.to make the neces$10,776 to the Reserve Fund. sory arrangements."
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We should like to place on record nur appreciation to the department responsible for the regular appearance of the tar boiler reath - our office windows. The pitch is well chosen and needs to be re-tarred, but that does not retard us from advancing our somewhat tardy thanks.
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When people refer to dry The proposal se eut in the
statistics they are not thinking Radio Communication Company's
ater, the Peking Government We fegre: that using to a of the heiroglyphics in the book Schere, as published by us yes- |
telegraphically instructed the machine-room mishap, pictures at the Club. 0 terdag, have the endorsement of Viceroy to complete the purchase of the wedding of Lieut-Col W.
Spring is here. Dr-Sun is order the local Chamber of Commerce of the wireless apparatus without N. Nicholson and Miss Higgs
more machinery for the and have been before the Gor-delay and proceed with its erection. have been damaged. Consequent-ing
There the matter still rests today. 15, they appear in a very limited Arsenal at Shekcheng. ernment for nearly seven weeks. The Pratas Shoal has no more number of copies of to-day's We may presume, therefore, that wireless plant on it than a billiard issue.
A young Englishman advertis-
The worst of ing for a room states that good the wireless expert when the ball bas hairs. Admittedly the
Revolution and a few other little It is notified that at the expira-plain food would be a recom tab is the number of widows it authorities specially engaged a disturbances have intervened tion of three months, the Hong-mendation. It would be more creates. few months at will by now since the project was first mooted, kong Wai Man Saving and In-It would be a miracle.
0 have had an opportunity of con-but the fact remains that things vestment
If these pedestal hydrants were in 1999. with unless couse is shown to the We read the other day of s a little higher, they'd make fine sidering each of the points raised are just as they were
The Hongkong Government is contrary. he struck off the register woman of 37 who is a remark- elbow rests while waiting on a and advising the Government of even prepared to foot the hill in and the company will be disably fine swimmer. All the same. car. their practicability or otherwise. this matter: yet nothing is done.solved.
she'll find it hard to get her pic- ture in the papers. The scheme drawn up by the Still we live in hope. Let us Company covers in a very clear Pray that we may not die in
despair. manner the varying needs of the Colony in redio matters, and it is "The Cup."
Association
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To the list of medical practi- tioners there has been added the
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When folks spring the "ti.nk of a number game. 03066 ought to be a safe basis for commencing operations.
A gentleman in Manila wishes to change his name from Oh Gioc because it is similar to that of a bandit in the same territory, May we suggest Oh Mac?
Most young couples getting married think more of
the presents than the future.
Some Hongkong girls can't name of Dr. Kin: Chong-voon, 3, either sing or play the piano. to be hoped that there will not be English Football Cup now rests who holds & Licence in Medicine many admirers.
The tussle for possession of the Woodland Terrace. Hongkong Maybe that's why they've s much further delay before some with four First Divi-ion teams. and Surgery of the King Edward College of Medicine, definite policy be adopted by the As a result of the fourth round VII Government. The equipping of replays, the South has no further Singapore.
direct interest in the issue. for police launches and stations with Cardiff, the League leaders, and The public is notified that on wireless telephones us a means Swindon have both been disposed application to the Director of of strengthening the measures to of. It is interesting to note that Public Works, free permits will combat crime. is slready afoot. none of the semi-finalists occupy be granted to deposit building paper heading. We prefer elec very high positions in the League debris at certain positions on the tricity ourselves, which is some- and, as we announced some time table, Aston Villa (who have to Praye East Reclamation. Such what on a par with the idea that a water famine need have no similar installations are meet Burnley) being nearer the debris shall be composed of brick)
be bad. contemplated for lighthouses in top than any of the other three, bats, broken tiles, stones, etc. free terrors so long as there is beer to
in the eighth position. The other from
or offensive Later, should the semi-finalists
Are Manchester matter.
