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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1928.
DAY BY DAY.
GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT SUPPER, DUT RISE WITHOUT DEBT-The Talmud,
COLONY'S MUSICAL LOSS.
PRESENTATION TO MRS.
RUSSELL BROWN.
Opportunity was taken during last evening's Musicale at the Helona May Institute to bid face- woll to Mrs. Russell Brown, who has figured prominently in the musical life of the Colony during hor residence bere.
The Very Idea!
A welfare.worker visited' an nsylum, and was shown the lunatics at work. Sho noticed one man: standing idly in a corner.
"Why don't you work?” she ask- ed. "Aren't you mad?"
"Not sa mad as that," answered the mafi.
The Thames flooda have oven been mentioned in a Speech from the Throne, King Charles, addressing the House on March 1, 1661 (2),
At an interval in the programme, Yesterday's health return shows Mr. A. M. Bowes Smith, in a brief three Japanese imported cases of speech, said that was the last occa paratyphoid fever, and one Chintion on which they would have Mrs. said: ese caso of corebro-spinal fever.
Russell Brown with them, na she "The mention of my wife's
from Homo dated February 9th lony for many things In the apon her that her entrance into The 8.8. Hong Pong, with mails would be remembered in the Codesire you to put that compliment | was going Home next week. She arrival pula mo in mind to
arrived at noon. Mails will be realm of music she would be ro- the town may be with more de distributed during the afternoon. mombored for her organisation of cency than the ways will now suffer Forthcoming weddings announc- for all that she did in connexion you would quickly pass aucis laws as the Squeakettes Concert Party, it to be; and for that purpose I pray ad include that of Mr. A. J. May with the concerts for the anter-are before you in order to the Architect, Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, to talament of the soldiers and sramending these ways, and that she Miss L G. Iliff, doctor, Helena lors, fer her work on the Social may not find Whitehall surrounded May Institute.
Committee of the Helena May in with water." stitute, and, last but not least, for her charming singing. music-lovers, who supported the Helena May musicules by their presence had special reason to regret her departure, for she had
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Tamar.
Lord Dorset alludes to those All periodical inundations in his well- known song, "To all you ladies now on land:
put a lot of enthusiaam and hard
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"The King with wonder and
surpriza
Will swear the sons grow bold; Because the tides will higher riso
Than o'er they did of old; But let him know it our tears Bring foods of grief to White-
hell Stars, With a fal la, ote.
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|tance of the treaty than its re- jection, though it has been cloar ly shown that all parties are agreed on assisting Egypt to her emancipation. If Egypt would
Swatow's new Commissioner for accept the British gesture in that Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yong Chien- light, and would learn to walk phing, was initiated to his office before attempting to run, a com-on Friday last. pleto settlement would be possible. The Chinese vessel Hain Wah, We were prepared to guarantee to from Canton, reports passing come to Egypt's aid as a belli-sunken junk at 9 am. on March
8th off Pillar Point. gerent in the case of an aggressive war against the land of the Nile, with the guarding clause that Britain should be consulted éri the caso of an international. dispute. We promised to aid Egypt in her application for admission to the League of Nations, and went so far in Article Sevon as to commit the vital interests of the Empire to the League when the ten years' tenure of our troops in Egypt, provided by the treaty, terminated.
A brief police report states that If the League decision was against | Egypt, we agreed to re-consider at naval rutings from 11, M. ships effected the rescue of the crew of intervals of five years. These a Chinese junk which capsized yes were voluntary
surrenders of terday at 3.04 p.m. near the H. M. S. Įprincipleś which appear to be vital
to British security, and in certain The forthcoming wedding is an-work into the organisation. These quarters, concessions regarded as nounced of Captain Leonard Griffin musicales were far better run than Daish, R.A.P.C., of Empress Lodge, for that was due to the Committee they used to be, and while crédit extremely dangerous. Yet the Kowloon, to Miss Ethel Mary as a whole, all its members agres immensely greater measure of well, sistor, Military Hospital, that if it had not been for Mrs. responsibility devolving upon the Bowen Road,
Russell Brown's keenness, the con | Egyptian. Government was not
Elderly man, accused of bigamy Registration difficulties in res-certs would not be so uniformly
He at the Old Bailey: 1 am feeling enough for the extremists, and pect of the s.s. Sanning and Wing successful as they now were. to-day we find the country in the On have not yet been settled, it is (Mr. Bowes Smith) was sure all rather queer this morning. I ought
reported. There is a probability present would like an opportunity not to be here.. same. position as it was in Febru-that both vessels will resume on of showing their appreciation of ary, 1922. Egypt has thrown the West River run on Blonday or all that Mrs. Russell Brown had
Tuesday.
