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HONGKONG, 17th Jan., 1925.
A CAUSE CELEBRE.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1925.
DAY BY DAY.
Woat. To an uninitiated readori of the trial it might appear that the events brought out under cross-examination aro a gonoral, orflection of provalent mentality BOOTHED
CHILDHOOD HAS NO FORD BODINGS,
MIXED
BUT THEN, IT IS BY NO MEMONIES
ASHLEY STERNE ·
and morality. Fortunatoly, such OF OUTLIVED SORROW.-George
Eltol is not the caso, and we are vory glad to see how the whole affair!
Our football cartoon, by Stan
has roused the anger both of the Hill, is unavoidably hold ovor.
and It will appear on Monday. British nowapapor press
GRILL
AUTHOR br
· TWISTED TALIA) -
I have been much interested inļÃa måttors stand at the moment the public of all classes. The
Hie. Excellonoy the Governor roading the account of the ex-I have already facilities for hear- publicity must be doplered owing has appointed Dr. A. G. M. podition which has boon organising.all the al fresco music I wani: to the effect it has inevitably Severn to act as a Medical od to hunt what is believed to be My next-door neighbour is one of
a dinosaur which has been soon had in certain quartors; but bat Officer of Health.
frequenting the shores of a certain tor this than the opportunity for
No fower than 622 slicks of lake in South Amories (proolso All too little orcokadness in seorot. If those dynamite wore solzed by police locality scorot).
a fiahlog junk at is known of these prohistoric revelations norve no other pur officers on
Choungchatt, The crow wore monsters, and should the ex- poso than to act as a warning, arrested.
podition prova successful in ite abjoctivo it will bo tho they will have been justified.
most noteworthy contribution to
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A cheque for $4,500 was cashed zoological science since my learn-those all-the-year-round gardon at the Kailing Bank at Bonhamod friend, Profosuor Barmion ing maniacs, and oven in those Obstruction.
Strand yesterday before it was Crumpott, F.Z.S., suecooded in dark and obilly January morn- discovered that the document reconstructing the skeleton of the ings I can hour bin garden-roller The facts related yesterday by
was forged.
pterodactyl from Q single in full song. a correspondent regarding the
fossilised tail-foathor of that in- misuse of the side-walk on Caro-
It is notified for gonoral torosting reptile. Zoologists from lino Road, Causoway Bay, will, wo hope, be regarded as of suff-information that the Full Court of throo Judges will hold its next cient seriousness to warrant speedy romedying of the com- sitting on Monday, 2nd February,
With the increasing at 10,30 n.m. plainte. dangors caused by motor traffic,
it in orsontial that our footpaths The Gazette contains traffic. bo kopt as free as possible for regulations for the coming Racos, podastrians, especially in local- as well as rogulations regarding m ition where such traffic is heaviest, the firing of Chinese crackora Obstruction of pavemonts is still
view it and to
not that.
A writer in a contemporary accuses the modorn girl of mar- rying for money and not for love. If this be true, wo shall aortainly havo to romodel our drawing room love-songs, and the passion- ato lyric of the near future will, I prodiat, run somewhat, as follows:-
No rod, rod roso I send theo,
As omblom of my passion true; Instead of it, I send a nont
P. O, for just a bob or two.
during the Chinese New Year. all parts of the globo came to sweet, all too common in Hongkong, as
congratulato can be seen by a walk round the Throo pirates boarded a Hong-my friend on his remarkablo busior contros of tho city, where kong trading junk from a fishing achievement, and had it
transpired innumerable amsil traders have junk off Mirs Point yesterday subsequently their regular "pitchos" and oause and transferred cargo valued at the fossilisod tail-fonthor was, in considerable inconvenience to over a thousand dollars to their point of fact, nothing more nor passers-by. Wo havo oven soon own boat. Government dopartmonte guilty
offond.
away
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BINK'S BLOATERS. Straight from Yarmouth to YOUR mouth,
No kiss I proes upon your lip (Buch domonstration's strictly barred);
I merely hand you out a tip In token of my fond rogard.
No gleaming oirclet shall defilo
Your finger; sot your mind at caso;
As plodge of our betrothal,I'll Fill both your hands with Bradburys.
I'll lay no inconso at your
foot;
I'll pay no homage at your boots;
I'll pay, instead, a cheque, my ewoot,
Into your own account. at Coutts'.
a half-
less than the discarded backbone of the Professor's breakfast had- of obstructions on sido-walks-to Thieves who broke into the dook, thoro is little doubt but that Unique in its main features is a much more serious degree than Waisan Knitting Factory at he would have boen mado honoris the suit which has had all Lon- many a shopkoopor who is pro-Causeway Bay the night before causu, one of the koopers in the don and a good deal of the world secuted for allowing morchand-last, by way of the skylight, parrot house at the Zoo,
ise to block up pavements whilst carried
soyon so wing agog for the past two months, he is handling it. All too often, machines, valued at $2,100.
