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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928.
terest in that movement, are set at naught by such regulations.
DAY BY DAY.
FOOLS AND SENSIBLE MEN ARE EQUALLY INOCUOUS, IT IS IN THE HALF POOLS AND HALF WISE THAT
GREATEST DANGER LIES. THE Goethe.
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The P. and O. 8.3. Tresillian is due here from Singapore at noon on the 17th instant.
From the Hongkong Fire Insur- ance Co., Ltd., we have received n useful desk calendar.
Coincident with these happenings, however, comes Information show ing that another means of squeez- Ing money out of trade has been found by the opening of a new likin station at Kityang, an inland port
The P. and O. s.s. Kashmir, from up the river to the weat of Swnlow. Shanghai, is due hero at 6.a.m. on There is a big traffic by cargo-Friday. boats up this river, and it is obvious that it has been fastened upon for the express purpose of getting more revenue. Vigorous representations are being made to Canlon and to Nanking for the suppression of this new instrument of uneconomic policy, which, it continued, is like- ly to have the most adverse effects on trade. Swalow, in common with many other ports, has suffered. much in recent times from the heavy imposts which have bean levied on both imports and exports, some of which have been utterly Illegal. If the new National Tariff Schedule is to be enforced, Chinese A Chinese girl, sixteen years of and foreign traders alike will ex-age, was yesterday admitted to th
Government Civil Hospital suffering pect that an end be put to dll ir-from the effects of drinking n regular levies, so that businces men may know exactly where they stand. The National Government no doubt has this intention; the future will show whether it possesses the
DODWELL & Co., Ltd. power to put it into effect,
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 1928.
TAXTATION ISSUES.
Sanitary Sophistry.
Mrs, Southern is to distributo the prizes at the Victoria British School on Wednesday next.
蟲感
MANILA SHOWS.
MANY FEATURES THAT ·
ATTRACT.
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The Very Idea!
A woll-known station hostesa in Besides the four big rides, such Australia, accustomed to surprise the Caterpillar, Seaplane, visits from people of distinction, Merry-go-Round and the Ferris some little time back received a Wheel, there are at the Manila telegram: "Marquis of Hastings Shows many other interesting at- arriving this afternoon. Meet 3.30 tractions, including a giant, seven train." Tho station, owner fest six inches high; the Mystery absent at the time the telegram Man, who possesses no feeling at arrived, but his dutiful spouse set all when burnt by fire; and the about getting the best bedroom ready, and generally putting most things In order.. The station Death Globe which is a thrilling ride on a cycle by an carriage was sent to the station to English lnd in a globe. Also one meet the distinguished guest, and should not miss the opportunity the lady's mortification can of seeing the dances by two better Imagined than described Hnwallan Girls which are very when the "Marquis” arrived in amusing and are drawing full the person of a magnificant Here- houses at every performance.
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The kiddies of Hongkong will ford bull. Only hor keen sense of humour saved the situation, but it have a chance to visit the Manila is not safe for the time being to refer openly to Dukes, Princes, or oven Earis,
Mrs. Dyer is to distribute the About Hong Kong prizes to children of the Kowloon Junior School at 10.30 a.m. on the 20th instant.
poisonous oye-wash in mistake for another medicine..
The forthcoming wedding is asalstant employed by the Douglas announced of Mr. C. J. Farmer, Steamahlp Company Limited, re- siding at No. 533, The Penk, to Miss D. Goodman, of Tantallon Terrace, Kowloon Docks.
Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., was amongst the guests who attended the opening of the Peninsula Hotel yesterday, his numerous friends being delighted that he has so far recovered from his recent accident to be about again.
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The foundations for the con-
The first
Do you know that—— ‚”
A former G.O.C. had for a time to be accommodated in a house originally ballt as an inn? 4
This was in the early days of the occupation of Hong- kong, after the temporary bar- racks at West Point had been pulled down. The Army thus became dependent on, exist- ing buildings for accommoda-
Major tion, and
General D'Agullar found accommoda- tion in a house built as an inn. In addition to the ordinary. rent, the War Department had to pay for the anticipated pro- Bts of the Innkeeper.
One of the buildings used by the Army was the old Ori ental Bank in D'Aguilar Street, whilst another was an old ware- house adjoining, which had for A time been occupied as a Court House.
LARITAT | CHISTEN KIZ FAK PAİNEDERLIUOS
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"Women always will annoy one another as much as they can." Mr. Bingley, the Marylebone magistrate.
',
Mr. Snell, the Old-street magis- trate: People come to ask me all sorts of things. They will be ask- ing mo' to take out their teeth presently..
"Many people who marry got tired of one another. It's like joining the Army. Lots of fellows get fed up."Mr. Cairns, the Thames magistrate.
