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CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONDITION SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Nationalist extremists all manner UNDER WHICH A HEALTHY LIFE CAN
First Frenchman: Do you know of protests against the ActionBE LIVED. IT IS THE ONLY CONDI- What Great Britain owes to soa a chap who will lend me a hundred which the Hongkong Government TION UNDER WHICH MAN CAN AT-power is told in a most engrossing francs?
Second Frenchman: Yes. An has taken. The circumstances TAIN TO THE FULL FLOWER OF HIM-mainer by Mr. Archibald Hurd,
BELF-Bart Kennedy,
in "The Islanders," published by American. will most certainly be twisted and
MossreCassell-and-Go-Ltd at First Franchman An Amert- dintorted, and there will be all The health return for the pasta. Gd. In his foreword, the author can! I should say not; he'd want
week-end shows two coses of points out that in the Homeland it back. QUALITY & DURABILITY the usual talk about British "Im-diphtheria and one of typhoid, there are forty-five million people
perialism." But Hongkong re- All were Chinese.
crowded together in a group of islands with about the same aren serves the right to operato its laws as it ncos fit, in the interests Hotel Savoy, has reported the loss although many do not look out Mr. E. M. Robertson, of the 45 Papun, in the Pacife, and that of the community generally and of a pendant somewhere between over the sea from your'a ond to for the due safeguarding of law the hotel and the Peak Tramway, year's end, all are nevertheloss islanders, with all that that condi- and order. We have no desire to
The weather forecast till noon tion means in weakness and in dictate to any person what his to-morrow, issued by the Royal strength.
There was one characteristic Amongst the facts"brought out incident in the life of Lady Wim- private political views may be, Observatory, states: "East winda, but, as the Home Secretary has moderate; overcast, drizzle, mist." in the book is the point that thirty borne which the obituaries have million of the population live on not recalled. It happened at an ofolection in 1910, when one of her just indicated, during the debate
The .. Penang Maru, original-food brought to the shores
sona was a candidate for East on a private member's Bill to rely due to arrive on Saturday after-Britain in ships and that as many
During the contest a noon, came into port this morning. make a livelihood by working-up, Dorset. gulate Communistic schools, it is Ifer master reports a thick fog, in factory or workshop, raw mission hall at Poole was opened the propagation of those views in making navigation extremely dif- materials 'that are imported into by Lady Wimborne, and a minis- the country, What, asks the ter prosent, in the course of a a forbidden manner which really cult.
author, would be the feelings of prayer highly laudatory of hor matters. The laws of this Co-
Among the passengera return-our forefathers as recently as a ladyship, added a petition to the lony prohibit the dissemination of ing to Hongkong by the 8.8. Presi- that there was never more than of anxioty to fill full her cup of contury ago if they had known Almighty "especially at this time seditious mutter, and the posting dent Van Buren to-day, was Mr; six weeks' supplies of food in the blessing." As it happened, the
Wilhelm Hershel, who fa connected of these anti-British placards with the Deutsch Asiatische Bank storehouses? In an interesting Prayer was answered with a sufl- way, the economics of Britain's cient majority, but The Times cor- uboard British abips here is a at Canton.
position are discussed, with many respondent observed that it was distinct contravention af those
illuminating facts and figures the first time that he had ever suddenly laws. Indeed, the authorities dropped dead while making a purelted, and special praise is bestow known the Kingdom of Heaven to could go to aver greater lengths chase at the Central Market yester-ed on the Navy and the Mere canvassed in a by-election.
day. There were 30 auspicious cantile Marine for the security
There Policeman at Lambeth: than they have in the case of the circumstances, and the remains provided. The now era of avia-
lion is also touched upon most were three men, your worship. Fatahan. The time may come were removed to the Mortuary.
Interestingly. The book is really Prisoner: There were not three;. when it will be necessary to do so.
As a protest against the Likin à reprint of a series of articles there wore only two and myself. Be that as it may, however, there | Collectorate in Lupau,
written for "The Blue Peter,"
Elderly woman at Willesden: can be no questioning either the Samshiu, which is detaining over but they have been revised and
60 junks, the shipping merchants presented in a most attractive This girl 1s ten years younger | right or the desirability of the ac-rf the North River have declared a form. All who are true song of than I am.
tion taken op Saturday,
general strike for the redress of the Empire should make a point of their grievances,
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MONDAY, MARCH 14 1997.
