THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MIXED GRILL
A Merry Miscellany Ashley Sterne
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I'm seriously thinking of chuck- ing up journalism and starting an orchid ranch. At the recent show. at the Royal Horticultural Hall one single bloom was stated to be worth £1,000-one of those pedigree orchids, I suppose, which enn trace their ancestry back to the Garden of Eden-und If I can only manage to turn out gimilar specimens on the muss-production principle I can see myself shortly renting Buckingham Palace as week-end cottage, riding in two motor-cars simultaneously, sub sisting on peacocks' tofigues and Imperial Tokay, and, in short, generally splashing around with overy symptom of acute wealth. The diffenlly at the moment is that I know nothing about breed ing orchids. I don't even know whether they are reared from the
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and wo all contract it, it will mean that some 44 million people will all be having much enhanced tem-" perutures, the affect of which will be that a terrific amount of extra heat will be generated sufficient to alter our, whole climate!
Crops will consequently come up before they're wanted; fruit trees will bud and blossom long ere their rightful Season; thự swallows and enckoos will return two months earlier than is their wont; and everything in the gar den will be lovely-until the epidemic abates. Then, as our temperatures resume normal con- ditions the climate will return to its customary frigidity, and all the crops, fruit, swallows and cuckoo3, wil be absolutely ruined. What's. worse, the sudden fall in the tem- perature of the air will ronder us all able to contract flu again; theclimate will again change: the crops, fruit, swallows and cuckoo will again be absolutely ruined; the ch never mindi After you with the ammoniated quinine.
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Which reminds me that old Barmion Crumpott has written me another letter from Bombay. He has decided, he says, to become a fakir, and proposes shortly to undertake a pilgrimage to Rajgir, rse or from a chrysalis, or what where, as an act of piety, he will diet they need, or if they require wash his neck in the famou gravel soil, or chalk. And what's spring of Mukhdum Khund. Ho more. I can't get anybody to tell has vowed to perform the journey me. Orchid-fineying, I can only on all-fours while he recites the conclude, is one of those mysteri- Zenda Vesta backwards in Welsh. ous professiona, liko Venetian A few days ago he put in a little glass-blowing, the Secrets of preliminary practice at fakiring which are kept exclusively in the by standing on his head in the family in which event. I see noth-middle of the maidan for some ing for it but to espouse an orchid-| hours, at the same time balancing fancier's daughter, and extort the a glue-pot on the soles of hig necessary information from her boots. Not unnaturally a large either by torture or by inducing her to talk in her sleep.
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Our of the objects for which the new Faculty of Cinema Art, Ltd, has been formed is "to provide a
cinema museum in which to house cinema relies." I understand that
prominent feature of the museum will be the section de- voted to the slabs of spearmint found on the backs of the seats,
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crowd assembled, which put poor considerable old Crumpett to
bodily anguish by dropping hot coppers down the legs of his trou- sera. Ho luckily stuck it out. however, and is none the worse
"That fellow Pottleby never seems to do any work now. Has he retired from business?
I am interested to read that the Maharajah of Nawanagar (Ranj" has bought the yacht in which the eccentric Mr. McEvers Bayard Brown lived for 36 years anchored of Wvenhoe, Essex. As a youth 1 lived in n cottage within for the ordeal, except that his once a cable's length of "Brown's barge", dome-like skull has become per- but never did I once catch afectly square and flat on top: limpse of the owner, of whom But this he regards as a conveni- curious aturies. were told. For ence rather than a handicap, "I instance, inquisitive folks would shall now" (he writes) "be able to sometimes hire a boat and row have square shampoos." round the "Valfreyia," and rum- our had it that when the mood seized him the recluse would pelt the excursionists with sovereigns. But even the prospect of a bounty of bunce from Bayard Brown's bulwarks never decoyed me with- In sovereign-toss of the yacht when I learned that if McE. B. Brown didn't like the look of me I should be pelted not with gold but with lumps of coal! I wonders word puzzles). whether Ranji will maintain the old tradition? If so, 1 pity the wreteted excursionist who doesn't meet with his approval. I can see him going home with a Derby Bright eye, for Ranji has a singu- larly deft hand for missiles. I once saw him throw down a wicket from the long field.
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"No, his business retired from him."
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You are not like a dood (1), To say so would be rude); Nor are you like a gib (2),
Which doesn't feed on rib (3); Nor are you like a cibol (4), (Which makes my optics dribble);. Nor are you like a caple (5), (You're slender, like i maypole). My lover has not rawn low (6); My phren's (7) still fixed on you, Dear sis (8); and I maintain Mv storge (P) is not in vain, So let your heart still quop (10) For me, and drink some dop (11), Lest you a singult (12) heave, Or with a yek (13) relieve
Something has got to be done t to cope with the epidemie,of 'flu that is ravaging the United Kingdom, otherwise I foresee very grave and unexpected conse-
The milf (14) within your cap (15). quences arising. As I wrote, I see it estimated that one person in 1. Dromedary;, 2. cat; 3. water- ton is acted, which means that eress; 4. onion; 6 horse; 6. tepid; the epidemic claims nearly 4% 7. mind; 8. sweetheart; 97 natur million victims. And every suf- al affection; 10. throb; 11, bran- ferer's temperature, mark you, dy: 12 sign; 13. hic cup; 14. slight is up anything from three to five feeling of resentment; 15. head. degrees above normal. New if (Chambers's Twentieth Century the scourge spreads beyond control | Dictionary).
