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THERE. 18 - ONE UNCLOUDED, HAPPINESS WHICH BREEDS NO WORK AND BRINGS NO SHADOW. IT IS THE HAPPINESS BORN and SOLELY : ON ACCOUNT" (OF THE HAPPINESS
of the Items which.camS up for discussion by the local piracy prevention committee the other day was the matter of con- voys, and, as reported at tho time, the majority of owners
"You will liko Hongkong--white for mourning wore in favour of the con-bathing, plenics, tounis, dancing, such like. Porhaps that will give ANOTHER: tinuanoa of the systom. There Do write and tell us all the key to the mystery of, things FLANNED AND WROUGHT FOR (has been considerable ariticism | about it.**
and-people.
HUMANITY: THE HAPPINESS. of the convoy plau, chiefly by But he has not yet written.
∙It is to a griffin it was written. То tho griffin, the men BEGOT OF, THE OUTLOOK THẬT
tho Ho woar passengers who aro dubble to will tell you why.
skirta and the ELIMINATES SELF. MEN, NOT women the trousors, and some MAN, HAVE OFTEN RISEN TO gauge accurately the time of
Tourist agents have sung of are in an evolutionary stage, THIS NOBLE HEIGHT, BUT their arrival in Hongkong; and the glories of Hongkong and the "My wife-half Chinese" explain- NEVER A COMMUNITY, NEVER there have boon occasions when babitants of Pottsville, Pa., od a Chinese gentleman to him A NATION.Eden Phillpotte.
thrill appropriately as the ship on his asking what it was. Tho the regulations ja this connection slowly enters the harbour. Let cooks. the maids, the cham- A Chinese case of typhoid word not strictly carried out. us look rather from the point of bormalds are all "boys." "How favor was notfiled yesterday. One would have thought that view of the Peakite who has lost dare
the last tram, or the ferryite who aid the nowly-arrived lady with each vessel a veritable 2008 the last "Star': disappearing, whose husband had just gone the East. Surrey Regiment, has Lieutenant L. W. Pendred, of floating fortrear, there woull be For those, jmountain crags and ail to the bath, when the "boy" small need of this extra very waves have lost their charm. suddenly burst in the bedroom resigned his commission. precaution, but as the system andnos, a griffin writes of Hong- towol " On the other hand, injured by a
With something of a similar with "Missis Master wanohoe
A six-year-old Chinese girl was has probably contributed largely kong. Hongkong seems to fall into some women seem to be doing Quoon's Road East yesterday, to the provention of further thres parts-the Mountain, the men's work in the streets and and was taken to hospital. piracies, it would be rash. to Shoro and the Plaid (across the soom cheerful enough over it, attempt reduction of the pressut Races-the Scots, the Portuguese
wator), and to boinhabited by three nearly always with a smile.
.you conto in hero 2"
motor truck in
Thore is another contrast. The Captains R. M. Newton-King
ions without first making corlain and the Chinese, with just a human horse smiles as ho trots and W. D. Bacon, of the 2/4th that they are not all absolutely sprinkling of other races. Ono along: bia fare may be a multi- Bombay Grenadiers, have ro
joined their unit from loavo and necessary. Perhaps the intro-might compare it to a curry with millionaire, yet generally wrap-
lots of rice, and the usual condi- pod in glooni.
cour806. MUSTARD & Co. duction within the next few ments. The curry seems destined
17, Connaught Road Central
Te. C 1180.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
p.m. on Thursday the 11th.iently representative officialdom instant. No formal invitations
are being sent out and no recop-
tion is being held. Friends aro A Difficult Problem. cordially invited to attend the ceremony at the oburch,
The Telegraph.
·HONGKONG, 3rd Doc., 1924.
PIRACY MATTERS.
for..
There A coolte who
Was 80
months of wirrtons on the river in timo to become all rice.
SOME CONTRASTS.
