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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1924
DAY BY DAY:
TRUTH, HAS NEVER BEEN DEEN, AND CAN NEVER DE CONTAINED IN ANY ONE OREED OR SYSTEM,—— Airs. Humphrey Ward,
greatly interested himself in International friendship. His arrest and treatment havo aroused the indignation of many friends of all nationalities, and there does not appear the allghtost justification for the storn action which the Canton The of Mr. MH. B. Scott has authorities have taken. Unless boen added to the list of au-
thorised arolilloots. the charge against this young | journalist can ba proved right up'
His Excellency the Governor to the hilt,, we think the Canton has appointed Mr. R. A. D. For Government would be well ad-rost to act as an Assistant to the vised to release him and forget Scorotary for Chinese Affairs. all about tho incident."
Empire Day.
During the absence of the Rev. R. J. Northcott, Senior Chaplain to the Forcoe, his dutios will bo ourried out the Rov. T. B. Powell.
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts. O O We are authorised to con Newspaper heading:-"Hong- tradiot the rumour that, in order kong Yarn Markot: A Blight to preserve the dignity and Revival." Looks as if someone sanctity of the uppermost levels, olso is dead! an association has been formed
for the purpose of paying tho That motor-car which flow at a increase in faros demanded from junk at Aberdoon was ainbitious. the May Road residents by the It'll be trying to go round the
world next. Poak Tramway Company.
We suppose that last Monday's The worst of our bathing çorrespondont usod tho num de beaution is that they tan their plume May Rodent" because hide in the summer, and hide
their tan in the winter.
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Good nows-Our motorists will soon be dodging the laxos,
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Health Noto:-The reason most
of us don't take bettor care of our foot is because they are so for from our mind...
.0.0. The Hongkong conception of a not to toll because you promised not to tell it yourself.
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To-day in Empire Day, and
Whon our postmen bogin to special services have been held
Lieut. G. R. Jillings, R.O.Aget run over by rushing out of for the schoolchildren of this Colony. Wo wonder, though, how and 2nd. Llout. D. H. V. Bucklo, the Post Office, it looks as if wo much of the true significance of East Surreys, have been granted wore beginning to get our lettore secret is what you toll someone the day is felt by Britiah, subjects leave of absence of private affairs. before the arrival of the next hore, whether juvonilo or, adult. Many of us had probably forgot ton what the day was, and wore only reminded by the sight offlage displayed, or other signs, that it was not an ordinary occasion.
His Excellency the Governor as appointed Mr. W. L. Lousk to bo.a Mombor of the Authorized Architects' Committee during the
MUSTARD & CO. Possibly there are some owing absence on leave of Mr. Albort
17, Connmught Boad, Central,
Tel. C. 1180.
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 24th May, 1924.
A SCAPEGOAT ?
Donison.
allegiance to the Empire who are rending these words and only
Justices of the Poace are to thus recollecting the significance of May 24th. It was a happy hold an olastion on June 5th to thought which selected the birth appoint one of their number to dayofQueen Victoria, the greatest serve on the Legislative Council Queen who has ever reigned over during the absence of the Hon. the British people, and probably Mr. H. E. Pollock, K." C. In many ways one of the greatest
☐ ☐ Sayings of famous mon-", Death, whore is thy sting? · Sun Yat-sen
g
The Post in its Golf Notos. this wook, in announcing photographs of Fanling Course, inoidontally mentioned the presence of black-
The bost thing about graina-faced shoop, but omitted to state phones those hot nights is that how they got that way. thoy always neod winding.
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Motor Noto: Podestrians mako oxcellent shock-absorbers.
The way traffic, is getting in Kowloon these days, pedestrians
to the pavement. shoutd waar rear lights or koop.
The Hongkong. Hotel, should be a very quiet spot now that all the boys are labelled "Heh."
We suppose it's called: May Road because you may have to pay higher tram faros.
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Durian Amiss" says Post's
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The worst of those books on otiquatto is that it's consideród bad form to road 'em.
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Mosquitoos koop lots of people from sitting round doing nothing.
Music Hint --It's classical music if it's from an expensive one-sido record.
A Moscow telegram states that to a white officer. Russia looks. red revenge has been moted out like bolng a fino place for colour photography.
