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of Hankow, and, in the event of by installing a Hankow shedding its roseate hut, "PYRENE" Fire he might declare himself absolutely Extinguisher, white and seek entry into what, "PYRENE" will were he accepted, would be a uni- kill fire without fed conglomeration of four forces damage to the all lately opposed to each other and engine, woodwork smilingly pretending to be as or upholstery Brotheri together. China would Water spreads at last be unified-for a day, at potrol fira; sand is any rate.
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DEATH,
PETERSEN-On July 20th., 1927, at the General Civil Hospital, Hongkong, Thomas Petersen, aged 36 years, of Taikoo Dockyard. Funeral will pass the Monument at 5 p.m. to day
Hongkong Telegraph.
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927.
TO-DAY'S SPECULA-
"TIONS.
The fascination of speculating regarding the trend of Chinese political events consists mainly we suppose, in the fact that the situation is ever changing and that although one may make what will be i false" prognostication to morrow it will prove to be a true At the one the very day after.
in isolation,
DAY BY DAY.
FRESHMAN IMPRES-
SIONS.
The Very Idea!
KEEP YOUR FACE ALWAYS TOWARDS THE SUNSHINE AND THE SHADOWS
A commercial traveller arriving WILL FALL BEHIND YOU. B.By A New-comer to Hongkong.]
rather late at a country hotel had Whitman.
"Wait until you see Hongkong," to bo content with cold chicken conjured one of my shipmates, as for supper. A tramp happened to window, and the I was rhapsodizing on the glorious pass the open colouring and views ontering Sin-traveller handed him the remaina gapore harbour, from the deck of of his meal.
P. and O. liner.
About a year afterwards the
The local weather forecast up to noon to-morrow, issued by the Royal Observatory, 18: E.. winds, moderate; fine.
H
Money, clothing and jewellery I blessed him for his apprecia-traveller called at the same hotel, to the value of $110 his beentive opinion of this my fature when the waitress said to the pro- stolen from No. 18, Kwong Wah home, but, perforcal at that time, prietor:-"Hero's the man who ate
the chicken, bones an' all." Road, Kowloon, according report made to the police by the tenanta yesterday.
to a
A military motor ambulance yesterday knocked down a Chin cse woman in Wong Nel Chong Road. The woman was not ser ously injured and was taken to hospital in the ambulance.
reserved my own.
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When babies have no teeth to
bite,
Now, after a month or so, I willingly endorse some of the re- marks of my cratwhile shipmate:
Hongkong is lovely, and, to a And scarce can catch a crumb,
We seo them--'tis a nature loving, soul, should offer
Bight, completo satisfaction in that sense
Sucking the little thumb. ajone.
But, I am of those who must rub shoulders, with my fellows to be even moderately happy and satis
ed. Living on a view
never
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common
A woman missionary in China' was taking tea with the eight wives of a mandarin. The Chinese
By a letter dated from the Admiralty, June 17, Lieut. Commdr. J. B. Nowill, D.S.O., was enough for me, and here, I ladies expressed great wonder at especially astonished them, R.N., (Assistant Harbour Master) am entered for in full measure: the lady's clothing, but her foet is promoted to the rank of Com-Brimming over it is, too!
"Is there a more crowded place and run as well as a man!"
"Why," said one, "you can "walk mander R.N. (retired) dating from
on earth?" I ask myself, and course!" replied the missionary, Of June 17.
what a Heaven-sent blessing the salt breezes of the occan must be, not to mention the inches and in- ches of rain which appear to fall from millions of magic tanks sus- pended just above me,
But all these speculations are of only passing importance, because that which is really important, namely, the coming of peace in China, sere a remote as ever. Certain it is that these new group ings and personal alliances will be but of transitory nature and that the interminable fighting and quar- relling will break out again just so aoon as either faction or group thinks it of advantage to play a lone hand. The basis of the national, structure is not of theed at $55. kind that makes for permanence of regime or stability of control and we shall see much more shifting of the military and political sands of China before there comes
unity
based on the central thought of nationality before self. The threa- tened peace is but part of the old kame of personal advantage, and from that it is useless to look for aught else but a breathing spaec.
Sensible Allire.
