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TIE' STOLEN SHOE,
$150 HIDDEN IN TOE, Chung Fook, living at Now. Rome, Sept. 16.
Street, las reported to the pollon a case of larcony which has an Professor Dimartino Fusco, olement of humour in it. Ho should like jo ses ja sufficient co- Yoakerday'a health return whoso recent announcement that was partaking of refreshments at- operation between Government shows Chinose case of he had discovered the lost books the Sun Wul rostaurant in the departments to prevent the foul-gorebrospinal favor.
of Livy in the ruins of a monas-parly hours of this morning and tury at Naples caused such a for greater comfort had taken off ing of catchment areas and re-i norvoirs by floods washing down Club is holding its annual swim- Interruption of his work, to-day noticed that one of the shoes was The Kowloon Dock Recreation Bonsation that the Professor dis- bis shoes and placed them on a appaored, ostensibly to avoid seat. Shortly afterwards, bo hillsides material thrown ming gala on Sunday, October 5th: appeared at Naples in obedienoo missing. over in road-making operations.
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to an official summone. Ho was It would coem strange that tha It ought to be possible to prevent The body has been recovered interrogated by a ministorial thiof, whoever he was, should such a thing occurring. Maybe from the harbour of the led who commission in the presence of only want one shoe, but the one this and other matters will ba was drowned when he wont over the Profect of Naplos, A semi-ho took away was a valuable one, the Praya Wall with a bicycle official statement on the matter for it contained $150 In notes, roferred to in the Government's over which he had lost control. deolarce that what Professor secreted inside the toeplece. statement of future polioy re-
Dimartino Fusco discovered was
Specifications on Applica garding, our water supply to- The forthcoming wedding is merely notes on the books, and morrow. In any case, we trust announced of Mr. John Haywood not the books themselves, but
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question.
on
INDIAN SERVICES.
NOT ASLEEP,
WATCHMAN WHO CAUGHT TWO THIEVES.
Mr.
tho
A number of arrests have been made on suspicion by the police
A contractor, of Chiu Loong in connection with the Sbatin LEE REPORT ACCEPTED.
Stroot, appearing beforo |Lost Contracts,
R. E. Lindsell thle morning as murder case, in which a man was Thora has recently buon stabbed and $17 in money stolon
Simla, Sept. 16.
the defendant in a summons in great outory in Britain over cer- from him whilst on the highway.
which he was charged with dle- tain contracte going abroad, in
The Council of State, without missing an Indian watchman a division, carried a Government without notion, told the Bench some casos to Germany. Oity
The Mastor of the us. Ting resolution, accepted the Loo that the watchman was often corporations with Labour mein-Sang, from Shanghai, reports that Roportand simultaneosly rejected found absent from duty, or when bors have been among the when in Lat. 27.56 N., Long, unofficial amendments aiming at ho was supposed to be watching, offenders," and have justified 121.17.43 E., ho passed a small a temporary stoppage of British he was found asleep. A month's themselves by pointing to fishing junk, which was partially recruitment for, and saving of soveral thousand
greater notico had been given at the ond pounds by accepting the foreign submerged and a danger to provincialisation of, the Services, of July, 2 Londors.
Sir Manekje Dadabboy thought The latest instance navigation.
Asked why ho did not. BROK the elimination of the British the Indian Immediately, of British torms boing bighor than those abroad is furnished For the Dinner Dansant at the olomont would provo disastrous contractor replied that he was by tho
reported by Ropulse Bay Hotel to-night, the to India. Ho considered the not well acquainted with the OUR WATER SUPPLY, Router to-day of the Shell music will be provided by the degree of Indianisation proposed niceties of the law and so, to be Transport Company placing splendid danco orchestra of the wont far beyond what had been on the safe aido, ho preferred to orders for aix oil tankors with Astor House Hotel, Shanghai, expected and should therefore be give the month's notice." Wo'do not expect to hoar vory Dutch shipyards. It is shown under the loadership of Mr. thankfully accepted.~Reuter. much that is now regarding the some thousands of pounds stor-
that the homo tonders woro, all Whitey Smith. Government's plans for improv-ling above the Dutch figures, in ing the distribution of wator in spite of the fact that practical letter, but journalistic etiquotto Hongkong as a rosult of the overy caso the British firms, provludes us from publishing a
ovidently with the intention of criticism of an articlo contributed. questions which are being put at oftaining the work at a saorifice to another journal. You should to-morrow's meeting of the Log-so as to give employmont, had write to the paper concornod. As ielstive Council by the Hon. Mr. cut out all profits and reduced you have not forwarded. your Holyoak. The presont year, dus-ostablishment charges to a mini- address, wo are holding your
mum. No more condemnatory | lottor for further instructions. ing which we have had moro comment on the conditions in
Саво
"Caducous."Thanks for your
BRAZIL REVOLT.
