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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
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(To the Editor of the Hongkong
sizgraph."')
H. M. A, S. BRISBANE,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925.
MYSTIC STONE.
Fidelity to Former Masters. Becoming The Latest Craze.
TAXI DRIVER'S CLAIM.
SLAVES IN NEPAL.
STORY OF A GUARANTEE.
Wrongful Disptissal Alleged.
The now summor colour (ro The appoal made recently by we are told by the fashion|| tech- the Prime Minister of Nepal for nologists) is to be turquoise, says the liberation of slavon has had the Daily Chronicle. A taxi-cab driver named Chan Sui excellent results, writes the Cal Dresses are not only to be tur- Sir, The recent reports in the hoi was plaintiff in n action which outta correspondent of the Ob-quoise in colour, but ornamented Press about the solicitude of the was heard holore Mr. Justice Wood in server. Of over 15,000 owners with turquoise stones. Australian Labour Party over the the Summary Court yesterday after more than four-fifths have agreed And the turquoise into be the employment of H. M. A. S. Brishoon. Ho was represented by Mr. to emancipate their slávas, and fashionable stone of the season. bante in China are misleading. AL K. Lo and claimed the return about a tenth of them have signi- Already in West-end shops which They give one the impression that of $100, the amount of a guarantee fiad thair willingness to edo so specialiso la precious things, the the Brisbane has left Hongkeng which he had deposited with, the without compensation. The three turquoiso (sometimes Bot th for Mediterranean waters as the Hongkong-and-" Kowloon Taxi-cal cities of Katmandu, Bhatgaon: brilliants) occupies first place. result of the discussion in the Company. Mr. Turner of Messrs. and Patan, may now bo said to be How often have we not read in Australian Federal Parliament. Johnson Stokes and Masters appear free from slavery. In them about hévels of "the turquoise sea."
Thut is not so, The Brisbanged for the company
a fourth of the total number have What more delightful colour for Joined the China fleet early The facts of the case wore that been sat at liberty by philanthropio summer dresses could be imagins May in accordance with arrange plaintiff was engaged by the com- owners, who decline to accepted-cool, rofreshing, bright! rents made earlier, to serve ne pany and was to be taught to drive compensation.
The turquoise itsolf is tho an exchange ship in place of one ear. Ho paid $100 guarantee which A noticeable feature is that luckiest of stoner, and, as we live of the British ship doing duty was to be returned to him at the about four-fifths of the liberated in an age whon, superstition is with the Australian fleet. And, end of thres yenes, His contract slaves have signified their inten-reviving, its popularity is undor. also in accordance with the pre- was dated June 26, 10 and when tion to remain with their former
standable.. vicus arrangement, she has left he became proficient he was to be masters. If the ratio holds for play-thing of superstion would be But to regard it as morely the Hongkong, not for the Mediter-mid 800 a month. He was dis the whole of the slave population, ranean but for Australia. Her charged a short time ago and there little difficulty or inconvenienco altogether too superficial, The HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS Ltd. uenced by the present state of ed as him.
future movements will not he is-fore demanded his 8000 be return will be caused to the owners, China
Abalysis of the figures shows that of the four-fifths whose opinion has been received the majority profer immediate emancipation. Only about 500 owners, out of approximately 12,000 have asked for the price which they had, paid for their slaves. The rest have declared their willingnes accept the statutory price. The
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Mr. Turner called no evidence but argued the vase and after Mr. T reply His Honour stated that the contract he could not see tint Blaintiff lind any right to the 8100 Mr. Lo thereupon applied for or mission to amend, his claim to one of damages for wrongful dismissal
To this. His Honour agreed and adjourned the case sino die.
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figures are so encouraging that in The turquoise compels you to official quarters it is anticipated. that the whole of Nepal will be free from slavery within the next) few months,
its colour changes not only as the bealth, but also as the affection A rough estimate of the funds of tho wearer changes; it is cap- required has been revised. It isable of passing. from blue to all
Speaking of the attitude of TO BE HELD AT UTRECHT IN found that instead of Ra40 lakhs, shades of green, even to the dark France in the Chinese affair,
something over half ordre shade of malachite. And each (about half a million sterling at transformation has a meaning of will be necessary. This sum has the present rate of exchange) its own.