done for them, and he proposed a away a golden opportunity for the
hearty vote of thanks to her, wish. advancement of her ideals and Two Chinese successfully worked ing hor bon voyage-(Applause). FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1928. tending towards her occupation of the well-known banknote trick on a After the concert, Mrs. Russell an honourable place in inter-duced her to part with a pair of in the artists' room, where they woman living in Wanchai and in-Brown's musical friends gathered
national society. The Noto which gold bangles valued at $48. This is presented her with two paintings EGYPT'S LACK OF GOOD has now been sent through Lord the third occasion this week on of Hongkong, as a little token of
SENSE.
which people have been victimised their appreciation of all that she Lloyd in eloquent testimony of in this way.
has done for the cause of music Britain's desire to avoid anything
in Hongkong, This morning's Harbour Office likely to affect the attempt to reports gave 19 arrivals and 22 Only a lamentable lack of vigour satisfy Egypt's desire for, com- departures, with urities liste informal, the Bishop of Victoria well County Court, to a wife, mar- in resisting the anticipated ex-plete independence. It was with-ing eight under each heading, the made a short speech eulogising/Fled thirty years, who did not know her husband's earnings: The best national return of the day. Ms. Russell Brown, who replied modern young woman is rather tremist attack on the proposed held while negotiations were in Tonnage was high, but the higher stating that she did not deserve different. The wife: Ah, but I treaty with Great Britain could progress although the state of cargo figures were carried by the kindness shown to her.
am one of the good oldfashioned have permitted the
Egyptian affairs gave rise to considerable Japanese and American inward..
Bort, Cabinet to reject the far-reaching misgiving.
and German and Norwegian Britain will now through. At 9 am, there were 68 and indulgent terms offered by the stand by her Declaration of 1922, vessels in harbour, British 26. final draft, the text of which was and we must take what steps are published yesterday. There can deemed necessary to provide nde-Arbor Day in Swatow, and the Monday laat was celebrated as be ne two opinions about it. The quate protection for foreign in- officials and schools turned out in sustained endeavour by Sir Austen terests. Britain may possibly ap-Inte General Hong Chiau-lin laid the afternoon to plant trees. The Chamberlain and the British Gov pear to be austere in the future, out extensive grounds at Chao-magnitude of Charlie Chaplin's Some idea as to the physical ernment to meet as far as possible but Egypt must take the whole chowful, and in particular planted production, "The Circus," which is Sarwat Pasha's wishes and Egyp-burden of responsibility for the and over the hillsides. He also tre may be had from figurés com- earth will stop spinning and the
large numbers of trees in avenues, now showing at the Queen's Thea tian sentiment, are thrown into deplorable breakdown.
planted nurseries of trees which piled by the general statistician at relief by the While Paper on the
he brought from other parts of the Chaplin studio. subject Egypt had everything to
China, and from these young gain and nothing to lose. The
shoots were brought to Swatow plea that Article Seven--which
and planted on Monday along the Gratifying indeed was the news big new Tung-shan road, and permitted Britain
to maintain to hand yesterday of the auc-adjacent thoroughfares. This such ́armed forces as were consi- troops from Canton in their opera-
cesses, so, far registered by the should prove to be a real benefit.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
Better Days,
At the presentation, which was
MAKING A COMEDY.
SOME FACTS ABOUT· "THE "CIRCUS."
