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NÁVAL POWER. · ́
conferences on traval restriction CALLED.-John Stuart Mill.
until every nation with a navy worth rockoning expresses a wish to instituto similar economy.
Local Tennis,
Yesterday's hoalth return shows one Chinoso cano oach, of ontorio and cerobro-spinal fover.
TWO-MINUTE
TALKS A Daily Tonle kar By ROBERT POWER
FIXING IT UP.
"O leave it to me, I'll fix it up!" have found before, that it is not This is the ory of the "fixor" easy to smooth out suol quarrolui, who is over roady to fix up and it will bara miracle if tho overybody's troubles but his own: rosult of such intorferfanoo is not We cannot be angry with such only to deopen the dispute but to The rainfall rogistered at the persons for indeed they moan so 'drag in frosh disputants.
Gardens last month well. But to mean well does not Because we know that the well- Lawn tonnis at present holds Botanie
On the intentioned offorts of the man the field in the realm of local totalled 4.89 inobos. Thore wore mean to not well.
port now that the oricket and oightoon days when no fall was contrary, the worst disasters have who has a passion for mending the sometimos arison from the affairs of other folk almost always football Acasons have come to an recorded.
sations of those who have the onda in disastor, why not try
ond. Tho H. K. C..C.'s popular: Canton is to impose taxes of bost intoutions. A little know and fix up our own diffioultios. tournament, which is just draw. ing to a close, has boen as popular ten per cent, on toilet artiolos and ledge is a dangerous thing It is not nearly so hard as it as ever, and it has provided one other luxurias, whether manu-ospecially when it is joined to scams. True it may entail grit or two rather surprising results, factured locally or imported. It good-natured zeal and the itch and perseverance, some facing of
to mind other poople's business.
facts, and looking maltors aquaro- After the excellent fight which is hoped to raise two lakhs in It would be laughable if it ly in the fago. But make a start! the Rumjabns have put up in all this way.
word not lamentubly to note the Get the facts of the case, however tios in which they have appeared,
many occasions when the man, bad, clearly in our mind. Thon
it is gratifying to note that two The Hongkong Philharmonic who wants to fix up other people's got to work with a will to remedy of them have scoured the doubles Society hopes to produce the troubles makes overything worse. what is wrong. championship--an achievementYeoman of the Guard" some It is
and Sullivan operas. ·
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cano. of confusion
with
tho
Thoro would not be half so many
of which the Indian Racroation time in December next. This is worso confounded, Club is doubtless very proud. All the members of this family, probably the best of the Gilbert ultimate result that everybody of these amiablo busybodies who Is exasperated. Lightheartedly are amateur trouble-fixers if wo ho will: who, by the way, aro Hongkong
offor to straigh- Put our own affairs in order. Loes still, if wo goased to advertigo our boys, have come much to the forei
ton out business tangles, in local sporting circles in recent The mastor of the Szochuan,
propositions which a lawyer asking a moan of our miseries. years, and they have now roached from Shangbai, reports having disputes botwoon friends, legal difficulties. If we are always the pinnacle in tennis hore by passed in Lat. 20 40. Long, 116.07 alone can handle, and ovon matri- they attract attention, and the capturing the doubles ovent from two large derelict junks, one monial disturbances, Let me trouble mendors will swarm to us. Koop a stiff upper lip and face the the Chines80, Other members being completely capsized and the cries gleefully. of the Indian community have the other lying on its sido.
With a boldness that we can world with a smile, concealing also dona woll in the field of aport
hardly help dmiring, the uhi.. your worries, and you will be hore, so that we have come to
H. E. the Governor yesterday versal fixer of difficultios does not surprised to find that half your look to the I.R.C. as one of the
Bo our own trouble-repairor, Colony's leading, sporting clubs. commuted to ponal sorvitudo for hasitate to try and adjust the woos lavo vanished. No doubt this club will do its life the sentence of death passed janglos of lovers. With sublima utmost to maintain its reputation on the Chinese woman of Luntao self-confidence, he rushes in and then you need not complain in the Tonnis League, which island who was convicted at the whero angols might wall four to if your efforts are not always
atroad. But he finds, as many successful. begins its season to-morrow, last Criminal Sessions on Great interest le being contred in charge of poisoning her husband. tho tio thie byoning hotweon;
.