An ox-eoldier, I seo, after try- and to varyingly described as the the official attitude on this matter Midland Bank oase or the cazo appears to be "Do as I tell you;!
The forthcoming wedding is on-ing various methods of earning a of "Mr. A. Wo rocellost that not as I do." To our way of sounced of Mr. William Joseph livelihood, has at longth sat up in
business
L bloator-curor. thinking, the authorities should. Brown, of the China Light and more than a year ago one of the set an example in this direction; Power Co., Ltd., to Miss Winfred Should be be requiring a good, sound advertising-slogan I would route from London papers got an inkling of otherwise, its behests are liablo Louisa White, a the affair, and published a guard. to be disregarded by those who England by the 9.8. Atsuts Maru. respectfully suggest ed statement about it, but this;
It is notified that, at the ex- was promptly denied. Neverthe-A Wireless Wonder.
piration of three months, the Applied science has come into Britto and Company, Limited, long it was a distinct "scoop" the limelight by the practical will, unless causo is shown to the Once again the question is bo- Evidently the intention was to transmission of pictures by wire-contrary, be struck off the ing discussed of whether or not
KNOCK-KNEED KNORA: / wo gavo 41
for, The Girl who took the hash up the whole matter, but loss, of which
register and the company will bowo should have a National Opera
House wheroin to produce nativo Wrong, Umbrella.) the claim brought against the oxamplo in our issue of yostor dissolved."
day. So rapid in the progress of
operas given by native artistos. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING bank has required the dragging now devious for bridging
CHAPTERS. It is notified that, at the ex- Koon student of music as I am-~~
Garibaldi Gherkin, threo of all the parties into the lime-space and ponstrating walls that piration of
months, you really ought to hear me play light and the whole story bo- the man-in-the street is almost Hung Hing Cheung Company, Chopsticks"-I do not think the witted macaroni-beror, has been
surfeited. The compositios of coming public. It has certainly almost innumerable tiny photo-Limited, will, unless cause is echome is either practical or induced to forge a tram-ticket
shown to the contrary, bo struck advisable. To begin with, our by-
Bir Cato Catsmeat, at proved one of the greatest sense- graphs transmitted by the radio off the register and the company stock of native operae and opera
will be dissolved.
singers is by no means large, and auctioneer and estate agent of tions in the history of court trials impulse of date (an example of
which Was soon in yestor
the chances are that, in order to depraved and brutal habits. Ho in England, and is likely to live day's photograph of Mr. Bald-
Coming land sales include the keep the show going. we should has got into his olutchos
Uvula Pastillo, tho protts long as one of the big cases of win, sont across the Atlantic), following: Now Kowloon Inland be very soon compelled to revert to
are not the perfected pic- the century. For political roa ture we shall later behold.
Lot 989, comprising 8,000 square the more popular Italian opora-daughter of a cash chomist. She fect, upset price $800; and that extraordinary musical pro- has entrusted to Sir Cato a secret. sons, an attempt was made to they mark a beginning of a Kowloon Inland Lot 1959, duction which, though boasting an roolpe for linseed poultices in-
whose ultimate
feot, Italian name, is usually rendorod youted by hor father, which Sir prenorve the anonymity of the development
outworking It would be rash to containing 6,000
by Spanish vocallats siaging Cato is trying to palm off on the exalted victim, an Indian prince, mit in a prophecy. Wo appear upset price $9,000.
In French, a Gorman orchestra Siamese Government as the plans who had bestowed on him tho to stand on the threshold not
the playing in tonic-sol-fa, and a of a now torpedo, Gherkin, how- meroly of всодев projected name " Mr. A." and sot everyone as directly from the drette charity football match botwood Russian ballet dancing in next to over, has discovered the plot, and guessing about him for some
farther the Army and Navy amounted to nothing. A further point is that, has made an appointment with
Dot. Insp. Baddeley-Bungle, in progress, but little whilo. The rovolation of possibilities in the way of televis-$539.48, the sum being distributed owing to the prosent high prices
follows:-Naval charities, of port and eggs and bottled atout, of the C.I.D., to meet him opposite his identity caused something of ion which may make visible other as a sonsation in India, whore ho buman beings thousands of inilos $269.74; Garrison Ladies Help opera is an expensive luxury the lamp-post in the Strand.
away, even as now radia makes Society, $50; Chaplains Fund, nowadays. Henco men who want Gherkin has arranged to wear
$219.74.
to go to sleep after dinner elect Brussels sprout in his button- was known as one of the modern them audible. Making mention
to patronise the so much cheaper hole so that he may recognise
or else ontor the Inepootor, who will be dis aparting Indian rajahs, and a of current marvels in this and
other directions, an American In a collision between a motor Turkish bath, populer регволода with the
man car and a ricksha at Des Voeux Parliament, whero,, instead of guised as a ventriloquist.
