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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1926.
PROTECT YOUR CAR marked by the Government for the
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of action mat PYRENE Ex- tinguisher is small "In size," "ught in weight and easy to handle. "PYRENE" does not deterforate and is always ready for use. Квери "PYR ENE" handy on dar and in garage
DAY BY DAY.
uroN A MAN BUT FOR ONE MAN WHO CAN STAND PROSPERITY THERE ARE A HUNDRED THAT WILL STAND ADVERSITY.-Carlyle,"
ADVERSITY IS SOMETIMES. HARD
Mr. H. W. Ray of the Hongkong Amusements is to sail for Shang- hal today by ss. Porthos
:
Quarantine restrictions imposed against arrivals from Bangkok on count of cholern have been with drawn.
"MANTUA ARRIVES.
ROUGH WEATHER FROM SINGAPORE.
21 YEARS AGO,
EXTRACTS FROM? TELEGRAPH FILES.
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The following items are extract- rived from Home this morning, ed from the 2'elegraph files for the after a voyage which was all that weck ended October 28th, 1905, could be desired until after leaving Singapore, wheir heavy song were: The rate of the dollar on de- experienced owing to the close mand was 18. 11. d. rg proximity of a typhoon. All the paasengers speak highly of the ex- A cold snap was reported in collence of the service and the Hongkong, it being unusually cool courtesy of the master, Capt. G. G. for the time of the year:: Randell, who interest in every
Mr. E. A. Hawott resumed one's comfort was so marked that a resolution of appreciation was charge of the local office of the passed by the passengers.
P. and O: Company:
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| EYLENE " Fire 1 millions in the current year. Extingueber, His Excellency pointed out that PYRENE will when slums hava bhen cleared and kill fire without
better accommodation provided, Camaro to the engine, woodwork the co-operation of the tenants in befpholstery avoiding overcrowding and in- Water apronds sanitary practices is absolutely petrol fry sand is necessary. How fittingly the very Inofficient and will
same words might have been said put the engine büt
of Hongkong" will be realised by all students of the matter of course, the local strīkd" and troubles in the neighbouring Pro- We hear that H.M.S. Keppel and vince have rudely interrupted the 3rd Destroyer Flotila are ex- pected to arrive in Hongkong at
Amongst the passengers many schemes of public improve-6.p.m. today.
board were the Rajah of Sarawak Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Moore ment here, not the cast serious
and Bir Hanty Gomperta (former was appointed Comander-in-Chief being the cessation of building denounced of Mr. John Bertram, of latter, who was returning to Kuala
The forthcoming wedding is an-Paisne Judge of Hongkong). The of the Chinia Squadron volopment in the large open areas the China Navigation Co., to Miss of Shamshulpo and Kowloon City. Daisy Heppel, of Walker-on-Tyne, If that work had proceeded as was
Northumberland, England. expected, there would have dern much less over crowding than now. We understand that some few Mustard & Co., Ltd. years ago the Government had a Incorporated under the Companies, comprehensive scheme of land de-
velopment by which it was hoped The Rev. G. G. Elliott, the chap that a gradual process of rebuild-lain, who has been appointed to start the Seamen's Mission in ing the greater part of the Chinese Singapore, is due out on November residential property of the Colony | 14th, would be possible, and it is to be hoped that so soon as conditions, permit the scheme will be proceed ed with. Of course, the question QUR SOCIAL PROBLEMS. of building costs enters into the matter in a vital way and it is high time that some official Investiga-
Ordinancas flongkong. Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Road Contral,
The Telegraph
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1926.
tion was made into the inordinate
A fine of $1 was imposed on the master of a small junk who was charged at the Marine Court this morning with anchoring in the Southern Fairway...
Through being knocked down by a car belonging to a Chinese con- tractor, bn the Castle Peak Road. a Chinese was removed to the Kowloon Hospital resterday, suf- fering from a fractured leg.
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Lumpur, was Chairman of the Mr. Gershom Stewart presided Sports Comitittee and was very at the annual meeting of the Hong- popular with all on beard: An- kong branch of the China Associa- other prominent passenger was tion, and amongst those present Capt. Bamford, V.C., who won the were Mr. H. E. Pollock and Mr. A. coveted honour in the Zeebrugge S. D. Cousland. landing, During the voyage, Mr.
F. C Millington, formerly of Hong- The Hongkong Cricket Club an- kong, sold a series of cartoons and nounced. u forthcoming match
4 caricatures, his own work, on bo- between teams over/28 years! and " half of St. Dunstan's Home, realis under, that age. Amongst the ing the sum of £70.
former was Dr. Kock and the
Hongkong were Dr. J. H. Sanders, cock and Mr. T. E Pearce.
Amongst the passengers for. latter team included Mr. H.-Han-
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Taylor, Mra.
The announcement that a child- Sayer, Mrs. Hallowes, Comdr. and t Mrs. Phillipps, Mre. reson and ren's playground was to be pro- [vided or the Peak drew forth an Mr. and Mrs. Joseph,
editorial plea for similar facilities for Kowloon,
Mr. F. Jacks was made. an Ofteial Justice of the Peace..