"My wife got up at 12.30 p.m./ want into her lodger's room, and laughed and smoked, while I cloan. ed the house and got the dinner ready. A husband at North London.
"If this widow knocked me down it would take three or four men to make me get up."-A' man at Willesdon accking a Bummons
gainst a woman for threats."
Counsel in a collision
case at North London: Imagino a motor- cyclist going at.alx to eight milea an hour late on a Saturday with a girl on the pillion scot who was going home. It would be a real pleasure!
ing of
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There seems every reason to be. lieve that the present head of the Sanitary Board la either sadly mis- judrell, being guilty of nothing worse than careless phraseology, or a ready confessor of his depart ment's sins, blessed with the gift of unconscious huniour. Elsewhere will be found a statement made by him at yesterday's meeting of the Board in reply to questions by Mr. J. P. Braga. Briefly, the instruction of a European style Shows on Saturday and Sunday terrogator desired to know what house on part of the Morrison fill afternoon, as matinees will be held
Heard after, the general meat- on both days beginning at 4
ladies' golf club, the Government proposed to do site have been laid.
The able secretary had only ac- At a moment when the National concerning the illegal encroachment house is being erected on the space o'clock. All the rides and shows
cured peace after a great deal of Government at Nanking has pro- nf the stone jetty forming the adjoining Morrison Hill Road. The
Southern arm of the Yaumati house will face the Valley at a will be put into full operation and
The Morrie Monkey Show fen- trouble. She had visited the mem- mulgated its new Tariff Schedule. Typhoon Shelter, where a number distance of about a hundred yards several free nets will be held.
turo attraction at the Tokyo Ex-bes of the warring factions, be- it is interesting to learn that the of disgusting hovels have been er- from the Monument.
position wired to-day that they are the meeting, and had persund- ed them to bury the cause of dis- long duel between the merchanta celed by human derellets whose
The first dinner dance to be held would arrive on the Empress of
nute rather than air it at the meet- habits, and the general use to which and the Surtax Burenu at Swatow the place has been put as a garbage at the Peninsula Hotel took place Canada and be ready to open on
ing. seems likely to end in a victory for dump, constitute a public nuisance last night and was attended by December 20th. The Morris Mon the former. News received from The question elicited the remark
able statement that the head of the fully four hundred guests. Two keys perform all sorts of tricks in attendance, and acts and are considered one of our correspondent Indicates that in-Sanitary Board has not previously orchestras were atructions have been cabled from had his attention drawn to these and both the roof garden and the the best animal nets on the stage. the Nanking Government to the erections as owing to their com- banqueting hall were used by They will form part of the shows much during the paricys)-"Diplo plete segregation from the town' dancers, Carnival favours were that will be sent to Manila for the
the latter part of January. effect that the illegal regulations of they escaped the notice of the Dis-distributed, and the function was earnival to be held there during the Bureau, against which the mer-trict Inspector. We cannot suppose a great success,
for one moment that there is any deliberate attempt to mislead In this illuminating, statement, which,
STOLEN BICYCLE.
MAGISTRATE - RECALLS
HIS LOSS.
At the Kowloon Magistracy this charged, before Mr. E. W. Hamil- morning, a young Chinese was ton, with larceny of a bicycle from No. 492, Nathan Road, the rest. dence of Dr. L. K. Luk
The defendant admitted the!
chants have been so long on strike,
Appearing before Mr. E. W. are to be withdrawn at once, and these have accordingly icen passed to put it mildly, thakes one feel that Humilton, at the Kowloon Magi- on to the Bureau by the local of there is some truth in the jokingstracy this morning, on a charge assertion that civil servants find of being in possession of thirty ficials. It is hoped that this will repose in the arms of Morpheus taels of prepared opium, a Chinese lead to an early revival of trade in doring their working day. It does, was fined $2,400, with the alterna- Swalow, whore conditions have at all events, seem that the time has live of six months' hard labour. come when some-one in the Sanitary The defendant was arrested in born at a standstill for some con-Department should be rudely dis-Salgon Road on Information receive
turbed. The fnets simply are ed by a Chinese detectivų, siderable time now.
these: the complete segregation of For nearly two months, prac which the official spenka is a matter
Twenty-five dead bodies have tically all exports from Swatow of less than a hundred yards; the been picked up overnight by the
the hovels must be pased by and seen have been stopped, and
from every Timati ferry crossing police in various parts of the City
The bleyele was stated to have! merchants have refrained from in and out of the Shelter, while and Kowloon. Of these, fifteen charge.
were infected with small-pox, all buying goodя outside the port, they have been in existence in leaser being the bodies of children. In been left outside Dr. Luk'e house, or greater numbers for the past yaumati, five were found, three in and, whilst the doctor's son was protest against
four years! Some of the inhabi-Hunghom, two in Mongkok, four away, the machine was stolen.A exactions of the Bureau. The tanta have made their abode at this from the Harbour and one from Chinese detective who was making Taim Tsa enquiries found the bicycle in a local authorities have declined to spot ever since the jetty was con- the Harbour, and one
shop, where it had been sold by the structed, and we are told that those
defendant.