It is interesting to observe the revival of the "shorts" controversy in Shanghul. Happily, Ilongkong
Mr. Sirwomal, of 21, D'Aguilar Street, has reported to the police that early this morning, soon after midnight, somebody entered his house by breaking open the window and stole jewellery vulu-
ક
...
So it follows also that I am keeping an open mind anent the so wonderful climate promised me by my optimistic shipmate.
Can you ride a horse and swim, tog?"
"Certainly." "Then you
are as strong as a man?" "I am." "And you wouldn't let a man bent you, even if he was your husband, would you?" "Indeed I should not responded the missionary emphatically. No English woman ever allows such things." The mandarin's wives exchanged One thing I could And in my knowing looks with each other, heart to long for, and that is, an and then the oldest said, "That He olfactory sense that could be turn-explains why an Englishman has as an informer employed by theed on and off at will. Nipping the never more than one wife he is "Protectorate. He died in a rick-nose' isn't a bit satisfactory, be-afraid!"
Another Chinese was shot in New Bridge Road, Singapore, a stone's throw from the Chinese Protectorate, lust Friday,
-ha on the way to hospital.
cause when the breath has given out, you get a fuller blast of these penetrating Eastern smells.
Another, is a netter Anancial brain. Shall I ever learn to cut
Judge Cluer at Shoreditch: 1 am not here to give advice; besides you would find it too unsound.
Nottinghamshire man: I there-
A Chinese went into a jeweller's shop in Aberdeen Street yesterday and, snatching a pair of gold bangles from a work table, ran out of the shop.. He was pursued my cont according to my cloth, in fore gave him 24. to put on a horse,
F can
always
land of nine bit, which is all the banks will he awes me £3: has been made to the police,
Midland wife: The estimated value the give me for my dear old English
of
prund? I find it difficult morally tame my husband by telling him bangles was given as $50;
to uplift my very material mind I will take him to the pictures.
A bougar at Acton said "Thank from its very earthly thought of filthy lacre. (And by the way,you when arrested, "Thank you"
has never had a real controversy on /ed to be in wireless communica-doesn't 'lthy describe the Hong when charged, and "Thank you".
the subject, for numbers of men just took to the garment when they felt the weather had become warmi
So it op
tion
with
The following ships were expect Hongkong to-day:
kong dollar). Handi. Hangsang, Fooksang, Tjipanas, Tjikini, Yuan- Macedonio,
For one cheap article-and I lee. Aki Maru, Muroran Mare, am assured jade' is cheap here in Menado Maru, Tjitaroem, Haining, comparison to the Home market, Hatching, Portfield, Van Heuisz, but few of us can buy jade he it Tilawa, Seistan, Perscus, Kotsu zaryad never so ravishingly-the
deed. Maru, Emp. of Canada, Sphinx majority of things appear dear in- and Sumatra Maru.
Professor Ariam Williams re- ceived a cable on Thursday last
"Think of your dollar as a ahill- lag, and your ten cents as a pea- advised one friend to whom had ended any quandary.
when he was remanded.
Gaoler to a German fined at West.
Ham: English money, please.
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Some schoolboy "howlers": An abstract noun is something
we can think of, but cannot icel
as a red-hot poker.
The function of the skin is to
iron
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No! I cannot find many cheap wilt, an unsightly wart, and things, and it spoils my enjoy.large red nose, but underneath ment of this beautiful Island. It were deep religious feelings. may be that I need a soul a cut above a few dirty dollars.
"Naturally. I love the silks, the
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The Berlin correspondent of the Matin says Fritz Gabriel, a cat burglar, has just been captured daring after recently making a
escape from prison.
He was undergoing a sentence near
at the Pleatzenseo Prison, Berlin, undr the walls of which is a lake. One day, when his wife visited him, he asked permission.
enough, some years ago, and they were not ostracised. In the north, however, it appears that the topic is a burning one, ever recurrent. Seemingly they are sticklers for So far as convention in Shanghai. the wearing of shorts goes here,
A Chinese galesman, of 147,
keep in the bones, and we look. either with or without open-necked shirts, the hard and fast rule secus Connaught Road, Central, has re-ny
much nicer with ekin on; if we had no skin we should go about to be that the abbreviated nether parted to the Police that early garments are quite appropriate in this morning he was walking in "Of course," I replied, thank-like skeletons.
