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DAY BY DAY.
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THERE ARE MORE MEN ENOHLED another Juatanee at random, thereby STUDY THAN BY NATURE-Cicero.
la the ever increasing demand for cortala qualities of tough timber for the manufacture of struts for aircraft, which even the growing
There was a clean bill of health in the, Colony yesterday.
The typhoon, appears to be ge of metal has not done away about 700 miles E.S.E. of Hong with. One trusts that the time kong, moving westward, says the is never coming when the "Ashes" Royal Observatory report issued
this morning. will be striven for by batamen armed with
implements of aluminium in place of the tradito noon to-morrow, issued by the The local weather forecast up
tional 'willow! Yet it is in-Royal Observatory, states: East evitable, with increased use of winds, moderate; cloudy at first,
Tair later. timber, and opening up of forest Areas necessitating extensive foll- ing of trees, that there is a period ahead when wood of better quality will be actually scarce. It is something to know, then, that the Empire hdministrators are fully alive to the need for re-nfforesta-
tion work.
This morning's Harbour Office reports gave 10 arrivals and 11 de partures, of which four and three respectively were British, leaving 74 vessels in harbour, 35 British.
CENTRAL POLICE STATION.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS IN PROGRESS.
For some time past workmen have been busily engaged at the Central Polico out certain structural alterations
Station carrying"] which will enable all work in con
The Very Idea!
The head of the office was in a thoroughly bad temper, and, mora- over, he had just broken his glasses and could only read with dificulty the figures the clerk set... before him.
It's exactly like a 7-
"Just look at this 9" he roared.
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Said he, "I think that ship is.
"The figure is u, sir," said the nexion with the accounts depart clerk. ment to be carried on in one office,
Then," roared the old man, instead of in two ns at present.why does it look like a nine?" Garages are also being built.
At present, the accounts depart. ment is situated in the new block in 1920, of buildings, erected while the offices for issuing traf- fic and hawkers' liponses are situated on the opposite side of the compound so that money is collected partly in one office, and partly in the other.
of The liquor running Hort." When asked why, he replied,
"It's Always looking for
port."
some
It was about Jonah and the To bring all the work of the Whale that a workman challenged necounts department under one the Bishop of Birmingham at his roof, the present traße and haw-dinner-hour service recently. May An employe of the Kowloon kors' licenses offices are being Why is it always Jonah?
to suit the work of one suggest that in a 'matter which Docks has been sent to the Kwong altered Wah Hospital, after being struck that department and the per-concerns all right living and fight on the jaw by a steam hummersonnel of the traffic office will thinking, the love of God and the love of man, and the whole con- whilst werking in the docks yesmove to the vacated premises.
the destiny and Thus, in future, licenses can be ception of *terday.
obtained and renewed at the ac-universe, the importance of that [z'ounts office, with the 'exception of fish is apt to be over-estimated? first time poter licenses, appli- One trait of human nature it does cunts for which will have to apply! certainly illustrate the passion at the traffic department as before. of the average man for "a story." It is because of this marvellous adventure that the prophet Jonah is known from end to end of the To prevent the collection of cars, vans, cycles, and combina-earth, while the names of his fellow-propheta Haggai and The Kang Ning was berthed ut lions in the compound two garages Malachi and Zechariah, who mere- the Hof On Whart yesterday on are being constructed, one nearly inculente righteousness with- completion of compass trials, and the charge room and the other be out sensation, have hardly pene- will make her maiden trip underween the sanitary fleck and, the trated into the West End. her new house flag Lo-morrow, main building. The former will be available for police cars, and sailing for Wachow at 5 p.m.
the latter for eyeles and combinaI
Two Garagen.
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Apart from mere commercial or utility considerations, the conser. vation of trees touches both nesthetic and vital questions. The
We learn that II. M. S. Peterel, need for greenery to retain moisture one of the four river gunboats at and keep up an adequale rainfall, present being re-assembled in the
Taikoo Blockyard, is 10 is realised by the retention of
launched Trong that yard ∙on wooded areas in reservoir catch-Monday morning. waters. The great value of tree- covered hillsides in preventing heavy erosion of soll by rain (und consequent silting of water- Courses) is also well established," and is one of the matters in con- nexion with forestry that is
Sir Laurence' Guillenard' was re- realised in Hongkong as much as ceived in audience by the King un
A short while ago a shelter ad- anywhere else. In Lime, the June & upon relinquishing is op joining the charge room was built
Found to be in THE VALUE OF TREES. efforts of our forest ofheers should pointment as Governor and Com-bu: this was
mandor-in-Chief of the Straits Settle hate. It is expected that
Willesden "prisoner: 1 *RE result in further clothing of preusments, when his Majesty invested there will be ample accommoda-partly ill and partly drunk. in this Colony with pine groves, him with the Insignin"pfa Knight tion in the new garages.