REBEL SUCCESSES REPORTED.
Buenos Aires, Sept. 16,
-
The Indian dented ho WAS asloop on duty. He had caught two, thiovos, and how could "ho have done this if he wore asleep, as was hoing alleged against bim?
His Worship, without further ado, dismissed the summons.
The Brazilian revolutionaries BAIL FOR CHAUFFEUR. bavo captured the ports of Quayra and. Mendez on the upper!
ACCEPTED.
than an average rainfall, bas Britiain could be had than this The latest addition to the shown that our problem is not big industries are no longer blind routaurants in the Wast Point It is reported that they killed i
Manufacturers and hoads of the already existing large number of Pans River in Southern Brazil. SOLICITOR'S SIGNATURE one of lack of water, but, rather, to the loss of orders which faces district in the International Resor took prisoner all the Federal one of adequate distribution of the country. But their hands aro taurant, just opened. It is said troops excepting the Commander As a soquot to the motor in- what is in storage. No now tied. The workmen, it is said, to be the last word in enterprises over the river to Argentius, where Fo Iling Theatro, Nathan Road, and fourteen men who couped oldont which occurred near the ard at length waking up to facts of this nature and to solipse many rosorvoirs are being built on tho-and beginning to realise that other restaurants in point of hundreds of refugees also arrived. at 6.30 p.m. on Monday, when a island, but the existing roservoirs high wages and shorter hours do furnishing and the choice charac-The lattor say that the rebels Chinese painter of Queen's Road are being fed by enlarged catch- not necessarily mean plenty of ter of its viande.
control Western Parana,~Reuter. East was knocked down and ment areas. Thero will, of course, It is time they did roalise this; work or certainty of employment.
dangerously injured by motor to a greatly increased supply but it is probably already too late
car 1013, the driver of the While the Hon. Cecil Clementi, when the thing Mun Valloy to altor mattors, now that the
Colonial
car, Pak Kam-wong, residing at Coylon's
Secretary MOROCCO CAMPAIGN. No. 158, Coronation Road, Kow- schome, is in oporation, but wo taste for other things has boon (formerly of Hongkong) was rid
loon, appeared before Mr. E. W. fear that will be some time yat..
acquired.
ing, his mount reared and threw
Hamilton, at the Kowloon him. Mr. Keith Rollo, who was at This schome, as has already boon Permission To Shoot,
Magistracy this morning, on hand, picked him up and convdy- stated, contemplates the avontual
ohargon of (1) driving recklessly Opinion must diffor as to the ed Mr. Clemont in bis car to his
and negligently; (2) driving with a provisiou of nine new storage allowed.
justification of policemon being bungalow. Mr. Clementi's injurios
Tho Tribune learns authorita-loarnor's licorice in a road shoot robbors, or wore fortunately not very serious, reservoirs, having an aggregato suspected robbers, who run away, being confined to his chest. He tively that the report that the prohibited by the liconco; and capacity of some four and a half The inquest on an earth coolie will, however, have to keep to his Italians are preparing to occupy (3) failing to produce million gallons, or
Laichikok Road last month, by watched. half tho present storage capacity an Indian constable, brings this
to
FABRICATION EXPOSED, Rome, Sopt 16,
licenco
when asked to do so by a polico
more than who was shot and killed on the bed. while his case is being Sollum is a pure fabrication. officer.
don reports that the situation in Mr. J. M. Hall represoated the
not otherwisa bo
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The Spanish Embassy in Lon-
the western zenn of Morocco con-defendant. tinues to improve. In accordance
without
A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
London, Sept. 16.
At the Oval, the Rost defeated
Yorkshire by an ipuings and 124| Tune.
since discovered from the doctor that he (the doctor) had never given any intimation that tho man might dio.
The coso was adjourned to! next Tuesday, the polloo asking that ball be fixed at $500,
Mr. Hall I think that exTM Cesivo.
