The Very Idea!
Practically every shop in London has bought in suppiles of noticea advising customers to enter and buy their Christmas presents now. These placards are placed beside everything from lawnmowers, mouse-traps, and water taps to gas mantles, aspidistras, and puppy biscuits...
The latest shop in town to ax- hibit one of these advice notes amongst its window stock is one
One cannot help wondering if it is really in the best interests of the shopkeeper to hang the text. "Buy your Christmas gifts here now from the particular shelf contain ing artificial limbs,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
DEATH OF MAJOR GEN. STEPHENSON.
A SOLDIER OF GREAT RENOWN.
The death is announced (by cable) at Gibraltar, of Major Gen- oral Theodore Edward Stephenson, C.B.
Major General Stephenson was born March 28, 1856, son of the late Rey. Canon Stephenson of
BRITAIN'S NAVAL POLICY.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON NEW PLANS.
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London, Jan. 20..
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Essex Regiment, and to Major two years later. In 1895 he was ad- vayeed to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to the command of the the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Ureonventional clothes are worn
Promotion to Brevet Colonel by the men guests at weddings came in 1899. He was gazetted in staff nowadays. At a recent wedding 1980 ns Major General on the Duke of Rutland had on a black commanding the 18th Brigade dur squash but almost like those attribing the South African war and uted to artists and at St. commanded at Barberton with Margaret's the Marquis of Win-charge of the Portuguese frontier.fore been reduced from the full chester was wearing a quite bright He commanded mobile columns in brown blanket cloth cout.
Cape Colony and was awarded the C.B. and mentioned in dispatches four times.
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Three cruisers in all have there
programme. The type of the two cruisers to be begun at the end of the financial year, 1928/9 is not yet finally settled."
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928. **
THE MACAO ART EXHIBITION,
FINE DISPLAY TO OPEN,
TO-MORROW.
To-morrow at 2.30 pm, the opening of the Macao Photo- graphic and Art Exhibition will take place.
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PUZZLES FOR THE DIPLOMATS.
PRESENT-DAY CHINA IN THE POLITICAL MILL.
and
AFRICAN PROBLEMS.
In an official announcement with at Flora has been chosen for hous- by Messrs. George Allen
The picturesque summer house, Two new books issued recently Weymouth England, and was edu-reference to British naval plansing the various pletures and paint Unwin, Ltd., deal with questions
"The Cabinet have eated at Marlborough College. Hat is stated:
now completed their review of the ings. There are some paintings of International importance--one dealing in foot comfort appliances. entered the army in 1874, joining new construction programme for by Geo. Chinnery, R.A., who lived with China and the other with
the 56th Regiment. In the the years: 1927/8 and 1928/9 in the Colony in the early forties; South Africa. was promoted to Captain of the They have decided that, in addi- also a Baron de Carr, Ransome, is topical, and consists
some from amateurs, such as
"The Chinese Puzzle," by Arthur tion to the deletion, announced, of two of the three Batista, etc., painted a few decades of collected essays, mostly written cruisers belonging to the financial go, as well as Chinese paintings on the spot, dealing with problems Year 1927/8, the programme as set and a very large number of photo- arising in China last year. Some of forth in the White Paper of July, graphs of historical value from the articles are reprinted from the Manchester Guardian and tho 1925, shall be further modified by many parts of the East, Japan, Baltimore Suit. Mr. Ransome came omitting one of the three cruisers Peking and the Treaty Ports have intended to be began in the finan-ulso responded to the Commitee's cut as an observer of conditions following the 1925 trouble, and cial year 1928/9.
request, by contributing many his opinions have the merit of works of art.
freshness, with," if anything, a Hongkong visitors will find the slight Chinese bius; otherwise they lead us no further towards a solu- Exhibition of much merit.
tion of the puzzle presented qut The historical section includes here today. paintings from many famous Previous Plans Recalled. brushes and a number of sketchas. British policy in China is in- An excellent painting of His Ex-dicated in reprinted declarations It may be recalled that the cellency the Governor of Macau is of the Foreign Office made last A motor driver who was fined Colony in 1902-01; Major General British Naval programme for the among the exhibits received from February; then follow a number of £5 at Strattoni for furious driving commanding the Transvaal, 1901-current year provided for three fongkong.