"Riffs again, active," sags a
A brain is no stronger than its authorities eventually agree to City and Newcastle United.'
headline. They are supported by weakest think. four teams have, dur-i have wireless installed on all All
The following have been taken their ancient allies, the Rafs. the ing
past twenty-four on the strength of the China river steamers, another of the
The former editor of the Canton the
presumably final Command: R.A.M.C.-Major R.)
Times who has opened a vaccina- suggestions will have been adoptat one time of another. The R. Lewis and wife; R.A.O.C.— The pirates are asking. tion office ought to bring things ed. Incidentally, the Chamber Vills have during that period) Captain (and A.C.0.) T. R. Davies,
other amongst
things, for to a head now. won on three occasions in 1995, wife and daughter: R.A.P.C Moricy" brand singlets. Messrs. of Commerce proposal as to
1915 and 1900. The other three Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Bacchus and Morley should respond by markel- training of reliable Chinese as teams have each won once
wife: 1st Bn. East Surrey Regi. radio operators is worth careful Manchester, City in 1904, New-nent-Wife and & children of ing a pirated model.. consideration. Of considerable castle United in 1900 and Burnley Lieut. E. J. Cooper.
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will be the maintaining of direct besides the win already mention Governer proposes to make an wireless communication Manila,
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From a local contemporary:- "This is no canting syruppy with ed. the United were seen in the order under the Streets (Altera There is a deal of severe criti- attempt at praise...... No honeyed Singapore. Shanghai, finals of 1905. 1906 and 1911 ssion) Ordinance. 1923, for the cism for the recently-published words are needed to state facts". Yellow Book. Those If we didn't believe in the milk well, but without success. The
closing to public trafic of Wubu and intermediate points. Sooner question now is whether thore is Street from Dock Street to the yellow books always did make of human kindness we should say this was putting the jam on a or later a service of this kind any likelihood of history repeat Western boundary of Hung Hom auntie blush.
bit thick. will become inevitable. So we ing itself by the Villa and New Inland Lot No. 256, Balkeley castle being the last two teams Street from Dock Street to the expect all these changes will
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Despite the inclement weather, The broadcasting of time should there was keen rivalry at the St
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Inland Lot No. 256 and the lease business. should say that this is by no scavenging lane between Wuhu It is when considering the
means improbable. But, then, and Bulkeley Streets from Dock subject of broadcasting, and the there is always a glorious un-Street to the West boundary of
The pull up Wyndham Strest. incidental installation of a wide-certainty, about “the Cup. '
does wind 'em. spread scheme of radio tele- phony. that we fancy we have
Iron Bux lost at Singapore last
arrived as the stumbling block to
Some of these F.T.S. (Fellow Saturday. A large numbers of the Government. The use of
be useful. Arrangements have Paul's College sports at Happy been made by which Greenwich Valley yesterday. The invitation of the Telephone Society) seem other bucks were lost also. wireless telephones in local
mean time signals will be relay-relay race open to the Colleges of to have got the wrong connection.
Marrying off the Prince of offices might reasonably be held ed each
by St. St. Stephen's Kowloon pedestrians are shed Wales and getting rid of Dz. Sua over to a more advanced stage of and
paper jobs just now. our radio innovations, but the Sundays at 10 p.m., says Lon- second. The senior champion ding no tears over the seven seem to be the two hardest news-
don papar. The British was Chan Kwong-iu, whilst Wong buses burnt the other day. matter of broadcasting is one Broadcasting Company will also Man-chi was junior champion.
If a man sits and dreams and the chimes of The challenge team race was won
The Republicans" want more that requires early consideration. broadcast
They whistles, he's a loafer. If he -probably
7 by St. Paul's Old Boys. At the The large number of enthusiastic Big
whistling, he's a p.m. and the conclusion of close, Mrs. S. W. Tso presented elbow-room in Greece.
contractor's foreman. amateurs who have installed re-the evening programme, and 3 the prizes and was presented might progress if they used more omits the
with a bouquet. ceiving scis are beginning to'p.m and 8 p.m. on Sundays,
won
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