Magistrates How long have you Grand Crusa" of, the Most Dis-
been m? Prisoner: 'Three to the decided advantage of the Lingnished Order of St. Michael and
months. Magistrate: And how "Save the trees.", at one time place. Happily, there is a very St. George.
long drunk? Prisoner: Not ao ja popular catch-parise in Britain
#rong appreciation of the value of
long as that, sir.
Solleitor 1.7 # Walthamstow and elsewhere, has latterly gone timber among officials in the.
debtor: Your wife suggests pay- into desnetude, so it is gratifying local adniinistration, and even the
ing £1 month off this. Is that Lu note from * news cable
all right? Debtor: She said so, public is not lacking in the tree-
didn't she?
THURSDAY, JULY 14. 1927,
Stated by a Chinese constable to have been arrested five times in
farblicha yesterday that ́in parts loving sense, as the Public Works for the sixth time before Major C. )
all for touting for eur hire in l'ed- der Street, a Chinese was charged
Willson, of the Central Magistracy, this morning. The defendant stated that he had been previously of $15 was imposed.
tiona.
TRIAL TRIP.
NEW STEAM LAUNCH.
On Tuesday Must were run the official trials of the Steam Launch "Pelre", built and engined by W. S. Bailey and Co., Ltd. for the
Cook at Kingston County Court: was not treated like a lady cook, but more like a charwoman.
Felixstowe wife: We are not a model couple happily married, that is all.
It is not wise that Ministers should always stay cooped up in
of the Empire there are both Gov-Department must realise, every erantent and private afforestation
time they contemplate. cutting sites in progress. It was down a few shade trees! But summoned and fined $10. A fine British North Borneo Government. I Whitehall-Sir Samuel Hoare,
so very many years ago that the greatest store. was set by the possession of timber, well-grown and of good quality. That, too, al
is a healthy sign.
Squatters Rights.
the blastin
I for one would rejoice in fewer revues and more of the old- fashioned art of the music hall.— Lord Leverhulme.
The vessel is of teak, with com- ponn surface condensing engines A. Chinese coolie working, at and engine and boiler casing of and crews Morrison Hill has been sent to the steel: also European
Any hope that the new Prayer Government Civil Hospital auffer galley, deek cabin forward, neatly ing from multiple injuries caused panellet with railway carriage Book will bring peace had order to time avhen the expansion of
by being struck by falling rocks, windows and fitted with cushioned the Church seems to me illusory. paper-making, the manufacture of
We do not yet know full details It seems that the rocks were sattees, wash basin and portable-The Bishop of Birmingham.
in Local Government 1 would - during so forth, had in connexion with the report in the loosened
table, etc. The bridge, over for- artificial silk, and
# woman's communsense vernacular press that the Govern | operations, and fell during theward cabin, is fitted with chart back not made Half the calls ou timber munt has served notices to quit aftermon on to a gang of caplios table, flag focker and usual acces-against a man's any time.-Alder-
sories, while a
the man Mrs. Mercer, Birkenhead. supplies that are known to-day, upon a large number of people who who were working there. "
cabin for Serang is also, provided aft with I was when the Great War de-live in buts on the low-lying land
It is really very difficult to find which lies between Shamshulpo and Mr. C.Vin Viết, third officer, s.s. I bei, drawers and wash basin; a manded constant supplies of wood, the Taipo Road--near the villagerilchuel, prosecuted a coal coolie steam windlass and davit are fit-
a satisfactory word for "all of us. for trench props, duckboards, and known as Fap Shek Mei---but we before Mr. W. Schofield, at the ted for handling the anchors.
Mr. Augustine Birrell points out are confident that the Government Kowloon Magistracy, this morning, The trials were highly satisfac- how misleading the word "Govern- is acting strictly within its rights, thanks of theft of a cabin tary, steam being easily maintainment" is as used in the phrase so both legal and goral, in asking the dock.
The defendant was stateded at an average speed, of nearly common in Parliament just now— ́ people paterned to give up posses-to have been seen, to enter the com- nine kuats against the contract a strike against the Government" sion. There is a very definite law governing the rights of squatters plainant's cabin, take the time-speed of 8 to 8% knots only. in this Colony, and the Squatters' Piece and conceal it beneath a mat- Board is the authority to whem an$25 was imposed.
ting in his coal basket. A fine of plications are made for squatters buses on permits, and those leases and short-notice permits can only
a variety of other uses, that even
immature groves in Britain were felled in order to supply the needs of the fighting forces, and when the Armistice came. there were many resolutions to repair the great wastage that necessity, had permitted. It is a shame to
and suggests instead "the coun-" The construction of the vessel try." That, astain, is criticised as throughout has been supervised being too limited and territorial: by Mr. J. Finlay Miller, and the and others proposa" the communi- others on board during the trialsty" as being at once comprehen- sive and unpartisan. No doubt we A tea party will be given by Dr.