chapters, in narrativo form, paid with five 1 Treasury notes, 06; and acted as G.O. Commander-cruisers-one A class cruiser of
various aspects which presented which he kissed before he parted in-Chief in South Africa in 1904, 10.000 tons, and two B claus
The judges for the contest are themselves in 1927. The Shang- with them to the gaoler. ·
his rank of Major General being crutarrs of 8,000 tons each. Madame Tamgantii Barbest, wife hai Defence Force is discussed, Willesden woman: I have two confirmed in 1906.
In March of last year the First of His Excellency the Governor of and the Chinese point of view- months' uld twins. How can I In 1906 he was accredited agent Lord of Admiralty announced that Macao, Madame Gelllon; Mr. C. H. resentment at this gesture of force find a flat, please?Colonel Pink-to Lord Selbourne in Zululand to in view of the forthcoming Geneva Blason, the, well-known Hongkongis noted. The reader gathers ham, magistrate: Ah, now you report the progress of the rebellion Disarmament Conference between photographer; Major H. L. Wright, from this, and subsequent chap
and military operations for its Britain, the United States, have ni.
Tenant at Willesden: By land-supression, for which service he Japan, no orders would be given photographic circles; and Mr. through Chinese spectacles, He and also very well-known in Hongkongters, that Mr. Ransome sees partly lord says our house is decontrolled, received a medal.
out until late in the year. so if he turns me out it hus nothing From that time on he command- The Geneva Conference broke Sameda, another Hongkong photo- rather cynically touches in his
grapher of merit,
next chapter on the now famous to do with the magistrate.. The Divisions in Colchester, Alder- down without an agreement being
Shanghai mind." magistrate: Ladvise him to wait shot, the Straits Settlements and reached, the main difficulty being A small admission fee of ten Malay Peninsula, holding the the application of the principle cents is being, charged, a portion Singapore command at the time of of parity of cruiser forces. When, of which will be devoted to Macao current China history before him the outbreak of the Great War. It however, towards the close of last charities, and it is hoped that in the daily newspapers, will was in 1906 that he was awarded year, the time came for a decision Hongkong photographers will not not be further instructed by the Distinguished Service Re-to be taken on the ordering of lose the opportunity of visiting & Mr. Itansome's discussion of Yong-
authorised new ships, the British very fine show. Government announced
Solicitor at the Thames Court: วัง the defendant respectable? He was Major General command- Plan: Oh, yes, he lives in the ling the Bloemfontien District, and
[troops
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same street as me.
und see.
Midland, complainant: When I had the blow in the eye, I say thousands of gramophone records floating about.
Judge Cluer, reading from a document prepared by a solicitor's elerk at Shoreditch: "Pay forth with by instalments.” I should like to know how to "pay forthwith by instalments."
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A porter at a certain station had a very red nose, which enused no e amusement to travellers in passing trains.
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The new stationmaster had not been lung at the station before his curiosity was aroused,
"Porter, what makes your nose so red?" he asked.
"Oh, pride si, pride," replied" the porter, "It's simply blushing with pride because it doesn't poke itself into other people's business."
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Major General Stephenson was the father of Mrs. FS. Jurrison, wife of Mr. F. S. Harrison, the local manager of the South British Assurance Company, to whom the sympathy of the community will go out,
EVER-OPEN WINDOWS.
NO MORE “CAĜE 'DOREDOM.”
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"Hygiene" has been the watch- word throughout the construction of the Zoo's new Monkey House, which was opened to the public for
the first time last menti.