CHAPTER Xvii. (Cont). newspaper Boya that
Silently the jury filled back British community. Naturally, will, perhaps, eventually "take Road West early this morning, paying to go to sleep, they got
into court. But a shadow of there has been a great deal of Gabriel's own trump as morely coolie was sovorely injured, paid £400 a year for doing so.
the sound of a new make of whilst his fare received minor
emotion showed upon Ffrederick sympathy for him in the position motor horn and decline to take injurios. Both were taken to the
Ffoliot-Firench's face. He was innocent, bo the vordict what it his rank and wealth have placed note of the Judgment Day itself Government Civil hospital. The
might. It was not his hand that bim in, and much criticism of on the ground that--if he chooses driver of the car has been detain-
bad administored the poisoned the people into whose anere he will find all the details and ed by the police.
the pictures in his favourite
doughnuts to the doad millionaire, foll.
The allonce was brokon by the nowspaper within a few minuten)
olork of the court. of the occurrence,'
of
But
Square
The not proceeds from
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The offices of tho Sun Kwok Wah Po, & Chinoso newspaper, at No. 103 Winglok Stroot, wore damaged by a fire which broko out last night in the sooond floor of the buiding. The second floor was burnt out, whilst the con- tants of the lawor storios wore
domagod by fire and water. The property was insured.
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RHYMES WITHOUT REASON. 1. A certain young lady named
Cholmondeley` Romarked to a friend somewhat
glolmondeley:
"Why do toon all grimace When they look at my face? Aro my features so very uncol
mondeley?"
"Gentlemen of the jury, aro you agreed upon your verdiots?" "No!" said the foreman, in a steady voice.
Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty?"
A reader has written asking
"Ws dol" came the reply, me what the little stare are for between the paragraphs of " Mix-unfalteringly. od Grill" Porhaps I ought to have Bolemnly the judge put on his
The caso le not to be suffered to become a passing wondor of the proverbial nine days, for
"ST. JOAN.” thoro io an appeal by the
LAST NIGHT'S SUCCESS. original plaintiff and a criminal Rotion against ona of the To another crowded houso, Individuals concerned. But it is including His Excelloney the Governor and party, the A. D. C. not the purpose of this reference splendidly presented “St. Joan" A statomont has reached us explained before that they are black hat and gloves, and turned to traverse the facts of the trial again last night. It can indood from nativos of Kongmoon that inserted on "Safety First" prin- to the dock.
said that all those taking part the master of the Portuguese tug ciples. They are to enable ship-bar," he began, the jury have which has concluded, or the
have caught the very atmosphere Dogola, which recently rammed wrooked sailore to steer without prospects of the coming suit.of the period of the play and and sank a pirato launch near a compass. We look upon the case from the endowed the many roles portray following letter written in Chi- Rattler Island, has received the
Already "carole" have begup aspoot of its wider rosulte-those od with convincing roaliem.
It is a nothing short of a 080 vory results which the law tried remarkable triumph, that an Avongore":"Our comrades will to haunt my front garden. Last to avoid by its
of an Amateur Dramatic Society not be forgotten. Your life is night I distributed upwards of a
of coal tón
amongst four- toon Good-King-Wencolases and incognito for the victim of the should be able to command the forfeited.
rapt attention of an audience for:
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and signod
"The
Prisoner at the
twenty-three Christians-awake. found you guilty and not guilty ruso by which cheques for a nearly four hours, in the presenta The Offices of the Supremo I also had a long argument of the crime of mur--"
tho through
lotlar box with total of £300,000 were obtained.tion of a play which would tax Court will bo open daily from 19
A thickly-voiled woman ross in First Nowoll and the court. The reaction of the publicity, the abilities of leading profession a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Chinesa the
al companies, and it is worthy Now Year Vacation, oxcept on heart-to-heart talk with the "Noļ no! I did it! ̈ I did it!" apart from the original victimie-tribute to say that it is difficult Public and General Holidaye, navigator of throo ships. In Firederlok Ffolltot Ffrench ation. is not calculated to to imagine a better interpreta- when the offices will be entirely glowing phrases I told them one started as if struck by a pole-axs
another closed. The Chinese Now Yoar and all that when I wanted for the voice was the voice of onbanco the friendlinose of tion. Thore will bo
whilst Vacation will commence on the to hear an imitation of an Mildred Mildawi either the prince concerned or yet a further additional evening 24th January and terminates on asthmatic goat moaning for its (20 bu continued-if I can think his people, or for that mattor porformance has been arranged the 28th January, 1825, (both young I'd send them a postcard, how
days inclusive).
Indians in general, towards the for Wodnesday next.