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DAY BY DAY.
HEAVEN SUITS THE BACK TO is in the sub-tropies. We believe THE BURDEN. WHAT A NICE we are right in saying that Sign THING IT IS TO THINK THAT IT
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The opening rate of the dollar kong, possesses both these modern on demand to-day is 28. 4.13/16d. Diverted into right channels minds of Chinese players, several faith and persistency are perhaps of whom after all, are only work- conveniences, and that they are, found to be an immense improve- Two targe rocks, which ap-worthy attributes. Sometimes, and men, and would be only too keen then persistency is perhaps to turn professional and do nothing ment" on former antiquated parently had been loosened from
their baso by recent rains, sud-pugnacity, they constitute nothing but play football.
There should be no danger, that methods. We realise, of course, denly became dislodged and rolled more or less than a nuisance.
Continual ridicule in the latter he will achieve his original pur that a huge sum of money would be down a stone quarry at Laicht nagded to bring Hongkong up-to date in these regards, and that the present moment is not the most auspicious for embarking on such heavy expenditure. But, with the growth of this Colony, these matters will have to be faced even- tually, whatever the cast may be.
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Two Viewpoints
One wonders whether the folk
kok yesterday, killing a small instance sometimes has the desired pose. boy, the son of a quarryman. effect, though often enough, strange to say, it merely spurs the builder
On Fishing.
The reservoir season for fishing, The first night foto of the soa-f "castles in the air" to further
or angling as it is designated in the son will be held in the swimming architectural effort,
In everyday life we often meet best of circles, is upon us, and pool, at the Victoria Recreation Club, on Saturday night next, persons of this type and sometimes once again we presume we shall commencing at 9 p.m. The Lyric it is very necessary to sit on them realise that nothing pains a fisher- min so much as the seven-pounder Band will be in attendance to severely in order to convince. play during the intervals and for
that got away...."nothing pains dancing at the conclusion of the Mr. P. Juster, self-appointed the listener so poignantly as the secretary-manager-president of a story of how the seven-pounder got self-constituted "China United away.
aquatic events."
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Donald Robert Duncan, five-Soccer Association" has yet to be. Fishing was conceived we believe year old son of Dr. and Mrs. convinced that any attempt to tour by an irresponsible citizen seeking in Shanghai, as represented by the Kenneth Duncan, died in Canton England or Scotland, or both, with to reach new high levels in the art branch of the China Association on August 28, following a ten a team of Chinese footballers 13 of exaggeration, a
and the Chamber of Commerce, days' illness of bacillary tysen- foredoomed to be an abject failure As a general rule fishermen may tory. A daughter in the same even assuming for the moment that well be divided into three classes. really understand the "situation family, Harriet Duncan, is also such a project would be possible to There are those who sit all day and with which Hongkong is placed, and seriously ill with dysentery, but arrange.
catch fish; there are those who sit Mr. Juster has approached many all day and try to catch fish; and whether, if there was such a stagna. is expected to recover.
persons in this Colony's football there are those who sit all day. tion of trade in the North as there
The Engineer Company, H:V-world asking for assistance and Sprightly conversation is gone- is in the South, they would worry D.C., will be paid to-morrow the co-operation, and the kindest of rally speaking an outstanding just now about, passing resolutions 4th, instant, at 5.30 p.m. at Head- those persons have pointed out to trait in the character of an angler. quarters Pay will only be issued him-firmly-that-it-is-a-hair-brained There are few-things-more-divert- urging the desirability of
to those members who have re-scheme. And this since the annualing than a conversation between ferences to give effect to the turned their rifles, bayonets and meeting of the Football Association two misguided enthusiasts bent on decisions of the Washington Treaty. ammunition to store. Those who when sufficient cold water was a day's record catch.
have not yet returned their Bel
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part of the booty.
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"Any luck!"
water.
Here in the South there is a much chers Fort passes are reminded poured to damp the ardour and
"Not a bite." more urgent desirability than the of the necessity to do so im-enthusiasm of any person but a
superb optimist.
To get a more full account of. putting into effect of any Washing mediately.