Livestock housed for a period of more than a year included ele phants, lions, tigers, and geese. Properly to feed and care for ke the commissary department was required to handle for many months, food items that totalled
dered necessary for the defence tions against the Hai-luk Tung The wedding of Mr. Ma Wai-but, more than sixty thousand pounds,
Motorist, summoned for exceed- ing the speed limit, at Willesden: I must reasonably expect to caught now and then.
Willesden woman: Sho everyday bad language,
Midland solicitor: Did you tako never possessed such a luxury. the time by your watch? Man: I
A man admitted at Bow County Court that he owed fourteen wecks rent, and explained, "The landlord refused to take the rent, so tho wife annexed it."
Mr. Roglatrar Friend, at Clerken-
Notice in the doorway of a Devon parish church-
"It will save robbers, fruitless. search and much disappointment to know that the valuable ancient church plate is permanently kept in the strongroom of a bank in a dis- tant town."
The time will come when the
moon will crash down upon us.- Sir Oliver Lodge,
School is no longer a place of penance or torment but a place of 10 freedom, and health. The Bishop of Peterborough.
Real progress in industry, in the standard of living and, indeed, inʼ the general happiness of the whole country, depends upon peace in ins dustry-Sir A. Steel Maitland.
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A Burns enthusiast anxious to
of Imperial communications- Communists. When it was first cashier of the National Comumer the greater bulk of this being in innounced that Marshal Li Chai-cial and Savings Bank, and son of beef and tons of hay, corn, car- legalises the occupation of Egypt sum had decided to move against the Sincere Company's Managing rots, potatoes and bread. by British forces is manifestly the "Reds" there were not want Director (Mr. Ma Wing Wing During filming of scenes 'under know how a certain celebration In fallacious and can only be describing critics who openly asserted chan) and Miss Ta'o Mel-kol, the circus tent and surrounding an Edinburgh hotel had come off, that nothing would come of the daughter of Dr. S. W. Ta'o is to grounds, in some instances there and what the proposer of the im- ed as an obstinately tenacious, re-movement, It is, however, appar- take place to-morrow afternoon st were 2,000 women, children and mortal memory had said, queried a fusal by the extreme Wahdista to ent now that Marshal L meant St. Paul's Church. The Rev. W.men
friend who had been present ns to gathered together. The
what sort of face the realities of the situation, business. Naval and militaryE."L. Martin and Rev. S. E. Tso necessary "fixings" for an as-
night they had had. [operations have been carried out will officiate and a tea party will semblage of this character called
"Oh, it was a great night,” was
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To the long list of entertaining. Underground posters is now added THE WEEK'S PICTURES.a musical one, with the "Cuckoo" theme from the Pastoral Symphony, the "Bees' Wedding" from the "Songe Without Words," "Dear Little Buttercup" from "H. M. 6. Pinafore, Schumann's "Slumber Song" bits of Wagner, Elgar, and The Tchaikovsky, and even Maiden's Prayer-presumably for a day in the country. It makes an amusing puzzle for the waiting passenger, and is also something of a tribute to his presumed knowledga of music..