THE RIGHT STEP.
French Competition.
'count of the fact that it throws
but also on certain diMculties
long time
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Mr.
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We learn to-day that arrange- ments are being made with the "Jado Mountain," by Edith We notice that a fair amount proprietors of the King Edward Wherry (Hutchinson and Co., The definite action taken by the of prominence has been given in Hotel for the accommodation of a 7s. 6d.) is one of the very best the Home newspapers to the annumber of British officers. This novels dealing with the Orient aathorities on Saturday with anual report of the Commercial will not interfere with the ordinary that we have ever encountered. 1 view to preventing seditious pro- Counsellor of the British Embassy business of the hotel.
haa both originality and power, whilst the story is so engrossing paganda aboard British ships will, in Paris (Mr. J. R. Cahill) on ac-
Shortly after noon on Saturday that Tow, having once started it,
will be able to lay it aside until Barrister, to voluble woman at we feel sure, find general commen-much light, not only on the com-three Chinese, one of whom was
a revolver, guined the end is reached.
Bow: Now will you allow me to dation. For all too long have the plex problems with which Franemed with
Fadmittunce to No. 21, Bridges The tale is based on the idea of speak?-The woman: Oh, I can officials and 'members of the Can-herself is endeavouring to cope Street under the pretext that the reincarnation, and the strange re- put up as good a show as you, and ton Chinese Sedmen's Union been with which Britain hus been had a message from the master of lationship which exists between am not paid for it.
the house, who was out at the time, the three main characters is ex- given a large measure of latitude faced for
They at once held up the inmates, plained in the second part of the Magistrates' clerk at Bangor: in their anti-British agitation, and to be fully realised at Hoce, stole $180 worth of jewellery:
just. It does not yet seem all of whom were females, and book, which reveals their previous What are you?-Man: I am the apparently they have come to in- says commentator
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existence under the 12th Emperor village blacksmith. of the Sung Dynasty. The au- terpret the inaction of the Govern- Cahill's report, that France has Sir John Alexander Strachey thor, who obviously knows the Socialism is a ralic of the Vic- ment as being due to a fear to in-home since the war one of Bri-Buckhill, Puisne Judge of the East and Eastern philosophy well, torion age-Mr. Walter Leaf.
ain's foremost industrial com Patna Iligh Court since 1920, of draws tervene.
I absolutely refuse to allow any Latterly, the Canton petitors. The volume of manu-Patna, Bihar, and Orissa, India. ancient China, and the work can man to rob mo. of my share in river steamers have been the head-factured goods which she exported a former
attorney quarters of a great deal of in- by $3 per cent.
in 1925 was greater than in 1913 Hongkong, who died on October i by reason of its unconventionality because of Bannockburn and Flod- General of be classed as of high merit, both Magna Charta or Shakespeare. For these deve-5th., aged fifty-three, left unset- sulting propaganda directed onents the coalfields of the Saar, tled property in Britain of the manner in which it is written..
and also because of the clever den. Lord Balfour. against foreign antiens in general the ironfields of Lorraine and the gross value of £3,800, with net per
potash of Alance are largely ressonalty £3,644. and Britain in particular, but the ponsible: It must also be borne
It becomes more and more worth local authorities have shown
01 a totally different type is while to address people through- marked forbearance by refraining ing between thern about three milten o'clock this morning between 78. Gd). The story is
Des Chinese White," by David Calder the Press than to talk to them by and Germany have been maintainVoeux Road Central shortly after Wilson (Hutchinson and Co. word of mouth-Dean Inge. from undue interference. Un-lion unemployed, France, in spite a taxi-cab and a tramear. The adventure kind, in which romance, that it does not pay to make a cf the People aro beginning to learn happily, the agitators have been of unprecedented immigration, hos taxi-driver was obliged to pull umystery and tragedy are inter building ugly.Mr. Baldwin.
until quite recently been crying sharply near encouraged by this circumstance, out for labour. The simple ex-order to avoid a collision with a ment, which will appeal to those to lose one's soul.--Father Wag- Wm. Powell's in woven. There is plenty of excite- Sometimes to save one's face is until it became evident that theplanation of this striking contrast ricksha and the tramcar crashed who are for this type of novel, gett evil could only be put a stop to depreciated exchanges has been was injured, though both vehicles quite well drawn. In some of its is that France by reason of her into the rear of his car. No-one and the chief characters are by definite action.
