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SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1924
We have figard it suggested— and we can quite well believe | It-that the "difficulty of obtain- ing sufficient stoff” is mainly,
DAY BY DAY.
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***** THE P.W.D. STAFF --
PROBLEM.
Bulls and Inners
From the Offices Butt. O
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A contemporary this wook had a loadorolto on "Harnessing the
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In other words, that the induco-
There is no truth in the ruinour After all, it's no great wóndar monta offered architects to A boatman on the cargo lighter that the Water Authority intend that so far Hongkong has no leave England and came out to 2607 was drowned in falling over holding an oxhibition of Water Municipal Orchestra. Generally
board yesterday at the 0.8.K. Colours at the City Hall. Hongkong are not by any means Wharf,
spooking, the people most in *O O
favour of thom are those who sufficient. to attract mon of the
Why romain single ? Local want to play. stamp nooded. These are days, His Excelloney the Governor Command Ordere notify that
☐ ☐ fot it be remembered, when hamappointed Mr. Ernest Hillas approval has boon-given-for-Death of Spearmint "says the Williams to be District Officer in the sale of housewives at threo Post. Unfortunately it was a private firmu pay big salaries to the Southern District of the Now half-ponce each.
raco-horse and not the flavour - skilled men, and when the ablo Territories.
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* that lasts. professional man can make a
Being desorbed as "of a war-
口口 large income in private practice A party wall between Nos. 10 time omorganoy pattern," thoy. Spolling may not' amount to if ho proforu to work for himself, and 12 Koshing Street, houses shouldn't complain if hubby isn't anything, but all the same there's
which wore under reconstruction, home very often.
-lots of difference-in-a-bank” tö- With the fact thus, it would collapsed-this-morning, Tosulting
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tween a chock and a oboque, appear the duty of the Govern-Jin an inmate boing slightly in-
The local papers quoto & P.W.D.;
口口 mont to go into the market and jurod,
official as saying that cortainer All the papers got it wrong compete with tho flros for
stoel bars used in reinforced con- about the welded bars and the At the morning servico in St. crate work wore by law required wolght they wore supposed to really good mon. Thoso irme Andrew's Church, Kowloon, to-to withstand a pressure of thirty support, but that didn't prevent find that it pays economically tomorrow, the Scout Troop and Cub pounds to the square inch. This one of them from writing & leader employ the best brains that Pack will be ou parado, whilst surely can't be wright.
on the subject. What's the use the Rev. G. R. Lindsay will givol
of being ignorant if you don't money can buy. Hongkong is a
an address to young people.
show it Y rich and prosperous Colony. It
២. .. · can afford to pay its servants: well. Yot thera uppears to be B0010 confusion
official in
the Government Civil Hospital, Ono advantage of those closed quartors between the torins Bachelor of Medicino and cars is that you oan got more
cheapness" and "oconomy." Bachelor of Surgery of the mileage out of your cigar.
ង ០ The cheap man, wo should say, University of Hongkong. is dear' in the long run.
The difficulty of maintaining a The Observatory returns for good reputation is keeping it alive wo urge, therefore, is that our the month of July show that the when it's young. Unofficials, who, ropresent the averago moan temperature was public, should thoroughly in. 81.7, the highest recorded being Some of those Kowloon girls
89.1, and the lowest 76.3. vestigate this staffing difficulty, wore 196.9 hours of sunshine and sign fastened to them.
Theroj should have the "Fresh Paint" got to know the terms offered to 19.67 Inches of rain. The average mey to como East, how they humidity was 79. Compare with Home salarios, and discovor precisely where the P. W. D. noods strengthening. Until that is done and a remody applied, wo must expect to con. tinue hearing of interminable delays in Government private works as woll.
What
To the list of medical practi-Sovern." Part of the girth control tioners hus boon added the namo movement, wo suppose. of Dr. Mustapha Bin Osman, off-
Isn't it funny how these dancers
can boat-intorprot something with
a minimum of clothing?
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It's sometimes difioult to determine when a correspondent
is a Booker after truth or morely a log puller.
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The averago Scotsman in this Colony can endure illness, crowd. od buses and the plotures, but the thoso wot Saturdays are limit.
Those flappers would swim bottor if they were hold less.