STOWAWAYS ?
TWO CHINESE CHARGED.
-
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
Worthington and Honda to Two ricksha coalios were char decide the Colony's singles cham-god before Mr. E. W. Hamilton pionship. It is many years since at the Kowloon Magistracy this
THE LEAGUE TABLES. this honour was held by morning for not wearing regula
After having recently dealt The Hongkong Football League Possibly, at some problematical Britisher, and there are many tion clothing. The police prozo-
aways, Mr. E. W. Hamilton had
DIVISION I. futuro dato, the Powers of the who think that Worthington has cuting officer did not appoar, and with the numerous foreign stow- Tables to date are as follows:---
a good chance of rescuing the defendants were discharged.
bofore him two Chinese at the
P. W. L. D. Pt world will come to an undor-titlo. Soon after these linos aro
Kowloon Magistracy this morn-South China 21 16 1440 736 standing on the matter of naval print, the issue will be decided.
is that SE Thu hoy scout movement, in-ing, charged with stowing away Surreys....... 21 14:3 4 47 10 32 the All we OLB suy
10 on the 8.8. Tjikoinbang from H. K. Club... 18 9 6 3 18 20 21 armaments, Until thon
Worthington wins ho will achiovo troduced into Canton sopie
***Fitania" "race" towards officioncy-not no mean feat, for Honda is years ago, now having troops in Singapore to Hongkong.
Tho first defondant plouded not Ambrose" striving after without doubt one of the very many parts of Kwangtung, will
It best exponents of the game webe adopted by the Canton Muni- guilty, saying that he went on Kowloon.. dominanco-must continuo.
cipal Department of Education board the vessel with the inten-Tamar" were well if we heard no more of have ever had hore.
as a supplement to its education. tion of buying his ticket on theDespatch". 18 5 9 4 20 34 14 al activities. All higher primary ship, but before the ticket collec R. G. A...... 19 5 10 4 24 34 14 these conferences until such time!
or lor came around someone took Police......... 18 4-11 3 11 37 11 sahools will organize one as the nations most concerned France and Japan,
more troops, and the departmont his (dofondent's) bag containing Hawkins" 10 4 4 2 10 11.10. have definitoly decided to restrict
That France and Japan aro will designate a corp of instruc-his money and clothing.
"Diomedo".. 22 3 16 3 12 30 9 Asked why he did not report
DIVISION 1. thoir naval programmes, and drawing more closely together, tors to provide training for tho
the matter to an officer, dofon-
P. W. LDTA Pb desire to inget for discussion of especially on Oriental questions, troops
thors can be no doubt. Consider
dant said that he did speak to the
18 16 1 156 12 33
nocessarily
armament havo
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17. 9 5 3 14 19 21
20. 9 9 2 29 35 20
20 88.4 21 24 20
22 8 12 2 28 13 18
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Goale
concrete plans. At present it doosable political dignificance must be
At the Kowloon Magistracy compradoro, who, howover, ra- "Fitania" .... not appear that any particular attached to the visit of the French
Indo-China to this morning, before Mr. E. W. fused to take any notice of the Surreys 18 13 2 3 56 10 29 Governmont is very koen on the Mission from
Tokyo, Hoaded by the Governor-Hamilton, a Chinese seaman of affair, Defendant did not go to Club de Rec. 18-14 3. 153 17.20 Kowloon..... 17 9 5 324 19 21 subject, and those who might General, and including members the steam launch Satu Maru was any of the officers, as he could not St. Josephs.. 18 11 6 1 53 26 23 16 9 5. 235 19 20 The second defendant said that" Marazion loan towards, some form of dis of the Cabinet, this Mission is charged with the possession of speak their language.
