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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1997.
“DAY BY DAY.
TAKE CARE OF THE SENSE, AND- THE SOUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF TIEMSELVES.--Lewis Carroll.
From the Standard Oil Company we have received a useful diary in the form of a desk block.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. R. Montargis were amongst the passengers who sa. President Grant. arrived here from Manila by the
The health return for the week end shows one spao of typhoid and one of puerperal fever, both being Chineso. A case of rabies was also reported.
There will be a public Lecture at the Helena May Institute, on Monday, 17th January, at 5.30 p.m., given by Mr. A. H. Crook Subject: "Are we going West?" Admission free.
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if all the Colony's charitable or- The Java China Japan Lijn, ganisations join hands in the move-notifies that the new K. P. M. inent, it ought to be possible to motor vessel Cremer is to leave for "Singapore, Penang and devise measures to better the lot of Belawan Deli on the 20th instant. Hongkong's unfortunates.
The first-class fare to Singapore Se $125,
GIRLS' REUNION.
AT THE DIOCESAN SCHOOL
The Very Idea!
foxös,"
"Mr. Lloyd George is a magni- ficent weed-as clever as six
"Lord Balfour is a damned Madonna lily."
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"Lorda Oxford and Grey aré great historical monuments."
Britain turns on Wells-cally
him dyspeptic and Jaundiced, splenetic, and one who dips his pen in gall.
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There are times, too, especially in the winter, when they could do with better and more regular meals, to say nothing of warmer clothing.
Thus a New York paper: What we have, sald of these chalk
On Friday, the Diocesan Old Great Englishmen grow rather bearers and ricksha-pullers also ap
Girls' Association hold their woarted at their bright child, H. plies with equal force to the lot of
Reunion in the School Hall which G. Wolls.. They murmur that he had heen very beautifully decorat- a becoming acidulous in his hundreds of casual-labour cooltes
ed by the Entertainment Com-declining years; that he is a carp seen on the streets of the Colony,
mitted. There were over a hung eritle who carps more than he and we quite ogreo with a contóm-
The B.L. 8.s. Tilawa, which leftdred guests present and the many criticizes, if you please. Thoy porary when it says that this pro-Singapore on the 7th instant, Is fancy costumes added colour and point to choles bits culled from his dus here at 7.a.m. on the 13th. plquancy to the gathering. | latest bruin-child. ""The World of blem should also be taken into ac-
Miss Price called upon the 1illiam Clissold." count. Indeed, the whole question
Vice-President of the Association
Now in spite of Wells' many of the conditions of life of the thou
to speak, and Mrs. A. E. Matthews sands of Chinese who live Just
said: "Our President is very wise paged introduction which explains and evidently not only believes in and explains that William is not above the bare subsistence level is
but acta on, the old adage, that I. G., but only a fictitious person, worthy of serious study, and we
The Colonial Secretariat notifosallonce la golden so the honour has body believes this preface. that quarantine restrictions have devolved upon me to introduce to What William sayı, H. G. says, would not exclude from considerabeen imposed against arrivals our visitors the D. D. GA. they affirm, and will not be dis- tion the many crippled and maimed from Haiphong on account of Although the rest of her wardrobe bits are attributed to H. G. and
sunded. Therefore, these julcy- beggars, as
distinct from the lazy, cholera.
may fit me, yet I fear the mantle she has so graciously placed upon not to William;" gond-for-nothing "professionals,"
my shoulders to-night I cannot who aro
to be seen so often on our
wear becomingly: Our Asancla streets. This latter problem can
tion is only an infant and so has had very little time to prove its not be solved by grouping all beg-
worth. We are only a small gars together as undesirables; peri-
bind, but as in all else, it is "Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is a odically rounding them up. “Bod
quality and not quantity that tells queer, vain simulacrum of a states- we hope to make ourselves felt. man" bundling them out of the Colony, to
Our aim is to make a bond between which a goodly "percentage ziways
past and present pupils, to recall return again. It is a very big
aid memories: to interchange ideas: to help, spur on and upilft question that has to be faced, but
each other, and, last but not least, to keep the old D, G; S. fing un, furled and held high. Up to the
England, you may recall, also is present, we have not been able to do much for our Alma Mater but all wrought up over another book, it is our intention to help financial- "The Whispering Gallery," ly, socially and morally in making which does not handle celebrities. the name of the D. G. S. ring with hands that have boon dipped throughout China, if not the fin lac water. There's danger Our Water Supply.
Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Yorke world! In the name of the first in too much railing at men whợ Tyrwhitt who arrived on the born of the School-the Old Girls' call other men names. With so large a section of the Moren on Friday to take over com- Association-I bid you all wel This la no advocacy of permi- City on restricted water nations mand of the China Station, re- come, and may the New Year bring sion for ali men to call all other at this early time of the new year only and then left on Saturday and children and all our kind But a policy of defending celebri raained in Hongkong for one day to our benign mother, her staff men names without provocation. one cannot resist reverting to the problem of this Colony's water suppatch for the North,"
morning on board H.M.S. Dos-
friends health; success and pros-ties just because they are that, ply and its obvious inadequacy. It
perity,"
".. with burning of incense before ught to be remembered that we Mr. R. F. Johnston, C. B. E,
The first item on the programme them, and the chant of "sacred, have just had a year of more than who spent some six years in Pek: was a "Competition in the Dark." sacred!" makes it difficult for average rainfall and that the reser-ing as tutor to the ex-Emperor, A tray with 24 articles was passed truth and knowledge to flourish. voirs were full and overflowing at arrived here last night abroad the round and when the lights came quite a late date. What the posi. Hakosin Maru, bound for on; those present were expected to tion would have been had the rain-Tientsin. He has been in London write down the articles. It was fall been either average or under for is not very difficult to imagine, and with the Boxer Indemnity ques- memory played..
some months in connection surprising the many tricks which The next item it is known by every official of our
recitation by Mr. J. P.W. D. that so soon as this Colony
Urquhart who gave different ver- The movement initiated on Fri- experiences a really dry year it will
& copy of a despatch from the Brigade" as rendered by an Amerior Style. "Style is that feature
The Colonial Secretary forwards sions of "The Charge of the Light day last, with the object of seeing have, to face the hardships of a
Here's a rather new definition what can be done to brighten the supply. We are genuinely con- notifying that a wreath was laid 4 stutterer and a
protracted period of short water Secretary of State for the Colonies can, a padre, a Chinese schoolboy,.
Frenchman, of a dress which enables you to lives of our chair and rickshaverned regarding the fact that His coolies, is one which should com- Excellency the Governor has de- mand widespread support. We have cided to shelve the completion of the Shing Mun Valley scheme or on many occasions referred to the even to carry it to the point at hardships suffered by these men, which the extra water would bene-
The Very Rev. John Skinner musical cushions, followed by who perform a very essential it the City, because we feel that
musical story, Miss Robinson first things ought to be put first Wilson, D.D., whose death in was at the piano and Miss Price task, and without whom the and that much money now being Edinburgh was recorded recently, read "The Romance" community could not very well spent on other things could be was, the father of Mr. M. D. do, and we have laid stress diverted with great benefit to the Wilson who, was until recently,
very urgent task of making the manager of the Mercantile Banki the excellent work, which Colony's water supply adequate. If in Hongkong. Mr. Wilson is now is carried out by the Mission in we take such a matter as the re-connected with the Bank's Singa Shanghai, where Mr. Matheson has organisation of the traffic arrange-pore branch and was home on leave at the time of his father's for many years laboured in the in-ments at Kowloon Point and the
proposal to spend thousands of dol terest of the ricksha-pallers. Aters on building a colonnade, "we
excitement was long last, Hongkong is evidently find that the Government can spare going to tackle the matter, and the money for this secondary work but caused in Des Voeux Road on not for augmenting our water supet Chinese, youth, aged about six- Saturday night when a well-dress- sponsors of the local movement ply. If the cost of all the items in might do well to get into touch with the Budget not of vital imn fell from the third floor of Whiteaway's, Building into the portance were added together lane leading from Fedder street Mr. Matheson with a view to draw-
A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT. there would Be
extra-past the Cafe Parisien to the 21 22 ing on his experiences, aluce the ordinarily large sum available Queen's Theatre. The youth was :: problem here and in Shanghai is for the really urgent task of picked up unconscious, and he
giving our population a full supply now lies in hospital in a seriousterday of the Air Minister, Sir bridge all summer as partners and almost indentical.