were Messrs. L. J. I vies and
shall solve the problem about the be determined by properly laid S. W. Tso. Hon. Commissioner of S. A. Arthur of Musers, Gibbsame time that we discover a good sen how the appreciation of trees down processes,
and word to describe a member of the Unfortunately, Police Reserve to the Chinese Livingston and Co., Ltd, has declined in many part of there are a great many poor Chinese Company of the Hongkong Police Masry, Borrowman and W. Bai British race. the world, and Britain has been who just dump themselves down Reserve, on Friday, at 5.30 p.m..ley, of Messrs. W. S. Bailey and anywhere there might be room, put at the Savoy Hotel. Every mem- no exception. The pseudo-scientiapa shack and proceed to make her of the Chinese Company is in-
fie cult of sunlight has even lead the place their home, subsisting byvited, and the opportunity will ba taken to discuss ways and means Le advocacy in some of the leading rowing vegetables or breeding to increase the strength and to pigs and such-like. Many of them Home papers of doing away with over apply for a permit and are develop the usefulness of the Com-, the "unhealthy" plantations of trespassers under the Squatters pany.
Ordinance which was passed in "ancestral trees" around old
1800. They could, of course, be A Chinese was, charged before country houses. There has al- turned out summarily. And there Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning ready been enough vandalism and many others on short-notice with wasting water by turning
permits. But all dwellers in this a street fountain and allowing it enforced sale of timber on some Colony occupy land under the Gov-
to run without turning it off. The of the premier estates, without rnment which has power to resume. Police stated that the habit was this additional urge. But the au- piece of land required for very common in the Quarry Bay some public purpose, and there district, and in the case of the de- thorities may be dupended upon, are regular legal processes wherever the matter has received whereby that resumption can be fendant, he was seen to leave the tap running for five minutes at Accomplished. The Government due thought, to encourage the inis only acting strictly within least. Mr. Lindsell discharged
the man with a caution. crease rather than the decrease of its rights, and this should be tree planting. In America, there borne in mind when the people now
under notice complain of are national campaigns for this treatment in being asked to make definite purpose, and the idea way for a public improvement.. night be introduced with advan The lling-in of the area concern- ed should most assuredly be tage to other parts of the world.
earried out. But in the present
Parle Af Econ mists with their finger on almost stagnant state)
the Brussels the pulse of the timber markets, development plans conceived some Amsterdam and forestry men, whose life work wo or three years ago we doubt Berlia
whether there are buyers and Copenhagen is the study and nurture of builders enough to warrant dis- Vienna
squatters, who Helsingfora valuable trees, realise, to-day the possessing the
might be allowed to stay on the Liebon
Bucharest the actual peril that 'threatens
area after it has been raised to
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in time to come, should the desired level. There is much Shanghai there not be some form of com-derelict reclaimed ground lying Yokohama pongation for all the wastage of fallow in the Shamshuipo, Lai New York
chikok and Cheung Sha Wan dis- Genova timber that is going on. The vast tricts and we do not see the Milan pine forests of northern tem- necessity of adding largely to it at Stockholm perate countries that are called the moment. Fill in the swampy
ground by all means, but let the Prague upon to supply wood for the settlers stay until the land i¶
Athens gigantic pulp. Industries, will not actually required for building Rio
Bombay last for ever. In time we may purposes. That, wo think, would
be a good way-out of what is Hongkong have to use all manner of sub-after all, a very serious problem Silver (spot and forward) ptitutes for wood. A hint of this for the lowly Chinego concerned.
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An error in translation has led to Captain Lindbergh, the now famous aviator, receiving a crate SHAUKIWAN BLAZE. of spaghetti as a good luck Rouvenir from Italian admirers in Paris.
RATTAN-GOODS SHOP INVOLVED.
The word "pie" was translated in Paris as "nate," which is also used to designate various produe- Lions of the genus spaghetti. Hence the gift.
About, 8.20 last night a. Are broke out at No.20, Shankiwan East, the house being a two- storeyed building and entirely A Scotsman and an Englishman occupied for the purpose of manu- went into a cafe and ordered tea. facturing rattan articles.
When it was served the English- The prompt arrival of the firean caused amusement among the engine from the Wanchai Station other occupants of the cafe by prevented the fire from spreading. saying loudly, "Now you be mother fad it done so, the extent of the and pour out" damage would undoubtedly have The Scot did so, but had the last been very greet, as there are laugh, for at the end of the meal several paper stores there.
he got up promptly and disappear- According to reports supplieded, with the remark, "Now you be to the police, the fire started in father and pay." the cockloft, where a foki acct-
dentally upset a candle and set alight some dried herbs.
No particulars are available as to the exact damage, but it is 204 learned that the house is insured 18:10 against fire to the extent of $2,000.
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The Wilbur Players will conclude their season in Hongkong to- morrow night when they will pre- sent "Her Unborn Child," an out- spoken play dealing with the sub- ject of birth control.
To-night they will present "The .18.13 of a religious nature, broke out Girl from Childa," a story concern-; among seven sikh watchmen in ing the efforts of a waitress in the Queen's Road East, which ended, famous New York cafe to make .28.43% in five of the men attacking the her way in the world.
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Last night the, Wilbur Playera. presented "The High Cost of Loving" a three aet comedy which was enjoyed to the full by a large audience.