the obviously not out on a mere plea-100 rounds of ammunition, con- always lingering doubt as to what tho sure trip or a visit of courtesy. Lained in ton clips. The man's he had a ticket and went on board 8. China "B" 16 8 5 3 28 24 19 personal "Hawkins".. 14 7 5 221 716 Apart frual economic questions, exouse was that ho was carry- with his wife. A few days later. G. A. 18 7 8 3 25 38 17
a somebody stole his the ammunition for
S. China"A" 16 6 6 4 18 34 16 others might want to do. It is such as the possible admission of ing
12 7 4 1 14 13 15 the company, who paid him a dollar effects including his tickat.
Mr. T. M. Van Dam, second "Blueboll" ... not very edifying to the observar Japanese emigrants into
18-611-124 22 13" to read every now and again c. French Colony, there is no doubt or two for doing 90. Mr. Leo proposals for restriction on the one desire on the part of both was for the defence, and defen-officer-of-the-Tilkembang, in Hollyhock" 16 5 6 5 16 21 15
nations to come into closer dant was committed for trial at evidence, said that the third-day "Irquoise",
after leaving Singapore 'the first "Diomedo"... 18 4 10 4 21 28 12 hand, and approval of building political relationship, in which the Sossiona.
dofendant was found lying under S. Heart...... 17 5 10 2 16 37 12 some planks which were so placed University... 16. 3 11 2 19 38 8 programmes on the other. We connection we have to bear in
Mr. D. Forbes, for several as to form a place of conceni-H. K. Club... 17 2 12 3 10 52 7 know that in practically every mind the lapsing of the Anglo-
Japanese Alliance and the possi-years agent of the Hongkong and ment. Second defendant was found Filipinos..... 15 312 0 162 63 case these plans have been pared bility that the Singapore base Shanghai Banking Corporation in the tween docks concealed "Tamer"..... 18 2 15 1 8 19 5 The last match in the Senior with the object of economising project, though held up at the in: Shamoon, Canton, departs behind the mainmast.
In snya. the
reply to His Worship, Division this season will be play- as much as possible-In fact in moment, may again be taken up May 1st for home,
later. The Daily Telegraph's Canton Evening Star. In appro- witness said that the tickets were ed to-morrow on the Club ground our own case the Government diplomatic correspondent thinks ciation of his past sorvios, always sold on shore by the agent but a between the East Burroys and has possibly gone too far in the that the main purpose of the friendliness and goodwill, the passenger could pay lils fare on Hongkong Club,
Whon discovered they
The East Surrey's Reservos and atter already--but somehow Mission is to offset a possible members of the staff of the bank board. there is lacking, in those clash-Russo-German Allianco by means on April 30 presented him with a told him nothing about having Club de teorein will meet agair
of a Franco-Japanese defensive silver bowl. Mr. Forbes is being lost their belongings.
next Tuesday to decide the ing nows items, that spirit of pact. This would be quite under-succeeded by Mr. J. E. B. de Questioned as to why he was runners-up in the Junior Div- free endeavour which one assocl-standable in view of purrent Courey, formerly agent of the hiding if he had a ticket instead sion; kick off 5.30 p.m. ates with a frank desire to dis-devolopments. Apparently the same bank at Cheefo.
Brill.
Britain's caso, ia tho
The
of making a report and, having In their match with the Surreys day when alliances and inter-
the ship searched, the second do- to-morrow, owing to injuries an national groupings will disappoar There will be much of local in- fondant said he had to hide or other causes, the Club are having most in a common understanding for difficuult of all, for wo must the benefit of humanity as a torost in our Picture Page to- he would have been assaulted by the assistance, of throo Kowloot whole is still far off. Let us hope morrow, including photographe members of the crew. As to re-players in F. Whoelor, J. Mc compradore's following is the team:-G. Rodger retain our sea power. The title that the now ontentos will always taken of the Prince of Wales Boy porting his loss, he said he could Kolvic and A. Duncan,
Scout Banner Competition at not spask the Government House, as well as dialect and therefore could not F. Wheeler, C. E. Bishop; H. T. Buxton, J. MoKelvio, A. Mair; SELF COLOURED COTTON PYJAMAS, SHORT $6.50 of mistross of the seas" long operate in the cause of peace.
the Girl Guides' display; pictures make himself understood.