of water all the year round, to condition. gether with the healthful benefits associated therewith. This matter of an adequate water supply cannot be too strongly stressed.
on
yours.
The Telegraph
MONDAY, JANUARY 10 1927.
A LOCAL PROBLEM.
EXCHANGE "RATES.
With the growing use of the motor-car and means of transport, the number of chair and rieksha ecolies in Hongkong is slowly de creasing, but for all that, it will be many years, we imagine, before their services are no longer requir- ed. Despite all that is said regard- ing their earnings, the lot of these Paris coolles is far from enviable. They Brussels.
Amsterdam are forced by economic conditions Berlin in their native districts to come to
Copenhagen Vienna Hongkong and seck a living in this Helsingfors
Lisbon manner, and, as was pointed out at
Aires changani Friday's meeting, many of them have wives and families to support. Now
York It is scarcely to be wondered at that Geneva
Milan they should seek to relieve the
Stockholm monotony of their drab and dull alo
Prague existence by indulging in gambling Bindrid
Kio and, other undesirable practices;
Hongkong and it is along the lines of provid-Silver (spot)
Silver (forward) ing countor-attractions and bright- er and more congenial sur-
Koba
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She had but sixteen candles on Her cake, but that was wrong. At least they should have let
them burn
About three times na long.
herself"
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on behalf of the Governments and This was greeted with rounde of sell it to a woman because she peoples of the Colonies, and Pro-applause and he gave as an encore thinks it will enablo her to sell tectorates at the Cenotaph on No-
padre's and a cockney's version vember 11th, the anniversary of of "Sing a Song of Sixpence.". Armistice Day:
The next item was a game,
death,
Considerable
"Oh, you'll get to the age soon enough when nothing seems espec- ially pleasurable, interesting, or worth getting up for, and you wonder how you're to keep going Mrs. M. K. Lo the President, for several dozen years more with prosented the prizes and the nothing more to look forward to Secretary, Miss Kacker presented than horseradish with your roast her with a bouquet tled with the beef and an occasional pair of silk school colours. Light refresh-stockings," says an American lady charge of Miss E. Rodgers. ments were served under the writer.
The band then struck up and dancing began.-Contributed.:
FLIGHT TO INDIA.
A Puget Sound fisherman thought he had caught a baby sea serpent when his net disclosed a wrigging creature with a sheep- ike hend, glazing eyes, long teeth and a big fin. But naturalista pro- nounced it a baby lamprey cel— one of the few ever found that far north.
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Rugby, Jan. 9.
