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HONGKONG, 18th May, 1925.
PEAK TIRES.
A
MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925.
provision of fire-fighting equip- midut on tho Poak, with, if necessary, a small sub-station of the Fire Brigade..
Timely Words.
DAY BY DAY.
A POOR-MAN SERV'D DY THEE, SHALL MAKE THEE RICH-Mrs. Browning.
Mr. B. D. F. Both loft by the Taiyo Maru yesterday.
卝
PLAY AND PLAYERS.
NEW STANDARDS OF COMPARISON.
By
"Wanderer."
The American tonnis oracks have come, have seun, have con- quored and have loft.
The Home Soorotary has come forward none too soon with ani
yet porhaps it all boils down to the old saying a prophet is not. outspoken, doclaration of the
without bonour, save in his own Invitations have boon issued for British Government's policy to wards the Communist propaganda the King's Birthday Ball. at
Thoir decision to play here country." meth carried од by the Soviet. A Government House on June 3rd. occasioned an opportunity for Shanghai's gloom is based, on ragont example of what can result
Hongkong folk to soo some really the fact that, Shanghai has been when the poisonous seed falls on
wonderful tennie, tonnis, which visited by heavy rains right at
commencement -Rocent rains have caused by the ease with which their the fortile soil was givon by Bulgaria,
of thoir. and one is still hearing the echoes number of house collapses in prottinst strokes were made, must season, so that the. little timo of the most dastardly outrage of Canton, with injury to several have deceived many into forget which their representatives had which anarchy has been guilty people.
fulness of the infinito, pains and for practice bag been considerably concentration which without a curtailed." Against this they place for many years, when a cathedral. full of worshippers was the scone
doubt was at the back of each the facts that Hongkong havo A. Router's messago from of a terrible bomb explosion. Wo Adelaide state that in a "soceor!
and every one.
just completed their season, that certainly do not want anything Test
Ordinary players, and no in-jour men have played quito a lot Match, England boat liko that in Britain. As it Australia by four goals to one.
foraneo, is intended, watching, no of cricket and have got their happens, the soil in Britain is far
matter how intently, "top-liners" eye in so to speak, that the from fortilo for that kind of thing,
at work, are often lod by this ap- Solection Committee here has had but thero is a nucleus of fanatics Amongst the passengers who parent case of accomplishment in a whole season in which to judge already in évidence, and it wore left by the Pand O. linor to the thought that they require the merits of their representa- better to check the noxious woed Sardinia were Mr. and Mrs. F. only to stop on the court to be tives, and that our mon are all in in the oarly stages of its growth Normington, and Mr. E. Dosable to do likewise-but they soon good form.
discover thoir errors.
Sufcient
stress however, than risk its eventually cumber-Vœux. ing the land. Russia has of late
Yot for our younger players, has not boon laid on the boon making renewed attempts to We are informed that the public those with the ability and the liability of a player to stale- obtain recognition by the world bathing beach at Stonecutters desire to profit, and who watness" towards the end of democracies, and in Britain there will be closed for the whole of this obed methods carefully, there season, and the further difficulty is a movement to advance the weak, owing to gun practice. It was much to bo learned of of picking out an eleven of good trading agreements already nego-will be reopened on Monday next, the finer points of the game all-round players with opportun- tlatod. It will probably be possible 25th instant.
in the display of the visitors, and ity of making the trip.
to carry on commercial relations,
with adoquate guarantees, but before any closer relation can be thought of there will have to be a considerable change in the Bolshevist policy, a change that | shows no signs of coming yet; and in the meantime Moscow can learn with mixed feelings that it romains suspect, and that the British Government intends to arm itself with power offectively to deal with the menace to its domestic posco.
Atmospherics.
The following Royal Artillery movee will take place next troop
The 5th Heavy ing 500son: Battery from Gibraltar to Hong- kong: the 13th Heavy Battery from Hongkong to India.
I feel sure that this will be The Shanghai oloven, the writ- reflected in an improvement iner, in his notes, continues, bas the general standard of tennis in inevitably been constructed partly Hongkong in the near future. on reputation and past perform Slipshod methods will, of course, ance, though again in this con- take budding Kinseye nowhere noction there would appear to ba care and continual practice must little room for misgiving so far as be the primary factors towards the old-timers are concerned. advanoeinent, and after all it One thing that has rather a
For causing an obstruction by should not require all the patience humourous aspect, is the state. ment that "if there is any depart mooring at the Winglok wharf of a Job.
ment in which Shanghai may not sixtoon boatpeople were fined şa.