Mr. N. Blumenthal, in a report The shoro is the City and also Whore a half-crown is only to the police yostorday, says that steamers will have the offect of
he lost by theft a sum of $85 from rendering some of the more irk the Last End:" the Mountain worth one shilling.
is the "Wost End:" and the Whare the dead ace blamed for his bedroom at No. 2 Austin some of prosont regulations un-Plain iR tho South Side of growding out the living, so that Avenue. necessary, but whatever the the River. The Mountain Booms in "Happy Valloy the great BIRTH.
to have its Belgravia, and also its Majority have had to tako to: A silk-embroidered kimono, the MARCAL-On the 3rd. Docem-
Piracy Committee might now
Mayfair, but the Pank is not the the hillsides and thence be silent value of which le given as $185, ber, 1924, at 72, Caine Road, to decide on will be accepted by the dividing lino-that is an invisible spectaters of the races and other was atolan yesterday from Mra
Howard's Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Marcal, a public with perfect confidence line drawn many hundred foet sports.
house at No. 46 daughter.
that the most practical stops are above the Shore. Mountain and Whore wife is spoken of in the Lyndhurst Terrace.
Plain most on the Shoro-a very plural-and not only wivos. being adopted, which is much warm part at all times, especially, Where houses may be built on The engagement is announced The wedding arranged between more than could be said when strangely enough, in Ice House a rook and yet lack a certain of Mr. Rustom, F. Desai, manager Mr. A. Kirk and Miss Hilda the decision was
loft almost Street. Evoning falls and Moun- foundation.
of Messrs. Mody & Co., to Miss Smith will take place at the entirely in the hands of insuffie tain and Plain turn their backs Whore votoran warriors from Tohmi Ruttonjes, elder daughter Wesleyan Church, Wanchai, at 2!
on each other-for ong the tiny the Mainland can rotire and live of Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Ruttonjos, tram, for the other the frequent in security and ease and havo) forry.
their own guarda.
Mr. Oliver, of Messrs. Caldbook, The Island seems to be woll Where the Pross is called upon MacGregor and Co., has reported managed, police and roads and all to make bricks without straw-to the police that his wifo yostor- that. But the question of Govern- but no-one offors to pay for day loft a handbag containing $20 The interview with a Government does not interest the griffin. fuller telegrams,
in a ricksha outside Look Hing's, ment official which we published Ho learns that there is a Council Whore......but there aro sof The coolia is now being searched yesterday on the question of the of Seven who rule, and a wonder- many contrasts. stroot sleepingproblem will, wo fullful body called "Cadets "-verit- Still, they say there is a silver suro, convey to the general public able Winstons for their versatility lining to overy cloud, the extremo difficulty of handling as well as for their ability, Ho is must be a Providence looking through boing caught between was injured this question in such a way as contont in an age of docayod de- after forlorn griffins, for they two earth trucks at the Docks not to aggravate it. There is, mocracy to leave all that to train- gravitate together, their exper-extension at Taiwan admittedly, n gravo danger that, ed and tried mon.