It was Talised that this particu-on a somewhat considerable scale, take place after the service at for 3,000 gallons of lemonade the reply, "easily the best Burns
clause might prove bear, and Britain, by the insertion pressed, some excellent work has C. C. Wu, and Mias T. P. To popcorn, 5,700
have not yet been entirely eup-ant. Miss S. Wu, daughter of Dr. bags of peanuts, 1,126 rolls of ginning to end. The proposer of the really a glorious affair from be-
of the express statement that the been
frank-furterB-- immortal memory never turned up accomplished. Reading daughter of Mr. D. Jackman, man- and an equal number of rolls, at all" presence of British troops would through yesterday's account of ager of the Wing On Co., will be 1,517 sticks of chewing gum, not constitute in any way
what has transpired, we are left the bridesmaids and Misa Ka Kum- 1,282 lollypops and 1,806 pretzels. anwith the impression that good ol, sister of the bridegroom, will acoupation, and would not pre-strategy has bean employed act as flower girl. Mr. M. Y. judice the sovereign rights of against the "Reds" Many of Wong will be the best man, Egypt, obviously went to the limit moved into their 'defended fast- them have, as was expected, in a sincere effort to make it easy nesses in the Lukfung region, and of acceptance. We have been task to root them out. However, it will, admittedly, not be an easy almost excessively magnanimous if, as is rumoured, aeroplanes are Paris in our desire to achieve aaatia to be brought into play, the "Reds" Brussels factory settlement, but the dictum uncomfortable time of it. No Berlin
should soon be having a rather Amsterdam of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, when turally, the terror-stricken people Copenhagen the late Zaghloul Pasha in these districts will welcome the Vientia agitating, will always hold good: Marshal Li's officers and men will Liahon
Canton troops as liberators, and Helsingfors We cannot divest ourselves wholly, have the satisfaction of feeling Bucharest, even in favour of an ally, of our necessary task in suppressing the Yokohama
that they are discharging a very Buenos Aires interests in such a vital link in inhuman fiends which the Swabue New York Empire communication as the Reds" have shown themselves to Geneva Suez Canal. Every other sphere ing to Hongkong to realise that Stockholm
e. It is certainly most gratify Milan- of influence was minimised by the ally serious efforts are being Oslo treaty: the British Sirdar was made to enforce law and order in Prague abolished and replaced. by
| Kwangtung. In this connexion, Madrid an we should like to stress the good Athensg Ambassador. Men of the Nahas work which is at present being Rio type must be regarded as fana-carried out in another district Bombay tics. We cannot get really crossby General Tip Shue. Under Silver (spot)
Hothow and the whole of Hainan Hongkong
with them any more than one can his rule, conditions, we hear,
Silver (forward) with a patulant child who throws have immensely improved, and we away a gift because it cannot and Mr. Fu Ping-kwan, the Com- jare happy to record that both he
o encouragement of trade and King's College, to perform the The Emerald Isle has played a have its own way entirely. missioner for Foreign Affairs, are commerce these are the things opening ceremony, together with a part in human progress out of all
The British Government can
working in the utmost harmony that will bring prosperity and con-portrait of Mr. A. Morris, the proportion to its size.--Dr. Nicholas
th all sections of the people, es- tentment to Kwangtung., And we Headmaster; whilst another plcMurray Butler,
N very well reflect that the Opposi-pecially with the, foreign com- are glad to see the evidence from ture of considerable interest will One by one obstacles which tion would have possessed greater munity. The enforcement of so many quarters that the Chinese be Marshal Li Chaisum and party, formerly seemed to stand in the way scope for criticism in the accop-of extremists and agitators, and ing this in increasing measure,
peles and order, the suppression authorities in the South are realis photographed at the residence of of a return to prosperity are being
the Hon. Mr. B, H. Kotowall. removed, Sir Austin Harris.
“TELEGRAPH'S" BIG VARIETY .TO-MORROW. To-morow's Telegraph will con- .12.12% tain an even greater variety of 20.41 local pictures than usual, covering 18.21 all happenings of topical interest 84.64% for the past week
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Those interested in sport will be .2.17/64
.792% well catered for with snapshots of 47.29/32 the Shield match between the 2/0% Hongkong and Kowloon Football
Scene:---A North-County farm- 1/11.3/82 Cluba; photos of the R.A... and house. The new boy was eating his
4.87% Police football teams; a group of first dinner there.
25.84 the Ewo and Bank cricket teams; .02.25
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Of weddings, there will be groups taken at the marriages of 1/5.81/32 Mr. H. J. Armstrong and Miss ...2/04
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H. H. Luer and Miss G, E. Herms.
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asked the old farmer, us be curved
the head of the table.
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"Yes, please," answered the boy, "Wat does tha" say?" roared the farmer, glaring fiercely at the boy.
"No, thank you." "That's reet. I like a lad ag can
speak up for isself."
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We never claimed to be a Govern-
of H. E. the Governor's arrival at | ally.”—Mr. Winston Churchill,