We don't know which is hardor, D'Oisy's luck or the Shanghai greons..
aovereigns we have over known. An officiul notice has boon Cortainly it was during her very issued in Canton giving the long roign that the Empire names of over a dozon stroots rouched its highest pitch of infected by plague and advising power, and the closing years of the public to avoid using these her regime found it the greatest thoroughfares as far as possible. fadoration of races the world has over had. When Empire Day:
A. somewhat clean sheet was comes round let us also pay duc
we prosume. If all the reports concerning tribute to that great patriot, the presented at the Hongkong Mag racing notes. Picked up by the
Board the arrest and detention of Mr. agod Earl of Meath, to whose istracy to-day, when with the ex-Banitary
Hongkong Baseball League has, Hin Wong are trup, it would tours of the Empire and untiring coption of a petty larceny case onthusiasm is due so much of the and several minor offences proved appear as if the Canton author-Buccess of the idea of Bolting against hawkors, there were no buon formed. Now is the time for all good mon and true to ities, anxious to punish someone apart this one day of the year for other charges.
brighten up their slanguage. s for the false news of Dr. Sun's rominding the rising generation
Liout. E. A. S. Cope, East of the blessings of our free lives
Isn't it lucky some of our local,
We understand that the zu- doath, have hit upon the wrong as British citizens, and instilling Surroys, loft by the P. and Q
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mour that the Poak Tramway mian. At any rate, no evidenco in the plastic mind of the child linor. Plassy to attend courses of editors don't live in Cantont has yet boon fade public to those early lessons of patriotism instruction as follows:-Anti-gas
The man who discovoroda Company has arranged with form which
Buch R strong training at Porton, and Small prove his guilt, whilst, on the safeguard against future unset-Arms Qualifying School, long piece of rubber tyro in bis sausage & woll known firm of hatters, to the other day, is quito satisfied cut slots in topoes for the insertion othor hand, there are definite tlomunt. And finally let us all qualifying course, at Hythe.
that the motor is suporsoding the of sonson tickets is ontiroly with
out foundation. assertions to the effect that he is who belong to the Empire re-
០ ជ The fusing of an electric wire horse.
# innocent of the charge brought member for a spolt what that
means to us, for in those days of caused some confusion at the
We believo,, however, that the Some of those Kowloon bus. against him. In addition to universal unrest. It wore well
too bright. Boheme was at first favoured being the editor of a Canton to ponder how different might offices of the Eastern Extension
Tolegraph. Company at 8 o'clock drivers look none journal, Mr. Hin Wong is Rou-bo our fot under other cir-last night. An incipient fire was Maybe that oxplains why they're until it was pointed out that floor being prosecuted for having no great confusion would be caused caused on the sooond
light.
on the gin tram, where it is not married tor's correspondent in Canton,
uncommon for some vorandah, but the outbreak was
bo discovered and it-is, we see, patogorically Liberal Hopes,
put out before the arrival of the |statod by that Agency that the Of more than ordinary political Brigade.
roport of Dr. Sun's death which significance is the revival of
Tonders are boing Invited for appeared in the North China active. Liboral campaigning at Home, as shown by the tono papore did not come from him adopted by Mr. Lloyd George at the preparation of site and the
Looks as if the snack counter but from Router's correspondent the annual conference of the creation of a bungalow for the in Hongkong. That, so far as National Liberal Fedoration. At Superintendent of Wireless at
last all differences in the party Capo D'Aguilar, the-preparation at the _lower Peak Tram station this particular message is con-seem to have been sunk, and the of site and the erection of a work is getting under way very nicely. cerned, absolutely clears the lessons of previous dissension shop, and all necessary ronova- to the old Lighthouse have evidently not been lost tions imprisoned journalist.
We can. leave Quartors. sight of. Looking at the facts of the the "Welsh Wizard's" optimistic]
The master of the s.8. Si Kiang case so far as they are known to prodictions for digestion by those
tho Harbour who might feel inclined to analyse has reported to
cumstances.-
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The only folk who didn't worry gentlemen to
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about the absence of water at the hiding under the wrong topeos... What the Sanitary Board wants Peak on Tuesday were the meni
to do is to invent a now type of tonant. who went home by the gin tram.
ឆ. ៨ Shanghai has boon Beding anakes along the Bund. These bootleggers do get about.
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This "Aint Going to Rain No Moro" song is about as reliable as a Sun rumour.
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All some folk savo for a rainy
For the first-time this month it is reported that Mary Pickford
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will visit the East.
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We wonder how many people would know Dr. Sun even if they saw him?
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There is no truth in the rumour that those concerned will receiva clasps for the recent Yaumati. battle.
If those fights and high diving continue, the Star Ferry Co. will feel compelled to charge an en- tertainment tax.