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A popular illustrated paper to hand shows Milo. Lenglon doing Mr. Leopold Premysluv, brilliant if her medical adviser wae, cor- Visiting Hongkong just now in the high-kicking stunt. Looke as
Kowloon band concerts are Polish violinist, and Madame rect when ho stated that she froo. This probably accounts for Eugenio Promyslav. claver must have strained something. so many Scotish items on next pollist. They sail for Manila
Monday's programme.
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tomorrow, but it is hoped they If it hadn't boon for these motor- will be able to give some concerts cyclists, the world might by this and in Hongkong when they return time have been safe for de
horo a couple of weeks hando. mocracy. Their tour through India was
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We always thought these police motor ayollets dangerous, but we don't mind so long as they only knock down policemen,
The Shameon strike is more serious than over, Both sides have taken to writing articlos at oach other.
A little observation dropped by
undor the patronage of the Talking of: motors, the horse- Viceroy. The London Daily power of the car and the 'boran- the Colonial Secretary at the last;
Communist Campaign,
Telegraph has described Mr. sense of the chauffour often soom meeting of the Legislative Coun Within recent years the ComPromyslav as "a supreme master in inveras ratio. vil, when replying to a question munists of Russia and their dis of his craft and a great inter-
A physician says golf is a rolating to the new Fire Brigade ciples have been very active in Pretor of great works."
for brain- dangerous gamo Station, orved to indicate that the East, and we have from time
to time referred to their work and Alice Lake's now picture workers. Hongkong should worry! your boy wore brighter. He'll the Public Works. Department some of its effects. A now: cable Hate," which will be scrooned at
over. Too
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Don't keep on wishing that
>probably be lit up often orough
has not yet solved its staffing published to-day reports officially the Queen's Theatre from Sunday Lady Torrington says the day bye and bye. 00 problem. Sir Claud Severn stated the discovery in Manila of secret til Tuesday, is full of thrilling of the flapper is
documents, from Chicago which situations and characters of vivid much matornal competition, we that "owing to prossure of work apparently, emanato from an as-/interest which go to make up a
prosume.
Appropriately enougi Muscle Shoals are to be devoloped.
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Janet saya no woman needs a
hobby when she's got a hubby.
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It's but natural those days to give the thermometer a
(cw honorary degrees.
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When a man becomes a grand-
old bie wife is.
in the Architectural Office and sociation Affiliated in America to drama with few dull moments. the difficulty of obtaining suffici- the Bolshevist hoadquarters in Hate" is a story of that strata of From a locally broadcasted This Irish Boundary question ent stail, it was not possiblo to Ruerin. These documents pur-humanity which lives just outside circular:-"Those two qualities. would be easily solved if there
port to incito the Filipino the pale of society of an ox- complete the drawings and pro- labourers to revolt against the gambler and a pretty little show. (love and affection) are as a rule, were fewer boundars.
absont in the case of adults." paro the contract for the supers-land-owning claas, and mention girl, Mise Lake gives a convinc-The author may alter his mind In view of recent political dove- tructure as early as anticipated." certain prominent mon against ing impersonation of the girl who when he grows up.
lopments, local shopkoopers Bre On reading that, our thoughts taken. Most probably
whom direct action" is to be is bewildered and frustrated as
ordering rod ties and recounting these ho fights against what appears to wore taken back to the last fulminations are not destined to be overwhelming odds.
Conrad foodstuffs
The mastication of proprietory their roubles.
"holps us to Budget debate,
after have a serious effect, and are Nagel appears to advantage as forget those who barter thoir when,
The trouble with some of our doubts had been expressed whe-the work of a few fanatics. the love-making attorney.
souls for limelight." Thank good- present wide awake fellows.is We hardly think that the ther the proposed increased staff recent "mutiny" of Philippines "The Shrlok of Araby," a now
ness some folk are vegetarians. that they don't got that way till
close on midnight. for the P.W.D. was sufficient to Scouts was due to Boishoviam via Bea Turpin picture, comes to "Cultured confectionery has keep pace with the growing Chicago. Nevertheless, it shows the Coronet Thoatre this ovening the same effect upon the system everywhere, are boing gradually burlesque of "The Sheik" which the sensos." The lattor may ing Colony, the Director of infooted with the anarchistio was shown in the Colony a couple Public Works.said that two now gorm, and being seduced from of weeks ago. There are occasion- turn one's head, and the, former
ono's stomach. allegiance to the age-old inatitual touches of real drama, with a
ឆ. architects had already boun pro tions they have honoured hitherto. thrill or two thrown in to give vided for. Lator in the mooting. It is well known that all over greater point to the comedy. The
The man who drank a glass of when asked if he were satiatied China, those agents of Bolshevist serious moments, however, never Hongkong wator in mistako for with his staff, Mr. Cruasy stated propaganda organisations
uro last very long, and tho olimax in iced coffee in not expected to do father ho begins to realino how that he was for the prosent, untill efforts have not been entirely good humour. A word should be
insidiously at work, and their claimed to leave everyone in high it again.