fonoes seem similar and sympathy seriously hurt that he had (in altempting to solve it, the
makes them friends. Fate, too, to be removed to tho Kwong. problem may be intonsified rather DOG-KENNEL FLATS. has discovered some from the Wab Hospital. than otherwis0. It is quite true.! But the question of housing Mountain, the Shoro and Plain The recent appointment of a as the Government spokesman does intorost him and ho finds a who, though they have got romem- The death occurred rooontly of standing Piracy Committee by etated, that our street sleepers famine in houses. He is told that ber those who have not. But one's Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, the the Hongkong Government ro-problem, which can only be owned by Chiness and that the sions. Coming over in a launch who will be remembered as represent only part of a bigger most of the land and houses are first impressions remain depres-well-known consulting engineer, called the fact that nearly a year righted by better social conditions Britishor is being starved out; one day, a liner officer, who having visited Hongkong In had passed since the period of That process of uplift must necos that there are no flats for his had been a naval sadet, said to connection with tho harbour transition, if one might so call it, sarily be slow, but only by its purse; and that, if thero wore, tho
griffin Aro you improvement schomo. operation can the fundamental they would be more liko dog stranger"?.." Very much BO. when piracies were the regular dificulties bo overcome. All eise kounels, with uncertain neigh the griffin replied. "Yes," tho order and there was much un-will be morsiv palliative action bours and few, if any, modern other
A Salo of Work in aid of the continued, "one 16 60 Building Fund of the Ying Wa certainty as to what really con-which does not get down to the conveniences,
lonely in Hongkong if one knows Girls School, will be hold in the root of the question. However, Looking aloft where the Princes no one. There is nothing to do. stituted officient proventive mea"that is small comfort to the poor of the. Peak proside like barons It is so differont from Shanghai +/ compound of the Union Church aures, and considerable criticism creatures who are at present the bold in their beautiful bungalows, "True," interrupted a
on Thursday, 4-inst. Lady Sovorn fellow will
the of the methods employed. It is victim of existing social conditha aighs and wondors whose fault griffin, whom
.porform Providence had coremony at 3 p.m.--Adīt.
opening some months since the famous tions, and we sincerely wish that it is and why he came ton brought within the griffin's kon,
something could be done to bring thousand miles to go house-buat-, "People "resist to the uttermost " dictum them greater comfort.
in Shanghai aro It is ing. Ho wishes that Vice Versa different. They take an interest
Arising out of the accident of the authorities, and it has to possible that some scheme may could come true in bis caso, or in strangers, and call and take female was knocked down and yesterday, when B Chinogo be admitted that the subsequent yot be worked out, though quito"Alice" or something like that them round. But the difference Injured near the Orient Tobacco. official measures have survivedhow, we cannot at the moment could happen, that Poak and otherwise between Shanghai and Company, by a motor truck, the Our columns are open for Plain could interchange, that the Hongkong is this:-The Shang-driver of the vehicle was charged the test, though whether they oxpressions of opinion on the Peakites could go shunting for hai person has everything to do before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at are quite necessary in all their inatter, and we have at least thin fiats, could experience a flat like but not enough money to do it the Kowlcón Magistracy this marvellous elaborateness is still assurance--that if financial help unto two coffins and a bucket, all;
whereas the Hongkong morning, with reckless driving, is needed, it will be readily forth whilst the people of the Plain person has all the money but Defendant ploaded guilty and matter for discussion. The
coming from a sympathetic public, went peacefully to their now nothing to do with it. last few monthia have also scon
homes. It is but a dream. Soon How for all this is true, the was fined $25, or one month's the consolidation of the con- Fire Fighting.
the curry will be all rice.
griffia cannot say. He holds that cessions which the ships' officers
Another question that interests the real tost of any place is how bim is that of people. Somehow, it compares with other places,
The Roy, Mother and Sisters of and engineers naturally demand- Some measure of satisfaction his letters of introduction seam and what are the memories it the Italian Canvant, wish to tond, jed-such as adequate provision will be folt by Peak householders but "scraps of paper. His visit recalls.
their grateful thanks to all in case of death or disablement. der, suitable for work on the upper
at the prospect of a new fire ten ing cards go into a box with
patrons who helped so much "Out" permanently painted on The Piracy Committoo is now levole, boing soon
towards the success of their randy for it more "scraps of paper." Most But, meantime, one in forgot Bazuar, montioning especially able to have all the latest phases operation by the Fire Brigade people seem too busy their ong. ting the great housing question, Mrs. U. C. Galluzzi for having of this question before it, and the some particulars of this latest weeks ahead--the social whirl is homeless ones are becoming quite Cock, M. B. E., of the Hongkong Elsewherd in this issue we give gagontents are at least tbroo and the griffin foars that the kindly opened the same; Mr. E. gonoral public is able to rost addition to the Colony's fire-fight a social whirlpool, or perhaps bat. cynical over the whole matter. and Whampoa Dock Ltd., for the assured that the whole subject ing equipment, the utility of ter, a typhoon, and the typhoons Cynical" that word may help. loan of bunting and flags; Mr. P. is boing well looked after by which should be most marked in are unending. competont mon.. In this con-grations. We are still loft won- the early stages of local confa- nection it is interesting to note dering, however, whether the
Bec.