The 38th Congress and Health Exhibition of the Royal Sanitary Institute will, at the invitation of the Town Council, he held at Hast- ings from July 11 to 16. 1987. A statue of Nurse Edith Cavell Joynson-Hicks) has consented to Honour of the Hospices Civils ut.
Epifort... act as President.
It is pleasing to think that dur- ing the time of its prosperity,ly excessive cost of building in departed. The number of vessels. The Home Secretary (Sir William has been unveiled in the Court of
Malaya ja taking serious thought
will we be able to tackle the pro- blem of our City's alums in a thoroughly antisfactory manner.
Swatow Position.
Amongst the passengers who arrived by the P. and 0. liner Morea from the North were Lady Laughton, Sir Henry Gollan, Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang, Bishop and Mrs. Welch and the Hongkong Inter- port golf team from Shanghai.
The Harry Jetsa
Idea!
In the course of the twenty-four hours ending at 9 a.m. to-day, nine vessels arrived in port and eleven this Colony. Only when the Goin. harbour has increased in the of its social problems. This was vernment is prepared to provide last four days to 67, of which 31 fully indicated by the tenour of cheap land and when it is also.
are British. C: the speeches delivered at the an possible to build cheap but good nual dinner of the Straite Settle-houses for our Chinese workers ments Association held last week. The speech of His Excellency the Governor (Sir Laurence Guilfe- mard, from which we gave an ex- tract yesterday, covered a wide
A Chinese from Singapore was range of subjects and revealed
charged before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, Your health determines whether Wealthy women returning from Whilst at the time of writing at the Kowloon Magistracy this you have blue, green grey, hazel, France bring back with them that serious attention is being there are signs of a distinct im- given to the problem of public provement in the situation at Can-morning, with stowing away from black or brown eyes, Dr. J. D. many bottles of perfume, of a Health. A larger water supply is ton, encouraging the hope that the southern port on board the Levine, editor of a health publica- kind that sells in France for about. being provided for Singapore, there will be an early resumption 3.3. Mantua. The defendant plead-tion, declared in a talk at Seattle. $20 less than it sells in New York. ed guilty and was sentenced to of trade with this Colony, the post-
If your eyes are blue with a Then they go to the department. new General Hospital is shortly to tion at Swatow still remains un-
three week's hard labour..
silken finish you are in perfect store, hand out a bottle of the per-
Dr. health,
Levine be opened and there is much being satisfactory. A couple of days
'said, fume with the explanation that done in the way of infant and ago it was stated that, the pickets
nerves are responsible for all other store as a gift, but that they have report Abnormal states of body and someone bought it for them at that had been withdrawn but that,
colours, he declared. child welfare. His Excellency
more than they can use, and would pending the return of delegates dealt at great length with two pro-who had gone to Canton for in- ing up. Moderate monsoon may be
"Every child is born with blue like the value of the perfume blems of special difficulty which structions, the boycott was being expected over the North China Sea. eyes." Dr. Levine said, "Even credited to their account. An un- The local forecast up to noon to-
children at birth have suspicious floor manager complies, continued and the employees of were always with them the pre- British firms were not permitted tomorrow is:Enst winds, fresh to greyish-blue eyes, never u deep and the patron gets $20 worth of vention and cure of venereal return to work. Yesterday, it moderate; overcast at first, improv- dark brown. Changes from blue goods for nothing.
ing later.
to green, grey, hazel, brown and There are two things about this. disease and the clearing of slums was announced. that the Swatow
other colours are not due to racial, little anecdote that are puzzling. The marriage of Mr. Tam Chim political, religious, climatic, or 129394602912129221 14 CAT and as these are problems which military authorities had declared
the strike to have ceased, but that Bock, youngest son of the late accidental considerations, but to prosperous enough to travel to Why should a woman who is might with equal need be tackled the Strike Committee was demand-Towkay Tam Young, botter known states caused by toxins, acids, in Europe stoop to such small-scale by the authorities of Hongkonging.its.continuance. What strikes it will remy" us to look at our us as being rather peculiar, in open days and Chinese as flammations or congestions in the thievery?
view of the fact that the boycott and youngest brother of Mr. Tam
"Capitan Ah Young," of Seremban body.
And how tome that perfume southern Colony to see what is be- has been so well organised, is that Gin Quee, merchant of Seremban, have brown eyes, which show the it does in Paris?
"Ninety per cent. of the people costs 820 more in America than Ing done. To deal with the foul Swatow should not bave imme- and youngest-brother-in-law of
The colour... presence of toxins. canker of venereal disease there diately fallen in line with Canton Mr. Tan Ong Goon, chief clerk, may be changed by abstinence A novice had started a round of has been a Social Hygiene Ad-in this matter. Employees of Bri- Auditor-General's. Office, Kuala from certain food,
tish firms on Shameen are again Lumper, with Miss Lim Seok Yin, visory Board formed, on which all back at work, but in Swntow, they oldest daughter of Mr. Lim See blue-eyed because they are forced At the first Hole he proudly "The Irish of the old country are golf with an experienced player. sections of the community have appear to be still kept out. The Nam of Seremban, took place in
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representation, and the Singapore Strike Committee in Canton has Seremban on Sunday, September to ve on a strict diet, frequently, Announced he had made it in five:
nese
and
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THE OPERA.
but
nothing and fortunately potatoes and buttermilk.
