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THE HONGKONG... TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1927.
PROTECT YOUR CAR "dustrial, basle but we think it by installing a desirable, on general grounds, to "PYRENE" Firo alvorce Industry from politics HO Extinguisher.
far as is possible. - There is far too "PYRENE" will close an association at the moment, kill fire without for the Labour Party which ought damagó to the ongine, woodwork to be purdy a political party—is or upholstery. under the domination of the Trade Water spreads a Unions, and, in an almost ofmilar potrol fire; sand is why, the, Conservative Party, la inefficient and will "bossed" by the Big Business in- put the ongiño out
terests. The arena of party poli- of action.
tics is not the place for industrial settlements, which ought to "be
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PYRENE" Ex. tinguisher is small in size, fight in weight and easy to handle,
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CHAŘITY IN Various guiden 19, AN INTRUDER THE POOR SEE OFTEN: BUT COURTESY AND DELICACY ARE VIBIT. ANTS WITH WHICH THEY ARE.SEL- DOM. HONOURED,--Ouida"
Yesterday's health return shows one Chinese cast of diphtheria..
The Empress of Australin is ex pected to. berth this afternoon at 4 o'clock,
21 YEARS AGO,
EXTRACTS FROM
"TELEGRAPH" FILES.
The following items are extracted from the Telegraph files for the week ended January 20th, 1900.
The rate of the dollar on demand was 23. D. 13/16d.
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In the championship competitions of the Hongkong Gun Club, Mr. Justice Wise came out winner, with Mr. A. C. Macmillan second after he had tled with Mr. G. C. Moxon.
The Peking Government approv- Pupils of the Belilios Publiced the proposal by the Viceroy of School are to give a Chinese play-
Canton for making Whampoa an open port. in Queen's College Hall at 3 p.m. on the 26th instant,
M. C. C. Cobley has been up. based on the economics of the In-polmed Secretary of the Hongkong dustry concerned.." Workers have aand Shanghat Hotels, Ltd. | right to a wage which will give “PYRENE" does them a comfortable living standardy not deteriorate and and" owners and capitalists have a is always rendyright to reasonable profits.
But for use. 3 Keep a "PYR ENE" handy on car and in garage.
Mustard & Co., Ltd.
Incorporated quder the Companies Ordinances Hongkong.
Alexandru, Buildings, Des Voeux Roud Central,
The Telegraph
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 ÚT.
CAPITAL & LABOUR.
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Mr, Arthur Henderson, the prom- inent Labour leader at Home who
ter to The Hague, arrived in Hong Mr. H. Hirota, Japanese Minis kong on the NY-Kliner Tamba Mara, Mr. Hirota is to extend his trip to Canton,
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The death occurred in 'Singapore of Mr. II. Cope, the agent of the
of a carriage accident. P and O. Company, as the result
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At a meeting of the Hongkong Missionary Association, the Rev. T. The master of a trading junk W. Pearce brought forward the was fined $20 at the Marine Courtion of a federation of foreign
niissions. this morning for duinping build- ing material in the" Harbour" nent the Praya East Reclamation.
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there is little operative recognition of these funilamentals ;the workers viewing the master's plots as me moral and wrong, and the master, In turn, viewing the workers' re- quest for reasonable pay, he sheer extortion. There must come change of viewpoints and the mutual recognition of each other's claims if ever the masters and work-
According to to-day's report of men of Britain are going to get the Royal Observatory there is down to "brass tacks." In the going to be rain to-morrow, the United States there is a much clear-forecast up till noon reading:
East winds, moderate; fine at first, er realisation of mitaal rights some rain later. than there is at Home, and it
A 75-year-old Chinese was Is to be hoped that when the full
knocked down by n'ear white cros report of the British Commissioning the lines at Des Voeux Road which recently toured the States to West yesterday. ile was admitted investigate this matter is made into the Government Civil Dospital public it will prove an urge to Bri-ith serious leg injuries. tishers to get closer together. The
has just made the very interesting | subject is a very important one, suggestion that the Premier should worthy of close study,
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Messrs. Hughes sold Inland Lot 178, situate in Pee! Street, to Mr. Mak Kaon-yuk for $8,500.
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The Very Idea!
It has just been asserted that the ideal milkman would scorn to whistle, with the milk in the early morning. If this le an insidious attempt to stop whistling it is not, Jikely to succeed, for the dullest dog among us Üks to whistle sometimes.
Whistling has been banned olse- » where, but not for long. The headmaster of a school in the occupied area of Germany was arrested by the French in 1923 because a boy in his chargé whistled a Teutonic melody while a French régiment was passing. and in feeland the Hound o whistling is suble heard, for it is.. against the law!
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Arabs Inte to hear whistling, and have a proverb: which says that after whistling It takes a man 40 days to cleanse his mouth. They call it the "dovil's music
The champion whilstlers of the world are the natives of Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. Their signal-whistling can be heard four miles away. No fingers are used, and only two or three notes are employed. Doubting the power of their whistling, an Englishman nce got a native to whistle. in his ear. Ite. was deaf for 15 days
Is auto stuck down in the
mud
The annual report of the Hong-afterwards. kong Land Reclamation Co., Lti.. dividend of eight per cent and a showed net profits of $555,781. A
bonts of four per cent. were re- commended; the early-forward being $380,000.