His Worship:- I don't.
on the island. Under that scheme, matter-up again, and in this case The last Night Fote boing hold a pipo is to be laid across the the act has boon Justified under on Saturday at the V.R.C. should
In answor to his Worship, barbour bed and the water dis-an instruction to the police which prove a big attraction not only to with plan, the evacuation of the Borgt. Hollem sald that
permits them to U80 their spectators but to competitors also. Lower Lau and Tiguisa wore summous was not taken charged into a service coservoir iroaring "if a man suspected The most interesting event will offocted
difficulty,out bocause the defendant which will probably be construct-of having committed a rob- undoubtedly bo the 50 yards Reuter.
had dangerously injured a man ed under the Botanical Gardons, hery TBNK away ог cun- scratch race (open to all), for
and he was expected to die. When that stage is reached, it On the face of it, this sooing a the times of the Colony's best CHAMPIONS BEÁTEN. he had to object to that. He had
arrested." there is very little difference in
Mr. Hall interposed and said will be possible to roorganise the drastic power to placo in the swimmers over that distance. whole of the distribution system, hands of men who cannot always Thero is quite a good varied which has admittedly outgrown discretion. One recalls the stir should be sent in early,
be relied upon .to use the best programme otherwise, and ontries the capacity of the conduits.created when a Chinese const- Those conduits were laid down able fired at a European who was many years ago, when prosent suapooted of being an dornanda were not dreamt of, state of crime in the: Colony, it smuggler. Yet, with the serious
and it le, of course, absurd is necessary to give our polico to blame the Water Authority forco wider powers than would for that. We have now doubt granted in other places. With this instruction in forec, tho that the best possible use is jury woro justified in holding made of uxisting supplies, but that the Indian shot the man there are meetinical difficulties in the execution of his duty. Bir,-I am much impressed-by Without straining a point, ono "Justice's" letter which appeared operating against an improvod night also say that the authori- in your issue of the 15th inst. supply. Certain stops are, how-tlos are justified in introducing The Chinese, whether rich or ever, being taken to improve such wide powers for the con- rather wall off, used to take many matters, but conditions will not overy offort will be made to they can support them or not. A ataulas. Wo trust, however, that wlvos, and do not care whether bo ideal until the supply from acquaint the Chinese villagers Chinese who has married a con- Shing Mun is available. The and other lower orders, by cubino usually nogoots his first most urgent need, therefore, that the least attempt to run favourite concubine in luxury and tion, the Assembly has passed SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS. notico given at least once a year, wife, He lives only with his Despite Government opposi- appears to be the expediting of away when accosted by a police- comfort, leaving the first wife in for second reading, by 71 votes to this big undertaking.
man is likely to and fatally for the cold with her children. This 39, the Bill repealing the criminal kindly supplied us with the Mosers. Ellis and Co. havO. the party trying to escape. Then has often led to family quarrola Law Amendment Act, onacted in following cable quotations of On the question of the purity there could be no question of the of a serious nature, for which I 1008 to suppress anarchical Shanghai stocks from their
of the wator, the Government justice of the ruling.
SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY.
has already Indioated, that it intonds introducing fast gravity Biltors both in Kowloon and on! the island. This should moot Mr. Holyoak's point as to the prevention of discolouration and
Oudtshoorn, Sept. 16. The British "rugger" team tho,maintenance of purity, At
defeated the least, it is to be hoped that the Districts fifteen by 12 poins to 6. Bouth-Western measures taken will have this-Reuter."
To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph,'') Chinese Marriages.
Yorkshire scorod 166 and 234, Tho Host compiled 524 for 8, doclared. Woolloy knocked up Mr. Hall: The defendant has 202, and Chapman 74. and no roady money on him at together they scored 50 runs in prosont, so will your Worship sovon minutos.---Reuter,
accept my signature for that amount?
His Worship:-I think you are good for $500.
INDIAN CRIMINAL
LAW.
SHARE MARKET.
Simla, Sept. 10.
should say the husband should be crime in Bongal-Reuter, bold
responsible, and which
should be dealt with impartially for all the parties concerned. I hope that some messure will bo adopted to do away with this ovil system, which will of course be a i generosity to the wesker' sex of the Chinoso.
Yours oto. FOR THE WEAKER SEX Hongkong, Sapt, 16th, 1924,
HOME FOOTBALL.
London, Sept. 16,
In the Scottish soccer" League Clyde drew with Clydebank, one all-Rauter.
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