Captain (to Irishman applying underselling hur competitors were slightly damaged. It has long been known that the abroad. She has been able to
aspects, however, the book is a for job on board a ship); Canton Seamen's Union has beente lower than countries whose At a quarter to one this morning, the
little unsavoury, whilst many of you even been to sea before?
situations are overdrawn. The Son of Erin: Do you think exchanges have been relatively i bury in efforts to stir up strife high. This is one of the grounds an alarm was sent through to Fire The pidgin English used will came over from Oireland in p and trouble amongst the native on which so much criticism of Bri-premises of the Eastna Club, at who have lived in China, much of
Brigade Headquarters from the scarcely be recognised by those cub? seamen of Hongkong. As the ex-
tain's early return to the gold No. 17, Queen'a Rond Central, it resembling the broken English
It was an old. car and the tall ponents of labour tyranny. standard has been based, for it is where a fire had broken, out in a of certain types of Japanese.
lights had gone out suddenly. The argued that if Britain's currency room occupied by the lift-boy. leaders have forced their demands were lower she could have sold However, before the firemen reach an exciting story with an Eastern companion and asked her to go to To those, however, who like driver, turned to his pretty young en others, and, flushed by what cheaper (in the currencies of hered the scene, the outbreak was ex-setting, "Chinese White" will no could obtain some oil. She went. the nearest shop to see if she markets) than she can now. Oftinguished by the inmates, and the doubt make an appeal. " they have come to regard as vic- course, the present state of affairs little damage done was confined to tories, they have started on a by which France, finds herself in the boy's room, the bedding where political campaign aimed directly is, indeed, almost already at an destroyed.
a favoured position cannot last-the fire originated, being entirely at Britain. They have caused the end-and her industrial prosperity establishment of Communistic is inevitably bound to suffer a set- back. The stabilisation of the "eells" aboard all the steamers
franc is bound to bring difficulties plying between Hongkong and with it, but French industry is Canton, and these organisations suficiently well found to tide over the change, The point of most in- have been regularly holding meet- tereat to British menufacturers is ings aboard the boats in Hong that a stabilised frane will do
much to remove kong. Not satisfied with that,
what has, for however, they have presumed to competitive factor.
some years, been a very powerful plaster these ateamers with sedl-. tious placards, which have been displayed in all parts of the ships. The effrontery of using British ships, in a British port, for such propaganda could not, however, Puris be tolerated by the local authort-Brussels
Amsterdam ties, so that a continuance of the Berlin... offerfees has inevitably led to re- Copenhagen
Vienna pressive action. The Government
Helsingfors has not sought to interfere with Lib
Lisbon Rio 1119 the display of placards in the Bombay crews quarters (although it Hongkong
New York would be thoroughly justified in Geneva so doing), but it is at any rate stockholm
Milán
determined not to permit the ex-Calo hibition of seditious matter in the Prague
Madrid · more public places aboard ship. Athena It was in accordance with that do- Shanghat
Buenos Aires termination that offensive posters Yokohama were removed from the s.s. Fat.Silver (spot)
Siiver (forward) shan on Saturday--a procedure
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in dancing, and .124.074 with the settings in Spain, the those, who did not dance found four years ago," said a farmer at my first appearance here fifty- 30.00% scenes are most effective.
For much pleasure in listening to the Ochiltree, Ayrshire, schoolfellows' 2.12 26/32 the stormscene, which is one of music and watching the dancera. reunion, dinner.
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Recently there was trouble with The main roles in full licence has been restored, the the inmates of the prison at Lai. Torrent" are filled by Grota Cafe will become a popular resort
west of Tonkin. A number over- powered the guards, seized their arms and fled into the jungle to.
of Yunnan." Among the passengers, who wards the frontièr
By arrived by the ss. Tilkembang Two Europeans were killed. was Captain William J. Todd, one the 7th. Feb., 30 of the rebels had of the principals, of Fladlater been killed or capturned, while 36 Backfe Todd and Co., Ltd. for were still in the Jungle. They whom Messrs. Gilman and Co., were prevented from getting Ltd., are the local agenta.
There were Cap through to China.: tain Todd in making a short visit come 620 prisoners in the place at to the Colony and is staying at the time, all condemned to hard Repulse Bay Hotel
labour,