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Mrs. Bateman, bend mistress of the Belilies Public School for Girls, retired after after fifteen years'. service.
The appointment was gazetted of M. (now Sir) H. E. Pollock as n member of Legislative Council in place of Sir Paul Canter, resigned,
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Found lying in his cubicle with his throat ut, a Chinese was re- moved to hospital from No. 6, Shaukiwan Rond yesterday. The man is dot expected to recover | from his injury, which is "bellovéd Central British Schol.
At a shareholders meeting, the o have been self-inflicted. The receipt of a copy of the
China Provident, Lean and Mort- While Mr. McClark was absent gage Co., Ltd., approved of a divid prospectus of the Central British School, Kowloon; serves as a re-from his home at No. 15, Felix and of eight per cent. A sum of minder of the excellent educational Villas during the week, his three $20,000 was placed to Reserve, facilities provided by this, instituerauls absconded. Taking stuck bringing it up to $100,000. whilst tion. On glancing through its of his property, Mr. McClack has$4,791 was carried forward. pagus, we are struck not only by
discovered tant two gold-wrist the variety of the subjects tight, watches valued at $250, had been but also by the strength and qonli-" | stolen. firations of the staff, who number close on trenty and the majority of The s.s. Tilawa, which left Cal- whom are possessors of degrees.cutta on December 24th, arrive! In these respects, we make bold to yesterday. Between Rangoon and say that no school in the Colony has Singapore, the master reports, a ever been better fitted to educate Chinese committed suicide the rising generation. Besides in jumping overboard, and yesterday. struction in the usual subjects just before arrival in Hongkon found in the curricula of all schools n Chinese died from malarial of its type, there are classes in fever. practien subjects, not forgetting cookery, which is taught by a visit-
St. George's ball was held in Hongkong on January 19th, and was a huge sucess."
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of China New Your, the exchange banks closed for two days Thursday and a Fri- day. by
convene a conference of representa- live bodies of Labour and Capital to disensa the industrial situation,. is a moderate who must realise Qat the past year's friction has been little short of disastrous for the welfare of all. The Board of Trade returns for the year 1926 show that a. very big hit has been made at -Britaluls-trade-both-exports-and- imporis sharing a large falling off. The balance of imports over exports is growing, ever, larger-imports heing nearly twice the value of ex- [ports, 'which is a condition of things which would have been viewed with much misgiving in pre-war, days when our exports were worth more than our imports. There cannot be |
-Charged with boarding the ss. STARS IN AMUSING PICTURE. ing mistress who also conducts | Tilaya without permission yester- doubt that industrial friction,
highly succesful classes at the day, two Chinese were convicted at which produces rising costs and all-Technical Institute, of which many the Marine Court this morning, the round handicaps, has had much to ladies. In the Colony take advantage. frst receiving a sentence of one do with this falling away of Bri-instruction for girls, and we should seem, who had been previously
hard labour, This is a most useful branch of nignth's
and the tain's Trade, and the large number
convicted, was sentenced to two | of permanent unemployed and the
months hard labour,, large amount of short time testifies
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to the fact that there is much labout awaiting absorption.
To
like to see the scope of it extended so as to include all branches of cookery and house-wifery. When lence of the instruction provided by lankow on Monday morning of we ponder over the general excel "A tragic accident occurred in this school, we cannot but rerret last week in the Hongkong and that it in a badly housed. Origin-Shanghai Lank's building wher ly intended as 'n school with re. Ronnie Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. local quarters attached, it has R., H. Davis of the Hankow from time to time been added to life owing to being struck by the Light and Power Company, lost his and the residential section incor-elevator and killed instantly,
wanted into the school proper. Tho
REGINALD DENNY.
And there it stayed, con-
tented.
A farm horse pulled it out.
That's how
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The horse-laugh was
Inventeri.
Some more "howlers": One of Shakespeare's plays was called "Charley's Aunt."
Geometry teaches us to prove what we already know to be true. Lord Macauley, was a great statesman who suffered very much from gout and therefore wrote all his poems in iambic feet:
Nottinghamshire husband: My wife is always iil until I have done all the housework, then she is rendy to go to the theatre.
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North London mun: I was not drunk-walked-quicker-than-the- policeman, and had to pull im along to the police station.
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Lincoln was onee asked to speak ata Springfield supper."
How long will you want me to talk?" he said to the committee.
Ten minutes," a committeeman answered,
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"Humph, that will be difficult," stid Lincolit.
"DiBcult? Easy young man, easy,"
minutes speech will cost me five "No," said Lincoln, "that ten-
hours' hard work. If you wanted prepared it in ten minutes." a five-hour speech I could have
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rapidly come to the front of late Amongst cinema stars who have.
prominent place must be given land in "Take It From Me," now to Reginald Denny, who takes the
showing at the Queen's Theatre, This picture was shown for the first time in Hongkong yesterday, and it attracted large crowds. rollicking farce, full of run from is a lazy fellow. Sir Thomas "Take It From Me" is sheer," The Englishman by disposition start to finish.