"Sailors who breathe the pare Oxygen of sca air and moun- taineers in high altitudes, have blue eyes."
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had no dimeulty in recalling its Government has voted the sum of pickets from Macao, the New Ter- $50,000 for anti-venereal work. ritories border and other places in Clinice have been opened, medical Kwangtung: yet Swatow still keeps up the strike and boycott, officers provided, free drugs issued So far as we can see, there was and much publicity propaganda never any need to send delgates
LAST NIGHT'S SUCCESS. She told the boys to clean the in the way of advisory posters and to Canton for instructions, be- éause Canton's decision had been
yard pamphlets in Tamil, Malay, Chi-known for some weeks before Oc
There was a rather small attende? They haven't done it yet,
'Cause
like other English,
just Various toher 10th. There is apparently ance at the Theatre Royal last gyen-
youngsters they philanthropic associations are more in the Swatow situation than ing when "La Boheme" was given
would appear at first glance, and by the Italian Grand Opera Com- Remembered to forget. combining to help, and the pro-
it will be interesting to watch de-pany. This well-known opera is full' blem is being tackled in a big-velopments secing that the mili- of musical gems, and in the cupable Squire's wife: And where's hearted way that is sure of suetury authorities there (who are hands of M. Carpi's Company, the your daughter, Mrs. Hodge? CCSR. Hongkong might well take supposed to be under Canton's con-performance was admirable, the a leaf out of Singapore's book intro) appear to be at variance
with the Strike Committee.
EXCHANGE RATES.
Rugby, Oct 14.
this matter.
Vienna
The second big problem relates. to the clearing of slum dreas, and here Hongkong, by reason of its
Parie own slum areas and the heavy, Brussola toll they exact from the Colony's Berlin ***** Amsterdam workers, is even more vitally inter Copenhagen ested. Singapore la trying to pra Helsingfors vide sufficient woll-situated and Lisbon
Buenos Aires well-built houses to accommodate
Shanghal its great working population, and Yokohama that is a task which might well Genova engage the earnest attention of Milan
Stockholm the Hongkong Government. A Oslo Standing Committee has been ap- pointed to advise the Singapore RioL4 Bembay Government, and large areas of Hongkong land are being acquired. Ten mil Silver (spot)
Bilver (forward) lions of dollars have been oar-
New York,
audience being quick to evinco their appreciation. As "Mim" Mlle. Ambroso both in voice and drama tic skill well filled, this conspicuous
role, and shared the Honours of the evening with Signor Bellotti (in the part of Rudolph). Other prin- 169%
éfpals acquitted themselves wi 172
To-night the ever-green Higo .12.19 20.071% letto is on the boards.
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Mra Hodge Well, to tell you the truth, nium, she was so useless in the ouse that I sent her out to domestic service.
The expert remonstrated: "But "I saw you take eight awings get-
ting out of the rough! ⠀
"Oh," said the amateur, "I didn't think you counted fouls"
Lady Louis Mountbatten has been voted the best-dressed woman. at Deauville; which means the best-dressed woman of the world. The competition in dressing-up or dressing-down is keener.at Deau- villo in August than anywhere else. This seaside resort, with its beautiful harbour and famous Casino, is the fashion-centre of the world when the season is on
Lady Louis Mountbatten, whose husband Lord Mountbatten is the "best pal of the Prince of Wales and who accompanied the Prince to the United States, has achieved A magpies neat built in tele- her eminence in style at Deauville phone wiren was responsible for 2 by dressing simply. Her gowns five hours interruption of tele are magnificently fitted, without phonie communication between being ornate and she decorates Melbourne, capital of Victoria, herself only with a string of and Albury, an important country simple pearls and a ring or two on centre on the boundary between hor fingers. Her restraint, in the Victoria and New South Wales use of jewels is noticeable becanes The rest at the top of a pole, other women at Deauville this caused a short circuit.
season seem bent upon hanging The magple in building its nest, on every gom and jewel they which was about 14 inches across,
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Tie Mountbattens have beon used several pieces of wire, which staying aboard their yacht, the had been left alongside the lines Shrimp, In Deauville harbour, at different times during repair- ing. This united two lines and giving many brilliant parties aboard and going ashore often for caused the short circuit. - bathing, polo, or to the Casino,
New York, Oct 14 Mr. George Harvey, the ex- 6% Ambassador to London, has sold 3/16 The North American Review, of /11% which he was the Editor for A Now York department store helfers to the Cassel millions
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Router's American Service..
Lady Louis Mountbatten 18.
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in England,