SEPTEMBER the Journal states that the Foreign Powers should MI- dify their conduct toward China.from the Consul General for the Information has been received As far as concerns France, sheNetherlands in South China, that been allotted by the Maharaja. from another, but never from the You may conceal your thoughts ought to create a High Commis-Holland's International Industries About a lakh has so far been turquoise. It is a barometer of simership which would depend Fair will be held this year at paid out as compensation. At alternating colour, which exposes upon the Ministries of Foreign Al-Utrecht, from September 8 to 15. the capital a long line of slaves the inmost recessos of human fairs for the Colonies and upen Farms of application for partici- with their mastors, is brought which French diplomats in the East
and the Governor of Indo-China ation, stating the tariff of the would depend. Such an institution be had on application to the Con- rental of sample rooms, etc., may would enable France to follow in the Far East a methodical policy. -Harus.
MOROCCAN WAR.
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before the Maharaja almost daily, and the amount of compensation and the fact of their liberation
to be paid is recorded in His The exhibition will be housed in Highness's presence. the permanent Fair Building and Full credit is due to the is open to all groups of industry, Mabarajs for his prompt and including foodstuffs, machinery, methodical inauguration of the textiles, leather goods, sporta ar- movement, and for the wisdom ticles, earthenwart, musical ins with which the difficulties have truments and chemicals.
been foreseen and overcome, and Rates' approximate $250 for also to the Nepalese in general FURTHER FRENCH VICTORIES. room 13 by 13 feet and nine feet for their ready acceptance of the
high, and $12 for an uncovered reform. Palis, August. 4-A
site of 15 square feet, with a re nique from laat states that "ex.duced turriff for extended hold- tensive operations of mobile
ings. lumns in the north and north west) ern districts, where the enemy, re-j cently penetrated- In large. numbers; have resulted in
commu.
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the ejection of the enemy from their stronghold, in the Azjen mountains. The enemy fed in disorder, leaving sixty dead."
Newspaper despatches descrit
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REMOVAL OF TUNGCHOW CHANNEL BUOY.
The following notice to mariners ing the operations state that the has been issued by the Maritime French Infantry fought most Customs at Shanghai under date. vigorously and tenaciously, des July 20:" pite the intense heal-Reuter.
HOSPITAL RAIDED.
TWO MALE NURSES CAPTURED.
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Referring to Special Notice to Mariners No. 735, natlee is hereby | given that the Edge Buy, moored on the northern side of the Tungchow Channel, has been moved, and from the new position of the buoy Plover Point Beacon bears S. 3 W.! (magnetic), distant 8.29 miles...
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It is not surprising that this mystical stone should come from the East-the East where much of the wisdom and a great deal of the folly of the universo originat. ad. In Persis it has boon mined for oight centuries, and amulots are made from it, and littlo passages from the Koran on- graved upon the surface. No doubt this custom will be follow ed in the West,
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News has been received in the Colony, by cable, of the death at Home on July 29th, of Mr. John Bell-Irving, JP. of Milkbank,' Lockerbic, Scotland, formerly, a partner in the firm of Moust's, Jardine, Matheson and Company.
Only the oldest residents in the Colony will remember the deceased. VISIT TO MELBOURNE ENDS. gentleman, for he left here many years ago, and settled down at Melbourne, August 4-The first Home. He came of an old sporting departures of the American fleet family, and was himself recognised begin this morning when the light as a particularly fine shot, a sport cruisers left for Hobart. The main he not only enjoyed but excelled fleet, including Admiral Coontg's in practically up to the time of his flagship Seattle and three battle-death, which has occurred in his ships, leave on Thursday.-Renter eightieth year. He was a son of Mr. John Bell-Irving of White- hili,Dumfriesshire, the elder brother of Mr. James Jardine. Bell-Irving and the father of Mr.. John Bell-Irving, junt, who left Hongkong in 1922,
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