Personally, we | Beecham."
Socialism is colour blind; for it only sees red.-Mr. Lloyd George.
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matter of taste. best-of-Denny's films, but that is I have a rooted objection to
talking about things that are above me Mrs. Baldwin.
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However, it can truly be said that it lat intensely amusing, execptionally well pat, on and thoroughly enjoy- able. The storyi han. to do with because he is a bishop-Bishop of A man is not necessarily a fool the experiences of a young man Lichfield. who inlierits a huge department
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three months and shows a profitproof boots, fell out of a wheel- store_plyvided he operates it for Aloe Drippo, a maker of snake
funny complications arise; but
hope for bat absorption without contributing to re-establish the goodwill which can make it possible is what Labour has, unfortunately, bgen dejar for a long time, and it
result is a very unsatisfactory Arthur Ransome, correspondent is distinctly cheouraging to find Mr. hotch potch Moreover, the school for the Manchester Guardian is Arthug Henderson aivounting is situated in a distinctly noisy expected in South China this get-together movement. He thinks locality, facing a main road much month. He left London on the 1'. frequented by motor buses. In the and Q. steamship Kashgar on that the question is ripe for con-true sense of the term, it can never December 18th and is due to reach sideration as to whether spnie per-Become a Central British School Hourkong on the 21st, lastant. Needless to say, some extremely barrow and banged his head on
until it is housed in a modern build-Ransom, who was in Russia ing. The Colony badly needs such throughout the most critical period all cores out right in the enfirat woman bathing attendant to prism. His daughter was the r contre of learning for European of the Russiar. Revolution, has Reginald Denny childron-indeed, we place, this written books and articles
shadows the rest of the cast. He smoke a clay pipe at an auction. amongst the most pressing neces-Russia which are considered au- is as bright and lively as ever,uver to do with this, cuse," said. "Glass-blowing has nothing what- sities with which. Hongkong. is
whilst his facial expressions are, Judge Filter at Newmarket. An a real study in quick-clange African chemist claims to have In connection with the accon moods.
proved that laurel leaves can sing,,, modation for the 2nd Battalion of Other features in an excellent tube of tin was discovered in' the Suffolk Regiment, now on its programme are a long Gaumont ball at Fordham. It has been way East from Gibraltar, it is news reel and an Inkwell cartoon fowarded to the Stock Exchange stated that one Company will be A pleasing Interlude is also pro-and sent back. While Helen posted to Whitfield Barracks, Kow-vided by Grovini, who renders in
mannequin, was Golightly, loon, another will be located at excellent taste some musicni solve-bathing near Bdmo stables at Lyemun, whilst two other com- tions on the orgapian.
“EXCHANGE RATES.
manění mntional body, such as an Economie Council or Parliament vi Industry, could be established to deal with industrial questions as they arise and evolve appropriate faced. The present conditions re- policies. for dealing with them." present" a big handicap to stall and The message to hand says that that pupils alike. suggestion has hind very mixed xception, Some_fearing polifioul in-"- fluence in such a body and other's having objections based on other grounds. Even if Mr. Henderson's Suggestion is turned down, it has Paris
Brussels excited and focussed public atten- Amsterdam
Berlin tion upon a problem of the very Copenhagen greatest magnitude and one which Vienna.... the nation ought, in its own inter- Lisbon....
Helsingfors
ests, to face.
Buenos Aires Shanghai
To our mind, the best suggestion Yokohama
New York regarding Mr. Henderson's plan
Genova camo from Mr. Lee, the Secretary Milan .. of the Coalowners' Association, who alo
Stockholm
said that the best guarantee of go Madrid peace is to get industrial questiona Rlo back on an industrial basis. Of Hongkong
Bombay
course, there are widely' differing Silver (spot)
Silver (forward) opinions as to what is an equitable
thoritative.
on
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TRADE UNION MOVEMENT.
AMSTERDAM AND MOSCOW DIFFERENCES.
Farnham a Channel steamer was burgled. Melto molts hatches- (Advt.).-Benchcomber in Daily
Express.
The Scottish National Players reconfly gave a cheerful entertain- mont at the "Q" Theatre. They produced "Sandy" a comedy in three acts, by Mr. Andrew P. Wilson:
The scene is laid in the sitting- room of Sandy M'Glashan, a policeman in a Scottish village.
Amsterdam, Jan. 13. The General Council of the In- ternational federation of Trade London, Jan. 8. - Unions, has by 12 votes to 0; re- 143%
Miss Lily Bluto (Mrs. Jan Bul-jected a British proposal to con- The play is refreshing and 30.41 625/32 lough), who became famous in the vene an unconditional conference humorous, and the Scots accent is 1/05/04 part of the "Merry Widow" at representing the Amsterdam and well maintained. The perform- Daly's Theatre nineteen years ago, Moscow Federations with the airiances of Miss Ann Shiels, Mr. la turning to the stage in a new of uniting the world, trade Union Androw P. Wilson, and Mr. Walter.
Roy were excellent, musical play "The Blue Train" movement.-Router...
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