£
A Chinese who has been in
*
Ollerdesson,
ANDRE DUPRE WOULD · FIGHT
AGAIN.
each by the Marine Magistrate Amongst other things Snodgrass do all that is necessary, it is in this" morning. The mistress of a and the Kinsey brothers have left regard to batting' junk was also fined $10 for an in their wake, is, motaphorically Divecha,, Dr. Morris and Evans. choring in the southern fairway.speaking, a row of critics'nursing will possibly have to face the the wreckage of their old stand-brunt of the Hongkong attack, ards of comparison, and loodi for though all the others are liable We wonder how many of our Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of players might well be duly warned to run into big scores, none of The Committee of the Peak rondors noticed the reference to Canton are to hold a grand dis- that superlatives are likely to be them is as consistent with the Residents Association does well the peculiar conditions in the play on Saturday next at the used with more discrimination in willow as the four we have men-
tioned. upper atmosphere ovor Hongkong, campus of the Kwangtung Uni- the future.
When we opine that of to remind householders on the in the report of the Director of versity. The proceeds will be
Hongkong only three, at the outside four, have thig liability to upper levels of a responsibility the Observatory, as published by allocated to the fund for the Sun
LITTLE DROPS OF WATER. Memorial Hall and that they should not hesitate to 18 last week. Thanks to several Yat-sen
Having made little study of run into a big score, further com- research lights carried out by Library. shoulder-namely, to, eco that two
psycho-analysis, motaphysica, or ment is unnecessary. airman officore of the
natural history, and having no fire-extinguishers of the "Fire-Pogasus when sho Was in The steamer, Kalgan, which claim to bo considered foam" order aro installed in their port last November, some very arrived here yesterday from connoisseur in the matter of tho
interesting data of temperatures Bangkok via Swatow, reports that cup that cheers, your question, If the necessary arrangements homes so that any outbreak of and other atmospheric conditions a Chinese male steerage paseonger "A. S. F." is a little difficult to can be made-and the sporting fire may be promptly dealt with. were obtained at high altitudes, committed suicida by jumping answer, It would, however, be public would welcome the match Owing to the inaccessibility of even beyond 15,000 feet. The re-evorboard, whilst another pas difficult I think to find a better-Andro Dupre is perfectly will-
sults showed that the temperature songer, the residences.
woman, died
from all round drink than plain cold ing to enter the ring in a return on the Peak, of the air above this Colony falls consumption.
unvarnished water. A glass on bout with C.P.O, Jim Cartlidge. and also by reason of water steadily until about 3,000 feet,
rising and a similar dose just A letter from the sporting French difficulties, it is essential that a
then more slowly until about 4,000
before retiring would help boy, published on. another page, foot, when the drop has reached. ready means of coping with fires just over 10 degrees. There then connection with an armed robbory materially in your desire to keep leaves no room for doubt us to his should be at hand from the very commences an actual increase of committed at No. 603, Shanghai fit. You make particular men- willingness, but, to be perfectly Street on Friday last, was formal- tion of meals, I note, and perhaps candid, the prospects at present first sign of an outbreak. Hap-gradual one, until at 6,000 foot itly charged bofore Mr. E. W. it would be advisable in all the seem remote to say the least. The
take pily, there are on the local is as warm" as the. Poak. Soon Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magis
Association aze not exactly market extremely effective fire-after that a steady fall again sets tracy this morning and remanded
bubbling over with enthusiasm; extinguishers which can do ain. It is also observable that the
GLOOMY VIEWS AT BOTH ENDS. Cartlidgo har, by all accounts, warm bolt" at this high eleva- great deal in this direction and tien is composed of comparatively
Were it not that one of the taken up an almost impossible Members of the newly-formed which on many occasions else-dry air. The conclusion is that local chess club will be interested most attractive features, of any attitude, and the Fleet being whore Lave been the means of thore is a warmer current of the to know of the forthcoming visit description of cricket is that "you away, the chances of drawing a atmosphere above Hongkong, to the Far East, in the autumn, never can tell, one would be crowd sufficient to warrant the preventing big conflagrations.
about 5,000 feet up, though whe- of the noted Serbian exponent, inclined to take an extremely expenditure which would natur- gloomy view of Shanghai's ally be entailed by the promotion Ordinary, prudence would sug-ther only in winter one cannot Boris Kostick. Arrangements are gest the installation of such ex-sy. It adds, all the same, to the being made for him to give, ex- chances in this year's encounter, of the fight, would need careful
peculiarities of the local "atmos-hibition games in Shanghai.
says a sports writer in a Northern consideration. paper apropos the Interport The sportsman of this Colony phorics", which are, porhaps
cricket match which commenced would, I am sure, be only too unique as any radio operator will A coolie was sentenced to two on Saturday. It would soom rather pleased to see Dupre in action agree-and appear to be caused months' hard labour by Mr. E. W strange that Shanghai, too, have once again, and if satisfactory by some factors beyond the mere Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis similar foreboding as to the arrangements can be made, they configuration of the land. tracy this morning for larceny of rosult as we in Hongkong, and should be made.
ja quantity of mussols from on board the 8.8, Tean on Saturday. Another coollo was sent to prison. for one month for stealing seven pounds of rice from the sis. Binating.
the thermometer roadings, a
PEACE PLAN FOR
CHINA.
RESULT OF RECENT COMPETITION.
for one week.