Leap year is instead of its being summer, and for sports they cer: Des Voeux Road, Central, when fully, and then tried it for a sea- tainly merit universal adoption. It he was stopped and robbed by sun. But I soon found it quite the next day on the same day next is not, therefore, the intention of four men outside the Sun Com-impossible to get my bankers to year; it's the day after. moment, the long-dreamed-of uni- the writer to discuss such a hack-pany. On of the men was armed entertain the same spacious views. Oliver Cromwell bad an fication of China is not such neyed subject as the pros and cons with a revolver. The antesman of such wear, but to comment on had $78 in his possession at the a very long way off-on paper at
the obvious and interesting fact time which the robbers took away tiny rate.
The two main parties, that the matter is affected by the with them.
As one who headed by Chang Tso-lin and dictates of fashion. Chiang Kai-shek respectively, have has worn shorts off and on-no in- tentional pun-the writer notices come to an understanding whereby that the popularity of the garment saying that Dr. Rabin-jade, the ivories and the jewels, they cease fighting each other in has somewhat waned.
life of the streets; I like the big Shantung and each agree to remain pears to those who recall the actual dranath Tagore and party have like to watch the kaleidoscopic vogue of two years ago, when it sailed from Madras by the Am-
The poet cool banks, I can't keep away in their own spreial spheres of in- was quite of the Peak-prakey to boise for Singapore. fluence, and at the same time to come to oiled in cut-down trousers, will be the guest of His Excel-from finance) and the white cloth wage war on the Communists. The of spotless white, or of material to lency the Governor, Sir Hughing of the men. I love the moonlit match the coat, and usually with a Clifford, and Lady Clifford, dur-reservoir, and the harbour with stronghold of the latter has been collar-even a starched one and ing his visit to Singapore, and its twinkling lights, and I like the at flankow, but there has been a tie. Then when the boycott and will stay at Government House. British soldiers.
If only some old Army officers scuttling away to safety of the erst strike broke out, and it became Dr. Tagore was due there yester-
of fifty years ago could cross with necessary to turn one's hand to
me. to Kowloon o'nights. they while leaders of that faction, and, menial tasks, while the question of
The concert for Servicemen at would marvel at the change in our although at the moment there is the laundry became an urgent pro-
They the soldiers the chance of really big fighting on blem, an additional flip was given the Better 'Ole Y.M.C.A., Kowloon soldiers.
to shorts as attire. There were last evening was provided by "The don't know me, so I'll finish as the Yungtsze between Nanking and many men, of course, who wore Revellors" and the Lyric Orches. begafrhapsodizing." One and Hankow, it" would not be a very khaki most of the time, on Voluntra. As usual the programme was all they are a fine looking lot!
teer service, and the feel of such a very varied que and consisted of difficult matter for the IIankow freedom persisted even in the days items of proved popularity with
eople to claim that they had been they could recall as ún
early the troops. "The Revellers" perged of their extremist element prophory "When I get my civvie party consists of Mrs. F. C. Clemo. TAIKOO MAN'S SUDDEN clothes on l' Yet one saw fewer Mra. W. R. Fleming, Miss A. Tol- and were just as colourless as the
wearers of shorts last year, and, fan, Miss L. Tollan, Mias D. Tol- Nanking administration Borodin, though one is open to correction; Galley, Fagene Chen and even Mrs, there appear to be fewer civilianalan. Mr. W. R. Fleming, Mr. F. C Clemo, Mr. J. Grenham, Mr. Wolgċ- this garb now. Perhaps a re-
muth, Pipe-Major Eadie, L/Cpl. Sun Yat-gen have withdrawn fromvival is due in the course of time, Yentes and Piper Davidson.. the Hankow arena and the leaders or perhaps the ladies, who are said addition to the vocal items there that are left might, without any to disapprove of shorts" (and the
were several pleasing dances, the scribe, a mere bachelor, depends on foes of honour, agree to amalgamate hearsay) have exerted their influ- highland ones being arranged by with Nanking and to eschew all co. Be that as it may, the wear-
permission of Lt. Col. E. B. Fer- D.S.O. and officers of the things savouring of Communism oring of shorts as ordinary attirerers
is never likely to die out in Hong Cameronians. the Soviet. And if that happens-kong, and, so far as sensible wour es might very canily-there will be goes, deserves a wider circle of only our cld friend Marshal Feng devotees. Yu-hxiang to speculate about.