THE CYNICS.
hard labour.
NOCKEY,
The following will represent
for its inte, est iles in the fact K Kwok, who interested 60 that one of its great teachers, effcotively the Chiness commu- THE BANKS.
Diogones, lived in a tub. How pity, and Mr. F. Gonzales for the Badly, he goes for some air to he got thoro is curious. His beautiful enlivening music of his the favourable comments of the houses on the Peak will, oven the Pook Tram. It is crowded; father, Ioutas, a banker-in Asia compatont musicians.
with the advantages provided by it is not his Peak, not his tram, Minor, had trouble on Settlement Shanghal nautical journal Ship this new tender, be as well served he le not wanted. He buys the Day. It may have been a clerical ping and Engineering, which can as they might be so far as the evening paper instead and roads error, but the word "swindle" bo takon ne representative of the prompt coping with outbroaks is of another robbery. He hastens occurs in the charge. This, China Coast seafaring commun- concerned. There are probably to one of the many great Banks. strangely enough, some twenty the H-K.H.O. 1st XI against the ity. Naturally, the appointment be insocessible to this machine; he is lost. Do they want one's being convicted, the son orossed Thursday:-bully-off at 445 p.m. somo residences so situated as to He finds a large building in which flvo conturios ago! The banker Submarines at the US.R.C. on of men who really are in touch in addition to which, of course, money? Where does one put it the sesa to Athens. Thore, after a sharp-P. W. F. Mills, C. F. M. with the personnel of the ships some time would of necessity in? Behind groat rails a silent riotous time, he came under the Hughes, C. L. R. Bechor, L. P. affected, has given general satia-olapse before the tender could be army site. It must be a temple- influence of the founder of the Ralph, A. 8. Hett, Rev. E. W. L on the spot even whera the means the ball of the Five Hundred Cynlas, antisthenes and held Martin, G. R. Moro, G. B. Hett, faction, but it is a pity that this of communication are adequ- Buddhas. Many waiting worship with him that virtue is obvious right was only gained ato. A suggestion has hoon made pors are around. Wo soom to one thing necessary
the W. J. Woodward (capt), E. L. and Sim, and T. J. Price. after conaldorable controversy, for use in emergencies, might be we beseech you hear us!" Per- life. For a time
to us that small band equipment, hear them say "O Buddhas, despised all the comforts of and following tho promise obtain-stationed at various spots in the haps the Buddhas are dreaming slept in the streets, in doorways they reach the tub stage, for one od at the conference In London hill district, this to be operated of millions and griffins are only and under portiooes-finally end-is sure that there are not enou last July between representativas | Possibly by the police until such paying in tene.
ing up by taking lodgings in a tub flats to go round.” of the local Government on the forthcoming. We put forward this into people and things." With all that was not practical and ship approached Hongkong, sho timo as further help could be The world, they say, is divided tub. From his tub ho ridiculed Coming out, an, the griffin's one hand and delegates of the idea, which comes from an old this in mind the griffin leaves tuslasted on dieds, not words, passed another one homeward China Coast guilds, the Colonial robident, for what it may ho worth, people and sets out to sed "Deads, not words," is the cry of bound. See that ship, oried a Omtoo, the Foreign Office, the fooling sure that if it has any what things there are to console the homeless turned pynical. But (prophetic 9) voice.
She is going thing to commend it, due copeld-him in bis exilo-"see China and it looks as if they must follow the the right way Admiralty and Board of Trade oration will be given to the live." China, one learnt when great master Dlógenes through The griffin did not understa
suggestion.
young, was the land of contrasts all bie changes of residence before He does now,
oa tlo other.
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