"Is it a love match ???" With the arrival at Delhi' yes-
"It must be. They played Samuel Hoare and his wife, by still are fond of each other." H.MS. Caradoc arrived in har-air liner, a notable achievement bour yesterday morning to join the in civil aviation has been accom- China fleet. Commanded by Capt.pilshed. In just 63 flying hours H. D. Hamilton, the Caradce is a they have flown 6,300 miles. They latest fad offered by a big London cruiser of similar type to HM.S. left Croydon. aerodrome at dawn hotel. The sun-bath is an insila Carlisle. She belonged to the on December 27th, and twelva room with artificial sun light, in third cruiser squadron" and was
Rooms with sun-baths are the
recommissioned at Devenport on days after, descended at Delhi at which the bather reclines nude on February 16th. She is of 4,120 the scheduled minute. They could a couch of gold-coloured linen tons and her armament consists have arrived earlier hat spent surrounded by jade-coloured hang- Rugby, Jan. 9:
122.75 of five 6-inch, two 3-inch A. A, and some time sight sening and testing nge. The light is automatically 34.89% four 3-pounder guns,
the machine's flight with only one turned off after one hour, so the .12.12.15/16
engine running. The King and bather won't get sunburned. .20.444 Enjoyable concerts were given many others have sent congratu-
The sergeant was taking the 18.20 on Saturday night and last night latory messages on the safe accom-
..34.48 .1926
by the Chinese Amateur Musical plishment of the inaugural trip of recruits squad. 12 Association
"For the last time," he bowled, During the Journey what is a fortification 7" .2.17/32
the Taiping the serviço. 40.11/02
at Theatre, which was well-packed at Sir Samuel and Lady Maud Hoare 215 both shows. The programme com- now through all kinds of climates
4.85
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The recruits stood fast to
sir!"
20% prised a medley of Chinese and over most of the great capitals ofan. Striding up to the most in- 26.1436
6.14 Western musical selections, one the Old World, over most of its telligent looking of the lot the N. 110% of which a Chinese parody on great rivers, aver mountains 5000C. O: repeated his question.
"Two twentifications, 18.16 Bananas," "brought down the feet high, over a volcano, over
house" Much credit is due to many thousands of miles of desert came the swift reply. 81.21 the performers who displayed and over one thousand miles of on all manner sea. Once they flew at a height 1/5.31/32 much versatility .1/11% of Instruments.
of 9,000 feet to get above a storm .25
and at another time as low as 15 feet to get under a storm.
-British Wireless..
Themes, for many of the tribal songs and legends of the Makeb Indians contro around the whale 24% Among the passengers who left
and the sea, accordingly to Miss by the P. and O. liner Malwa on The travellers received an Frances Densmore who has recent- Saturday were:-Flag Lieut. Eofficial reception on reachingly studied the tribe's customs. roundings that the first move must The Health Bulletin of Eastern Dangerfield, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Delhi. The Air Minister exprose The Makah live near Neth Bay, be made. From what we can Ports issued by the League of Na- Birkett, Miss A. Birkett, Mr. and ed the belief that as the Bervice Cape Flattery, and before the gather, these coolles horde togethertions for the week ending January Mrs. E. W, Carpenter, Pay-Comdr. developed the Journey could be white man came, the whale was 1, shows the following cases of H. W. Woodward, Pay-Licut. J. A. dons in a week and eventually, by the main item of food supply. in the very worst type of common infectious diseases: Plague, Port Hussey, Pay-Lieut. II. G., Gawin, including night flights, in Ave days. The whale was to the Makahs what the buffalo was to the lodging-houses, and, even if they Louis two, Semerang one and Sou-Lieut. R. A. Childson, Mr. F. rabain one Cholera, Singapore Baker, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Skelton,
tribes on the plains. "Phonograph were altogether free of vice (which one, Bangkok two, and Tourane Dr. Donelan, Mr. Mackay, Mr. and Among the arrivals by the records of more than 116 of the le too much to expect under the cirone; Small-pox, Calcatta 107, Ma Mra, J., S. Smith, Mr. F. C. Good. Hakusan Mera from London,songs of the Makahs were obtaine 1 cumstances) they would still have dras nine, Negapatam two, Singa man, Mr. J. Murphy and Mr. W. which came into port yesterday for the Bureau of American
pore aix, Bangkok two, Bombay
Ethnology, Smithsonian Instituts. a hard and rather colourless life. 'eight and Vladivostok three.
Price.
were Mr. and Mrs. H. I... Dennys.