O O the new mon had got into their without result. For the present said about the new leading lady,
It's said that most mon who lo. work, after which he might ask it is a scattering of the seed by makes her debut in this picture as our motor-car for a couple of a baby carriage was blown off a Miss Kathryn McGuire, who swear also. After lying under In a recent gale at New York, the wayside, and the concorted for moro.
campaign of the rampant Com-a star. Miss McGuire bogan harbours, we are quite prepared to wharf and the baby floated to Now, it seems to us that it ispunists. Is yet
shoro. Must have been a buoy, to come, screen paroog only two years ago confirm the statement. is taking root, and beauty and her talent, both of
They say only one man in two In Hongkong theso days, cross- into possession of the satual the harvcat places is which were promptly recognised hundred is six feet tall. All the ing the street is about, a's safe as facta rogarding the P.W.D. staff almost ready for the gathoring. by Max Sernatt, the producer of same, he generally happens to crossing the tsipan.
The Shrick of Araby." problem, which, like the poor. The Post Office, ・・・
sit in front of us at the pictures.
៦ ព 00. always appears to be with us.. Considering the lack of proper
Judging by the number and 'There's something rathor variety of the ice-creams some of We have heard of "pressure of accommodation, in certain de Thore was the case not long ago ambiguous in the following ro- Hongkong's kiddion
partments, and the shortage of work" in various departments in others, the local Post of a German stoamor which was mark by a Hongkong man to his thoir, stomachs mast resemble a and "difficulties in obtaining Office is deling very well. But stranded near the entrance to doctor" You did me good.". moving-pleture show.
. .. .. staffs" until we are almost sick the state of affairs where there the harbour, and
mossugo to the of it. The plain fact would apare insufficient workers to tackle commercial
Figuros may not lie. All the "Safety pins have killed mora. a job cannot be allowed to con-agents. This, owing to a pressure same, it boats us how women babies than firearme," says a pear to be that at a time when tinue long if efficiency is aimed of messagus, and to its being in can look like waspe one year and doctor. Come to think of it, shoot there is an unprecedentedly huge at. We referred recently to the an unfamiliar language, was not animated ironing boards the next, ing babies seams to have gone out volume of work in hand, some alterations which are in hand for delivered to the addresscos until
of fashion. A (possibly all) of the departments Post Office that have become when the agents were of little onlarging some sections of the a considerable period afterwards,
but
about time the public. were put seed oven now some of that and owes her quick riso to her
In
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aro absurdly under-staffed.. In overcrowded, and those are being Probably also owing to "It is generally admitted that Looking over an old paper.
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pedestrians have learned to do,
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than moonshine
view of that circumstance, it improved none too soon. The pressure of work, the last Home log of affection are loosened by from Home, we encountered the. cortainly speaks well for the disPostmaster General's annual mail by the as. Kalyan was not lack of sympathy." This aptly heading Spring in the Air cipline and loyalty of the men who report, recently available, gives delivered to offices in town until applies to one we had given us That's what most Kowloon
A very good idea of the increase some hours after the vessel had last Christnie aro quietly striving to cope with in volume of work tackled each gone alongside the wharf, and a burden of work which is in year. There is a abort reference we understand that in certain Women are known by the reality far greater than they to an Increase of ataff very Parts of Kowloon there was no clothes they keep un wearing.
small addition. However, it seems delivery until well after half past should be called upon to bear time the whole matter of stating five, nearly six hours later. The Our American Consul General All the same, it is cause for wors reviewed, and any ideas general efficiency of our Post will soon be getting in Dutch; If reflection on those higher up of false cconomy, entgrjained by Dfloe is of high standard, and he dooan't waton put. - that such conditions should be the Government dropped in these lapses are of comparatively favour of progrüssive: sallon-yi rare occurrence, but they tend to permitted to continuo, with the is not secret the the show show unexpected pressure consequent banporing of the wireless department of 121 at work may, throw a department gonoral development of the Post Offer in Hongkon! But of
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