With reforence to the com plaints of the "prolonged blowing
circumstances to quantities with your food."
largor officials of the Hongkong Boxing
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
HEAVY PENALTIES FOR ROBBERS.
tinguishers in houses situated as most residences on the Peak.are, and now that the suggestion has been thrown out it is hopod that householders will act accordingly. At the same time, wo fool that such measures ought to be supple-.
PEANUTS AND CARTRIDGES.. mented by Government assist- once. After all, it is part of the
Searchers being suspicious of the contents of a bag boing carri- duty of the authorities to 800
ed on the Tai Loe, discovered that reasonable means are pro-! vided for proventing and fighting
The calendar at the Criminal amongst some peanuts a number The first prize. ($1,000): for a of the ss. Empress of Canada's Sessions,
of cartridges. Hidden in salt fish which opened this fires, and no district should be practical peace plan for the whistle when leaving Kowloon morning, is a light one, and cases owner of the articles, charged they found a revolver and the was Wharf on 16th instant, we are wore quickly disposed of, Bon with unlawful possession, pleaded cut off from such help as the Chinese Republic, which
offered by the China Weekly informed that this was quite un-tences aggregating 50 years being guilty. A sentence of five years Government can give. As we Review of Shanghai, in a com-intentional, being caused by an imposed. stated the other day, there are petition
with hard labour was imposed. announced several accident to the steamer's whistle TWO LOADED REVOLVERS.
AN ATTACK ON-WOMEN. months ago, has been awarded to valve, and the matter had already on the market many types of Mr. Chen Yush-fu of Hangehow been reported to the Harbour
Before Sir Henry Gollan, Lau Seven years' hard labour was small, solf-contained fire-fighting Chekiang Provinca, who was Office.
Lui was charged with possession the sentence on four men who of two loaded revolvers. Mr. H. K. wore charged with robbery by machines which would be parti- once a member of the staff of the
Educational yamen at Canton.
Holmos, for the Crown, said that two or more. Two women walk- cularly suitable for districts such as the Peak. In addition is simply written and may provincial autonomng and die Wellington Stress on April 13th, four mon, two from the front and The Peace Plan itself, which of militarism and selfish politics, party of constables in plain ing in Victoria Road, said Mr. clothes stopped the prisoner in H. K.Holmes, were attacked by to these, there might, as sug.be read in a fow minutes, bandment of troops.. gosted, bo portable trucks oquip of China from the standpoint
and soarching a parcel he was two from the roar. A taxi came considers the present situation: The judges in the competition carrying discovered therein two along and two of the prisoners took to the hills, but the other. pad with fire-extinguishers. It of historical background, the wore Mr. Chang Chien, former loaded revolvers."
The prisoner said that he found two frighted off the taxi driver, may be quite true that the Peak origin of the present, trouble, the Minister of Agriculture and Com- has been particularly fortunate evils of civil war, a comparison merce and now the well-known the parcel in a latrine and did not throw the woman to the ground
of China's status with that of industrial leader at Nantung know its contents.
and pulled a pair of bangles from during the past two decades in Egypt, Indo-China, India and chow, Kiangsu; Mr. Archibald Asontonco of six years' hard her wrists.
Mr. Justice Wood, bentonced having vary few outbreaks of Turkey, gives three suggestions Rosa, former British Commercial labour was imposed.
Attache in China and now a mom-{ firo, but there is no guarantee assist, and closes with thros de bor of the executive staff of the SEVEN YEARS' FOR THIEF. two Chinese who pleaded guilty
A plon of guilty was ontored by that this immuity will last for finite suggestions to the Chinese British-American Tobacco Com- ever. Therefore, every possible pooplo for solving their prosent pany and Mr. J. Harold Dollar, Wong Loi, who was charged with chairman of the Associated being one of four mon who enter- stop should be taken to soo that troubles..
The three suggestions to the American Chambers of Commerce ed a house at Mongkoktsui, push- moone are available for coping Powers are to stop londing money of China and head of the Dollar od, the women into a cubicle and cast recently, from the Eiffel with outbreaks as they occur. to China, stop exporting arms to Company's interests in the Far ransacked the place, stealing Tower, the boating of a normal clothes and other valuables, and healthy heart, and then the boat- Individual householders have China and to bring the unfinished
provisions of the Washington The booklet containing the Six Honry Gollan inflicted a ing of an affected heart, bath their duty, admittedly; se bas Conference into effcot.
Peace Plan, with introduction by penalty of oven years hard la tho Government. And part of The three proposals for the Sir Robert Ho Tung, is shortly to our. The man was arrested with
(a pawnticket in his possession, that duty would appear to be the Chinese pooplo cover the subjects be published.
whereby foreign nations may
East.
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to robbery to five years hard labour.
WIRELESS DIAGNOSIBI Dr. Lutonbacher was to broads
boing amplified. His object is to show that some day it will be possible for a doctor to diagnose. a heart case from a distanco,