Worst thing about singing at your work is that the taipan may think you're satisfied with your salary.
us, the Canton authorities ap the chances of their coming to Office having discovered on May day is rheumatism. pear to have made a bad 'blund-pass, but what is worthy of com- 18th., a dangerous aboal, 35' East or in arresting and later sentenc-mipat is the obvious return of the of Koga Point; on the run between
The Earl and Countess of ing Mr. Hin Wong, and it would Liberal party to an understanding here and Saigon. The shoul has
of what a great doal has boon lost depths of less than oight moters Cassillis have-left Shanghai on a Boom that they are now fully con-by it, and by the Conservatives, above zero, and its exact location much needed rout! scious of the fact. In the news through not taking Labour too is Lat. 10.44.55" N., Long. 108.- which we yesterday published in seriously at the boginning. That 38.00" E. connection with "the case, it was an all but fatal mistake, and wo read in one of the Tory papers
No two opinions can be held on was stated that Mr. Hin Wong the other day a warning that
And, by the way, Weichow was arrested on the 16th instant unless the Opposition parties gird the splendid manner in which the Land that even before he was up their loins they will ore long moral in "Kindred of the Dust"
discover that the Socialists have has been pointed out. Olevor may fall any time this year. questioned a notice was posted beon toiling upward in the night acting, remarkable staging of a
The Director of the Observatory outside Police Headquarters to while the older factions com- mighty lumber factory and judici-We know some Hongkong folk-
roports that there were abuorm- the effect that he was to be placently slept or dozad. The ous treatment have combined to who find it very hard loading s
ally high temperatures in Hong- ciated, if not long remembered. It bunished for ton years. Later, suggestion has boon put forward give a film which will be appre- double life on a single salary.
kong last November and December. for an intensivo campaign among
Next best thing, to owning a Must have been the effects of the that notice appears to have been non-Socialist voters in Britain, will be screened at the Coronet
motor-car is to beg the petrol and St. Andrew's and Christmas cancelled, and the latest inform with the abjoot of rallying them for the last time to-night.
borrow somebody else's.
celebrations. One comes away from tho
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the forthcoming tussle, which, on condition that he leaves the will probably be decisive. The showing of "The Virginians," a Canton Governmoni's jurisdic-Labour party has won only half Preferred Piòturo production: tion for a period of ten years. A tho battle, but that means a great with the realisation that, genuine landlady because he had insomnia Western rider main districts will deal for their future chances. enjoyment has been met with. evidently believes in gatting, no longer have to take their gin strange form of pardon, truly. Perhaps in this sudden outburst As a feature it has portrayed all value for money.-* But the point we want to stress of defiance, by the militant Li-the novel intended. For vivid is that thero has as yet boen berale we are not being treated to scones of a wonderful picon of Looks like a being a draw ba nothing disclosed which would mere outpouring of platform nature it certainly cannot be extween Cornelius, Vox and the
oloquence, but are observing the called. The Virginlans" will be Kirk suggest that this unfortunato preliminary skirmish by, the Op-on at the Quoon's Theatre till man had any sort of trial what-position factions in a new effort Monday, w
He appears to have been to make up lost ground, dealt with in most summary fashion, and no attempt seems
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The man who refused to pay his The folk who reside in the
Judging from the photographis, the Wembley Hongkong is nearly as good as the original.
An Indian guard may miss his sloop, but not his ship.
noat,
Couldn't
the Government
"death" rays for use against arrange to import a few of those
pirates?
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Mr. Claxton says, there were 141 earthquakes registered in Hongkong last year. This does not include shocks caused by * constahlou on the beat
red Lot's repost last year's wish
Plenty of bulls and inners for Hongkong rillenen to-morrow,
The following appears in Com- mand Orders It has come to Three members of Edmonton notice that three esses have been District Council and on offeful, admitted to Hospital and several to him the offence with which who went on council business to have attended the Medical In he was charged. Surely, this is Hammersmith, engaged a taxicab spection Rooms auftering from most unconstitutional procedure. for £3; in addition to which boy affects of heat duo-to prolo
charged, as subsistence oxoxposure to the sun when bathi In any case, the Canton pensos" for the day, £1.14. In ing (Officors Commanding Units tratid authorities, by their action in his annual report, just prosonted, or Dotachments will warni, all this matter, have done theme of the available means of G
the Government auditor, ways, inranke under
tthe dangor solves no good. Mr. Hin Wong locomotion, these expenses ap- Hospital accommoda le spoken of in bigh ternis as en pear to be on an extravagant and all
ibdirdducaduto në ardent patriot and one who has | CÓRIO,
In these days when we get to be assured that the Book with. irritated by jazz music it's nico Boll has been proporly tuned.
italilb (go-)) If the Kowloon
Ain't Ithalates ing to be ready to /
limo Government indented- Hongko
ildent dos