SOLICITOR STRUCK'
OFF.
on
The reader out here, who has
Others alsotszy conditions, Russian aims, instead of building one 10,000 ton present opportunity to visit Mn peasants in politics, and so forth that should avail themselves of the the Kuomintang. labourers and and two $,000 ton, cruisers in the cao during the holiday when, we
Historical referentes to the year 1927/8; only one 8,000 ton understand, there will be at least Chinese problemu, such as the cruiser would be proceeded with one boat running every day.. Now only two of the three cruisers
people's grievances and their new view of foreigners, will, however, for which provision was made in
be of much interest to those far 1928/9 are to be laid down.--
away. Indeed, the whole book is 11 concise summary of facts, written impartially by an Investi- gator on the spot. In that guise: the volume is of value. A dis- cussion of Hankow, and related questions, and brief studies of Eugene Chen, Borodin, and C. C. Wu, help to sustain the element of interest, while adding to the historic merit of Mr. Ransome's work. The published price of the book is 5/- net. Mr. Lloyd George contributes a commendatory fore- word, *
HOW MUCH DO YOU!
KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS,
The following general know- ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.
Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 16
this issue.
of
For the first time in 30 years
By experiments lasting over a service, Dr. Hugh Jones, medical period of several years, the old officer to Dolpely Rural Council, method of keeping monkeys under submitted
1 a written report" in greenhouse conditions at a con- Welsh.
stant temperature has been proved to be totally wrong.
At cards I win one day and lose the next." "Well, why don't you play every other day."
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Whatever paper may rightfully claim the largest circulation in the world, the award for the smallest probably be given to The Anti-Top Hat, of London, which has an issue of only three copies
must
each month.
In the old Monkey fause the animals soon become "ricketty," hud many suffered from a disease known as "eagu paralysis," which clinically resembles the infantile paralysis of children and com- monly occurs in zoological collec tions where numbers of animals are crowded together in a stuffy atmosphere. In addition, the old type of house favoured epidemics, of all kinds, especially tubercu losis, which is always fatal in monkeys,
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This remarkable periodical was established by an eccentric gentle man who had a perfectly inexorable antipathy to high or "stovepipe" In the new house the ntmos- hata and who devoted his life large phere will not he heated at all, but ly to the task of denouncing them. fresh, stimulating cool air will The After his death his will was found always be in circulation. to contain a ekitse giving to his monkeys will keep themselves nephew an annuity of $10,000, on
warm by their own activities, and condition that he should continue when at rest will sit on electrical- the campaign against high hats andly heated floors, while at night to should continue printing the paper, heated sleeping boxes will be at their disposat should they feel'at The youngster in the art gallery all chilly. The continuous supply 12. looked long and earnestly at the of fresh air is kept up through will painting. Then he read the in- deuver ventilators, which seription.
never be close. On foggy days) "Do you like it? asked his gauze sercers will be used to mother.
filter the air before it enters the "Oh, I like it well enough," he house. These heated floors and answered, "but I don't understanderer-open windows are really It."
nothing more than a return to the "What is it you don't under-Rorian hypocaust system of heat- sland?"
ing.
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"Why, it says, Wild Horses--- after Rosa Bonheur. I can see the horses all right, but, where's the girl they're after?"
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Ultra-Violet Rays.
large and airy and the roof, which The interior of the building is
is of the factory type, is designed What is a push bicycle?-Mr. It is entirely lighted with a special to catch all the sunshine possible. Perey Harris, M.P.
glass which allows the passage of
I am told that really smart people the beneficial ultra-violet rays of nover allude to the weather or the sun, and which are entirely Illness. Sir Gerald Du Maurier.
There is no limit to the pro-During the dull winter months cat out by ordinary, window`gines. sperity and development the Em- pire can create in a goneration or artificial sunlight will be supplied. two. Mr. L. S. Amery,
"Cage boredom" should be an Britons are using more colour unheard of complaint in the new Monkey House, for every cage has
In our account of the frauds 'perpetrated on the
now than in any time since their been fitted with some form of gym- ancestors painted themselves with woad.Margaret Bannerman.
nastic apparatus-see-saws and horizontal bars for the apes and larger monkeys, and hanging swings for the smaller species. Professor Leonard Hill, of the Hongkong Medical Research Institute, one of Treasury, we stated that the three the greatest authorities on the cheques mentioned were, honoured hygiene,of living, recently inspect by the Equitable Eastern Banking ed the new house and expressed Corporation, the Nedoriandsche the opinion that in every respect Handel Maatschappij and the it was a model of what a monkey Instone. Banking Corporation. In house should be. Professor Bil point of fact, the cheques were has taken the greatest interest in merely paid into these Banks, the construction of the building, being honoured by the Hongkong and has helped the Zoo officials and Shanghai Banking Corpora- from time to time, with many tion, on which they were drawn. valuable, suggestions.