We wonder, though doubting, the day's dialogue it is necessary" ton Trenty decisions and that is the In the early hours of August whether at the back of Mr. Juster's to repeat the shove at hourly in- clearing out of the Bolshevik clique 31st (says the Diario de afacau mind is the thought that by this tervals, shake well, add a few nips in Canton. Shanghai, Peking and seven Chinese entored and robbed means football in China will from a flash, and there you are,
the residence of Mr. Sin Cho Sei, reecive a stimulus. We hasten to or were, as the case might be. In the early days of the strike London don't seem to understand in Travossa de Assumpcao. They assure him that we should not be
The principal difficulty of fishing how we pre situated here, even succeeded in making off with far off the mark if we prophesied in local waters in that the majority movement in Hongkong, this Colony
from the had to thee two seribus problems after all that has been said. One jewellery and money totalling that its effect would be an opposite of bites de tat
$600 in value. The police are to be one...
If Mr. Juster approaches players As a passing thought we wonder affecting public health-namely, prominent man just down from congratulated on their activity in the proper disposal of refuse and Shanghai has told us that the trade securing by the following morn-of the South Chinn Athletic As when the time is likely to come Lightsoll. Under the conditions movement there is well under way ing all the miscreants and a large ociation, and sows the seeds of when the local fishes' union will
dissension by wenving round them protest against the practice In spell in stories of untold riches stuffing prize catches and mounting which then prevailed, it was neces-Bain People are back to work,
in professional football, not only them in the marbled hails of the sary to resort to somewhat primi-the river traffic is going along all tive methods in order to cope with right and the discussion of the suffered considerably, of late, from will he be perhaps unintentionally Colony, and will demand that the process be reversed. The thought incident of May 30th and also the a Communistic element which has fabricating, but his action is bound the situation, and the thought must have occurred to many people that, suggestions for giving the Chinese not stopped at traitorous sedition to have the same effect as throw of seeing a well-girthed fisherman
ing machinery.
plank and placed in a prominent with the march of time, Hongkong place on the Municipal Council Marseilles is a hotbed of the "Red"ing a steel wrench into smooth work gracefully tacked or a maltogany We are convinced, we have no position in the City Museum is an
Mr. has rather tagged behind modern and effecting the rendition of the organisation and its satellites:
intriguing one. Mixed Court are more or less on The small outbreak of indiscip other option, that developments 80 far as these
an academic plane far removed line in the naval forces of France really has a strong belief in his
ability to make the tour a success., matters are concerned. Apart
from the vital needs of the imme- remind us of the attempts to sow But his belief is based on facts from the absence of the water flush
diate moment. In plain truth, the seeds of revolt in our own which in reality he knows little or ball Cup Competition-No. 2 Pla- Shanghat can afford to sit quietly fleet when on a visit to Northern nothing about.
Juster
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The final of the "Fowler" Foot-
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Baseball Posers.
mooted for the little island of temporary mastery of the Chinese actul industrial strikes, such as bouling on the part of the South it affect the status of a succeeding
with the tremendous amount of becomes a matter of life and death rubbish which is daily collected in in which we have a right to demand
Shanghai's the Colony. At present, this refuseaction.
is deposited at depots along the passed, but the Southern problem waterfront, with consequences| which are by no means ideal from
remains unsettled.
Basume
system in many houses. (in itself
We can well cönesive that the Ja serious shortcoming), the present birk, but here in Hongkong we Europe, only a few months ago, Australian "tour of the
method of disposal of sewage is far from-ideal; whilst the same remark annat. Neither can the harassed and the propaganda recently dis-left a lasting impression upon Mr. folk of the Shameen, of Swatow and covered designed to inflame our Juster's mind, but he must remem-
ber in the first place that the Cain-, might be made regarding the
It is the trail of the ser ese team on that occasion were in Poser, No. 10:-When a preced- Amoy. To save ourselves from the army. handling of the Colony's garbage,
But when vited to visit Australia and that ing runner fails to touch a base and' · grip of fanaticnl politicians who pent, fully discernible. The other day, a scheme was
reault of is declared out for so doing, does have succeeded in gaining complete we come to a consideration of the tour was not the
China Athletic Association. Cheungehou. by which, it found!
and who are seeking to throttle the coal threat and the present
He must also remember that Ausner who has made a home run, one or more being out at the time? feasible, a refuse-destructor muy
The Answer: The rule says that business, we have to act and to act shipping trouble, it is obvious that tralia toe is in its infancy so far be installed there, the opinion being)
ed.