Defondants wore remanded till A Ferguson, A.-9. Forsyt taken at the V. R. C. sports at
A. Duncan Reserves-J.-17. Happy Valloy; a group taken at to-morrow morning, when the (Capt), G. Watson, H. G. Howard the closing shoot of the Taikoo compradora will give ovidenco.
and E. W. Ballton, Rifle Club; a photo of Bombardier: Barton who defeated C. P. O. Callaghan last wook; and a group of St. Joseph's College boxers with their trainer.
ago lost its grandiose signific- ance, and stands now for an
absoluto necessity arising out of HONGKONG'S LABOUR PLAIN WHITE COTTON PYJAMAS SHORT $8.50 the magnitude of the task of
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MEN.
EXHORTATIONS AGAINST
PRES. MADISON "
FIRE.
BILLIARDS.
the
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Shanghai, May 1-4 forin,
CAPITALISM. merchant float carries the com Labour unions in Hongkong
MAIL MATTER DESTROYED. STEVENSON IN SHANAL
Shanghini, April 30/
800 merce of the world. Such parsi-colobrated May Day yesterday
A hawkor charged with lacking. Regarding the firo on the 8.8. Town Llall, Stevenson ret
Tattor mony as the present Government by moans of exhortations to the
massos to do away with the a licence had a rotort roady on President Madison, reported by against Porter a 710,
with the our Shanghai correspondent on receiving 860.
Stevenson made & br has shown on naval questions - grasping capitalists who, they being fined $15, the Singapore base, for instance-allege, are making local workers alternative of gaol for fourteen another page, Router cables as
Porter 89.-Daily Buite "What "Fire broke out in No. 5 bold; has buon inspirou by no idea of muro boasts of burden. Leaflets days, by Mr. R.E. Lindsoll at the follows
of a distinctly inflammatory Police Court this morning.
difference doos-the fine mako?"
of the President Madison yostar Hall Stevenson was Phile the cutting down officiency; but even nature wore distributod.
cart easily go The representatives of well he asked. "I have not the money day but was extinguished by the Johnson only scoring then economy.
18 over seventy guilde attended a and will have to go to gool in any row. The hold contained maile professional scored
Stevenson's bestiulletin. beyond the margin of safety, a meeting at noon yesterday in the caso.". In another caso, a man for Shanghai and Manila. It is we hope the country will nevor rooms of the Kung Tuon Chung charged with solling mango believed that contraband mattor, 102, 108 and 186,- have to discover. We road of Wul, one of the general labour without u llconce said he had shipped secretly in the first-class
To Hotel, Australia and other sections of associations, whore some ten about twenty mangoos all to or parcel post matter, caused the PALACE HOTEL
speakers dilated on the long himself and was eating them fro. It is not ascertained to
Playing at Wilam the Imperial edifice Laking it working hours and other "ovil when he was, accosted by to what extent the maile aro upan themselves to increase the conditions" of Hongkong com- constablo. "You can consider damaged. It is definitely es- Kowloon, last ge (→), soa defence of their coasts, and pared with elowhore. A proces-youself lucky that ti constable tablished, however, that a large (50) beat. Leghest Break sion of motor cars, carrying arrested you when did said amount of second-class mail 250-285 W beat fort that ovon
thao banners, was held later in the the magistrats. "You might have mattor is totally destroyed was 31, while economy cranke have a glimmar day, and handbills setting forth died from eating all those Renter.
mangoes," ing of the necessity for some labour aims were distributed,
we realiso
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