In what regiment has the Brickcas of York recently been given the rank of colonel!
TWO OTHERS SUSPENDED FROM PRACTISING.
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One solicitor was struck off the roll and two others were suspended recently by the Committen con- stituted under the Solicitors Acts.
The solicitor" struck off, was Charles Henry Tomlinson, describ ed as late of College-hill, E. C., and of Newbury and Reading. The What member of Parliament complaint was that while in the made
maiden speech in the re-employ of Arthur Saville Cohen, cent Prayerbook debate?
College-hill, he stole sums amount- In what books do the following ing to £36 155. 2d.. characters
appear: Fagin Dogberry, Sir Ampun Leigh,
It was complained that Charles Athun, Kuwlon Crivley, Mr. | Henry Downes, soileitor, of Rochester.
Avenue-crescent, Mill Hill Park, By whom and when was Eton Acton, having settled an action Counded?
was once for libel, in which he had instruct The Cathedral of the ed Ernest Frederick Lever, of Essex-court, Temple, to net as ait en counsel, failed to pay to him fees jamounting to £4 145. The Com- mittee ordered that Mr. Downes he suspended from practising as solicitor, for six, menths.
Marshca"?
did Parliament. Christmas Day?" Give the origin of the woord "illiner."!
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South African Races. ".
In "South Africa: White and Black-Or Brown," Colonel P. A.. Silbera, C.B.E., D.S.O., attempts. to unravel a racial tangle which, for years a horny problem to Empire legislators, threatens to come. There is a very valuable grow more complicated in time to series of chapters dealing with the problem from all its aspects, and the whole book is written sym- pathetically, by a man who has evidently given much of his tîme to a study of the subject. The big query, however, remains un- answered.
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Colonel Silburn deals with, what i is known as the colour peril in South Africa, and foretells the in- crease of a possibly degenerate brown race if miscegenation is to
What Featminter-General of the United States resigned to take an important position in the moving Henry Richard Newson, solicitor. picture industry?
Chancery-lane, was found guilty, of Give the next line after: professional misconduct in con- not love thee, dear so verting to hft own use part of a much. How do you divide by a fraction? sum of £54 10s. belonging to Ethel continue. He considers the in- Where does the River Jordan May Thornton. Stanley House,herent, and unjust, blas of the reach the you?
Ryde-road, Sen View, Isle of Wight. white in dealing with the black in What cheese do. English people The Committee ordered that Mr. Africa, and suggests as a remedy like to serve at digner on Christ- Newson be suspended from practis--or perhaps a palliative-the man Day?
ing as a solicitor for two years, catablishment of segregation
HONGKONG CHAFF.
By B. R.-B.
Only twice in a year
May a woman appear
Along with her "Hub,"
At the Hong Kong Club,
.
areas. For this plan, open to serious objection though it is, he claims that the gative races could develop on safe lines and enjoy a measure of political inde- pendence. Nevertheless, the ma- jority of readers will probably re- main unconvinced.
The author also deals with the subject of a national flag for South Africa-already adopted after bitter controversy-and ar- gues that the extremo Nationalist demand for a new banner in place. of the Union Jack would be con- trary to the interests of the colour- ed races.
Major-General Sir Edward Northey, G.C.M.G., C.B., contri- butes a pre ice to the book, which is published at 6/— net..
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Paris, Dec. 22
The Ministry of Marine an- nounces that two petty officers and one seaman have died of burns as the result of an accident which occurred on board the sloop Re- miremont yesterday.
While the Remiremont was steaming from Cherbourg to Brest in a strong gale a pipe burst in the boiler room, which was immediate- ly filled with steam, Two officers and another neaman were injured, but not serlously.
In spite of the accident the Re- miremont was able to return to Cherbourg under its own steam:
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