status of a succeeding runner who expressed that this was by far the quickly. It is quite true that in there is the semblance of legiti-as Association football is concern such an act does not affect the Has Mr. Juster in his planning touches each base in its; proper best method
the long run things will straighten mate grievance. No doubt miners of disposing of themselves out; and that the phase are badly paid for the work they for a tour, taken into consideration order, garbage That, raises the question
For instance, we will whether the time will not shortly of to-day is but a phase, but for do, or rather that they are sup-climatic conditions in England and
result of a Chinese game with out, when the batter hits to the come when Hongkong will have to of to-day, whose very economic posed to do; and we are 'sure that Scotland? Can to conceive the there is a runner on first and one home run, adopt some such means of dealing/existence is being threatened, it As a class seamen, are far from Scottish eleven in December sdows? | deep cutfield for 4
overpaid. Yet it is very much Has he already made arrangements scoring the runner originally on a question of economics whether with the nearest hospitals if neces- first. sary?
Unfortunately the runner on first. they can be paid more, and their We heard with some amazement, fails to touch second in making the crisis has
the and then, remembering, Mr. Juster's circuit. The ball is thrown to that agitation merely suggests future disorganisation of industry letters to the English Football As-base, an appeal is made to the with increased unrest to follow.sociation, with less amazement, umpire and the runner is, declared
that the plan involves the playing Lout. But there still stands out clearly of England's professional elevens. That makes two out. The bats- The Trail of the Serpent.
Presuming there is a manager man who hit the home run touches the viewpoint of public health,
Evidence of the campaign being, for the tracker the sign of the old until such time as it can be taken waged by the enemies of constitut- trall, left by the agents of dis-of a professional football club at each base in its proper order.
Until the wording of the rule was out to seu and dumped. There was, ed authority is to be had every-order. We find men doing leas Home with sufficient lack of fore-
sight to imagine that, the visiting made definite, the contention in the Perhaps work and expecting more pay for Chinese players would be able to pasz was that the batsman who hit during the early days of the strike, where and every day. ʼn breakdown in these arrange the nearness of the Bolshevlet it. We have men throwing the give his first eleven a good game, the home run had technically ments, with the result that other menace out here has somewhat whole of their country into a state and presuming that he put his first passed the other runner on the base. eleven into the field. An average lines, since he touched first base schemes, of a temporary nature, had dulled our appreciation of events of anxiety and distress merely to of eleven stone all round would be ahead of him and should be called
out for ao doing, to be put into operation. Similar as they are occurring elsewhere, suit their own convenience. The a fair estimate.
For a comparative idea of the The new wording eliminates any ly, in typhoon weather the existing though the recent Communist shipping dispute has spread from arrangements are often found un- demonstrations in Britain and the a point of acknowledged "Red" result one might well put a team such an argument and definitely of boys against the local South says the act of the preceding run- It has involved thou-China "A" team..
ner in no way affects the status of workable. With regard to sewage narrowly-averted coal and tran- tendencies.
Such a result in their opening the succeeding runner who observes disposal, no one acquainted with sport trouble, served as reminders sands of men who had previously modern methods can describe as of the undertone of discontent, agreed to abide by the reductions game and what would happen to the all the rules.
rest of the tour? It does not re- Of course when there is two out.. satisfactory Hongkong's way of which has been inflamed of late of wages they agreed through quire the imaginative ability of and a runner falls to touch a base.
and is declared out for 'so doing, "dealing with this matter. The fact years by the agents of the Soviet. their unions, and now are defying the Mr. Juster type:
'However the principal danger of he renders of little use the action of is that we are hopelessly out-of-date Since, then, two big items in the the supposed representatives of
Mr. Juster's activities is that he a succeeding runner na far as scor Obviously, it is in this as in the other respect news have appeared, one relating their Industry. mentioned.
to a short-lived attempt at mutiny the majority following the dictates will leave false fond dreams in the ing is concerned. What Hongkong really needs is in the French navy, and the other of the rebellious minority, which one or more incinerators for the the present acamen's strike, which seems to be the best description destruction of rubbish, as well as again take our thoughts to the of the working of Communiem a modern sewage farm. These are perlls that, these currents of un- It is the old trall, the long trall necesalties in all large cities, and rest hold for the continued pro- and the trail that leads they appear to us to be more than greas of the world. France las Moscow.
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The collection, cleaning and A detective on the lookout for dyeing of seaweed to be used in pickpockets at the races at trimming hats is the unique Canzleen almost lost his wallet occupation of G. Levitt, who to one of the men he was hunting. livos on the Tale of Grain in A constable saw the pickpocket's Kent The woods are treated hand in the defective's coat and with a glycerine preparation. arrested the thiof.
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