-It will be remembered that a few
EXCHANGE RATES.
day,
In
TYPHOON WARNING.
The Telegram quoted below was received from the Manila Obser- vatory at 9.30 a.m. to-day, by the London, July 21.
American Consulate General, .124 Hongkong:- 4.864
Typhoon is about 127 Long E., 8103 17 Lat N., direction unknown. .26.21%
This is to the far cast of the Philippines,
.12.11%
.80 6/10
weeks ago he had a parley with the Hankow people and they an- Paria
Now York nounced that he was on their side
Brussels .nd still a friend. He later stated Gonova etherwise and had interviews with Amsterdam,
Milon Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in which Borlin
e denounced the interference of Stockholm the Soviet and appeared to be Icon Orio
Copenhagen
on helping in the fight against Vionna Prague Peking and against the extremists.
Hoisingfors But now that Chiang Kai-shek and Madrid Athena Chang Tso-lin have lined-up it is
"Bacharest very hard indeed to place Fong, Rio Lecause one of the very few things Buenos Aires
Bombay that is certain in China is that
Shanghai
.2/7 Feng and Chang are otherwise than Hongkong
.2/0 ..1/11 3/16 Yokohama friendly. It might be that Feng Silver (Spot and Forward) 20%
-British Wirelona.
will be driven back into the arms
.20.43 18.18 18.1516 .18.81 .84.50 163% DETECTIVES SENT TO MACAO. .192%
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a Chinese boy of 16 has reported 820 to the Police that he knows the .5 27/82 whereabouts of the robbers who .47 11/16 1/6 20/82 committed the recent robbery and
murder In Seymour Terrace.
The report adds that the Police have sent detectives Macao, which place the robbers áre loved to have gone.
SEYMOUR. ROAD MURDER.
Y. CURTIS.
DEATH.
to
embrace her. The kindly warder assenting, Gabriel pro- ceeded to kiss her, and while doing
contrived to put her in posses- sion of a piece of paper which he had concealed in his mouth. The bore the words-To- per morrow at eight during exercise,
I will climb over the wall. Have a boat ready."
The plot succeeded and Gabriel got clear away..
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Herbert Cox, aged twenty-three, a costermonger, of Southam- street, North Kensington, who, it was said, had been drinking and was found raining blows with his fist on the headlamp of a stationary tramcar in Harrow-road, was fined 5s. at Marylebone Pollee Court, last
and ordered to pay bs. towards the damage.
BELIEVED TO BE CHOLERA
• CASE.
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The death occurred late night at the Government Civil Hospital, of Mr. T. Petersen, of the Talkoo Dockyard, as a result of what is believed to be cholera. The maid was leaving, and hor Deceased, who had been to Can-mistress said to her: Mary, I ton during the week-end in con-should like to give you a good nexion with repairs which had reference, but my conscience com been effected to the ss. Tung On pels me to state that you never by the Talkoo Dockyard, returned get the meals ready at the proper to Hongkong on Monday and ap-time. Now, I wonder how I can peared to be in his usual good put it in a nice way?"
"Well, ma'am," said Mary, "you health. Yesterday morning, how- ever, Mr. Petersen, complained of can say I got the meals the same a sovers headacha and remained as I got my pay.” -
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in bed throughout the day. His condition became very critical
"Noah's Ark was made of woqd, yesterday afternoon and he was but Joan of Arc was made of immediately conveyed to the Gov- Orleans," wrote a youngster In ornment Civil Horpital where, answer to an
despite immediate treatment, he tion.
passed away at 11.80 p.m.'
The late Mr. Petersen, who was
186 years of age, was formerly om-
examination ques-
ployed by Barclay and Curle, thepathy will be felt for them in their well-known engineering firm of heavy bereavement.
Mr. Petersen was an enthusi~- Glasgow.
Deceased, who was due to go on astic member of the Talkoo Recron- leave in the Spring, leaves a wife tion Club's first division bowls and two children who went Home team and the Club flag was flown last year and who are at present at half-mast to-day as a mark of tollving in Old Kilpatrick, Dumbar-respect. be-tonshire, Scotland, of which place. The funeral will pass the monu-
deconged was a native. Much sym- ment to-day at 5 pm.