ARMED ROBBERY.
TWO CHINESE COMMITTED
several times not to get excited. He said that, having been roused from his sleep, he stepped out to the door of his matshed, and 'no- ticed a man running towards him with someone running behind shouting loudly to the man to stop. who Witness grabbed the fugitive, and in connexion later went with him to the police with the armed robbery station.
TO THE SESSIONS.
Chinese
The tio were charged
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at
Wong Nei Chong were
After hearing police evidence,
again brought before Mr. R. E. his Worship asked the defendants
Lindsell yesterday afternoon.
if they had anything to say. The defendants, however, did not wish.
A Chinese villager who gave to make any statement, and were evidence of the arrest of the first committed for trial at the next defendant, said that ho was Criminal Scesions. awakened in his sleep by cries of
"save life" coming from an ad-
jacent matshod.
Another Chinese, who arrested One of the missionaries of the the second defendant, also gave an Friends Foreign Mission Associa account of his experience, and tion, Mr. James Sims, aged 65. became so excited in the process has died in Madagascar, where he that Mr. Lindsell had to tell him hua been since 1884.
A. S. WATSON & CO.
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH AT
-TO-DAY'S MEETING.
Speaking at the general meeting! of shareholders of Messrs. A. S. Watson and Co., Ltd., this morn- ing, the Chairman (Mr. Henry Humphreys) said:The net profit for the year under review shows an increase of $1,138.06 over that of the previous year, notwith standing that the boycott and strike, so far as our Canton Branch was concerned, extended for the whole parlad, whereas in the previous year only four and a half months were affected. On the profits shown, the Directora might reasonably have recom- mended that the Company pay the same dividend as last year, or even more, but in view of the fact that the Company is committed to con: siderable further expenditure on its now aerated water factory at Pak Hin Hok, Honam Island, Canton, your Directors deem it advisable to conserve our re- Rources
much ILM
as possible. When normal conditions prèvall in Canton and Kwangtung, as we hope they soon will, this factory should be a great asset and a source of profit to the Com- pany in the future.
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The accounts call for little.com- ment. The amounts written off for depreciation of machinery, plant, furniture and fittings, have. been considerable, as you will no, doubt have noticed. Total stocks in trade are down $29,703.59. Land and buildings at Pak Hin Hok, Canton, is only up $7,000. The increase would have been up- wards of $100,000 but for the atrike and boycott suspending all operations.
The only item under the heading of liabilities to which I need refer, is the large increase of the over- draft with our bankers. This is due mainly to the purchase of six houses on Section A of Marine Lot No. 381.. We'required three of these for our own business, but as the Administrater of the estate of the late Mr. M. J. D. Stephens would not sell less than six, we bought them all. We are confil- ent that when 'normal conditions prevail, we shall be able to sell the unrequired portion at a profit; meanwhile the rentals thereform cover the interest ou the capital outlay. I trust you will approve of the allocation of $5,000 to the Chinese Sta T Superannuation Fund.
SIX MONTHS ABED.
AN AUSTRALIAN DESTITUTE.
In charging a destitute before Major C. Willson, at the Central Magistracy this morning. Detec- Live Sergeant Elston said that the man, whose name is Henry Banks, was an Australian, who, had been in the Colony for twenty-four: years, and was at one time A teacher in a native school run by the Rhenish Mission..
He had been out of work for many years, and, attracting police attention by his disreputable, ap- pearance, was taken into custody and confined in the House of De-i tention last year.
Since his admission into the House last September, he has con- tinuously laid in bed, presenting a perplexing problem for the polise officory.
The prison doctor-had examined the man but found nothing wrong with him. The case was one คอม COMPRES mentis, Sergeant Elston added.
Defendant was sent back to the House of Detention to await a decision from the Government.
WAR MEDALS.
AVAILABLE FOR EX-AIRMEN.
London, March 25. The Air Ministry states that the British War and Victory Medals of a large number of ex-officers and ex-airmen uf, the Royal Air Force still remain to be issued.
A special appeal is made by the Ministry to all ex-members of the force, living in any country, who are entitled to these medals and who have not yet received them, to send the necessary particulars and their present address to the Alr Ministry-British Wireless.
The annual sports of the Cen- tral British School will be held in King's Park on Saturday, 2nd April. Mrs. Southorn will prosent the prizes...
At Harrow School this term ar- rangements have been made for parties of boys to visit works in London.
The Swiss Federal Council has decided that gold coins of the La- tin Monetary Union (Belgian, French, Greek, and Italian) shall not be legal tender in Switzerland after April 1 next.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26. 1927.
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We may live without Poetry, Music and Art,
We may live without conscience und live without heart, We muy live without friends; we may live without books, But civilised man can not live without cooks.
HELP
YOUR COOK
TO BE A GOOD COOK
BY FITTING A
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Many kinds of the latest Gas fittings for all purposes are on view at the Showrooms; 16, Des Voeux Road, and West Point.
Hongkong & China Gas Co., Ltd.
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Olain.bie from Chemists, Stores, cik. ia jars containing 10 and 20 on,
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(Incorperated in England).
40 Canton Road, Shanghai
for Fauty Squint
...P. 11.
Powell
Telephone C. 4378
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FOR THE
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with Cushions for Seat and Back in Pleasing Cretonnes:
New Stocks Just arrived
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Prices & Full Particulars
on Application.
The old favouritės.
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(Incorporated under the Companies Ordinance of Hongkong.)
Telephone 75 Central
51, Queen's Road O..
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