His. Worship:-A smart bit of my
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do anything to ease the situation, whose business It is to safeguard and have, in fact, maintained a the health of the community have
the situation In connexion with yesterday's work. They never found more or less recalcitrant attitude just learned of towards the Nanking Government through Mr. Braga, acting on be- opening ceremony of the Peninsula bevele when it was stolen ten half of the Kowloon Residents' fiotel, inconvenience was caused
Inspector Marks:-Perhaps it However, it is understood that Can-Association. Over and above this to a number of visitors through years ago. ion is now supporting Nanking in candid admission of the Sanitary temporary stoppages of the lifts.
The defendant was remanded the matter, and the trouble is thus Department's "out of sight, out of We are advised by Messrs. Dodwell was not stolen in Yaumati.
mind" outlook, we get another state and Co., Ltd., who are responsible expected to terminate almost im- ment that it is not thought that the for the lifts and who had a special until to-morrow for his finger- mediately. If this be so, the large quatters and their hovels have any staff on duty, that the trouble was prints to be produced. export of oranges, in which Swatow thing to do with the serious small due to a matter entirely outside in Kowloon, and their control and had, nothing to pax outbreak does auch a big trade, will be pos-therefore it would be a wise pre-do with the lift installation. sible. It appears that the mer-caution to leave them in their isola tion for the present, We would suggest that while the Department is acquiring wisdom, Mr. Saver might pay a visit to the region him-
self.
EXCHANGE RATES.
chants have not yet secured their further demand for the abolition of the Bureau, which goes by, the mis leading name of the Inland Tax Bureau, but presumably in the new year the Burtax will, in the ordinary course of events, ba combined with the collection of the ordinary Customs Imposts, and, with the Paris' customary five per cent., became one New York
Brussole tax. What further effect the en-Geneva forcement, of the new, Tariff Amsterdam
Milan Schedule, as from February 1st,
Berlin An- Stockholm will have, remains to be seen. other Interesting development in Copenhagen
Onlo Swalow is that an order has been
Vienna made that the collection by the Pragus
Helsingfors Customs of a tax on native goods Madrid coming into the port from other Lisbon Chinese centres must be suspended. Athens
Bucharest Such a tax is obviously indefensible Bio from an economic point of view, and Buenos Aires It is ridiculous that goods made in
Shaha Shanghat should be taxed on their Hongkong entrance into Swatow. The urgent Tokohama
Silver (spot)
need to foster native industry, and Silver (forward) the Government's well-known In
"NINA AND JACK,”
TALENTED DANCING COUPLE
FOR QUEEN'S.
CHINA SQUADRON MOVEMENTS.
KENT AND BERWICK DUE TO-DAY.
H.M.S. Kont, the flagship of the China Station, and H.M.S. Berwick
Peaceful member-"You deserve xreat credit. What
thu feminine for diplomat?"
Secretary (who had suffered
-MUTT!"
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[The second annual run of pioneer cara took place in London recently.
Go, fetch out my ancient Tin
Llazy
And give her a fresh cont of
paint;
The sight of her makes mo feel
dizzy,
She looks no remarkably
qualut.
A pair of new tyres will
needed
be
Before she in it for the road; And if the exhaust is impoded
Her boller will doubtless ex-
plode.
-
fix up a new carburetter
And put some fresh oll in the
tank;
And possibly she would run
helter
If only the engine. would
crank.
Her screws and her nuts I must
Ughten,
And grease all the joints
where they squeak;
For the journey from London
to Brighton
Will take the best part of a
week.
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The two dames in the tramcar were discussing the recent wed- ding of an acquaintance. "An' just fancy," exclaimed one, "they weren't even friends last Octo- bert"
"No," remarked her grim- visaged companion, "an' happen they won't bo friends next Octo- her, neither."
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The late Mr. W. M. Ramsay, O.B.E., J.P., had a keen sense of
humour. He had a life-long in-
"Nina and Jack,” a well-known are expected to arrive in Hongkong and talented dancing couple, are this afternoon on the completion London, Dec. 11. to make an appearance at the of their Japanese tour. The last terest in total abstinence.
..124.16. Queen's Theatre from to-morrow port of call was Yokohama. 4.86 5/32 to Saturday at the 9.16 p.m. per-
.84.89 | formances. 4
One day, visiting a military
The Hermes arrived at Manila carop where he had established a from Judat on Tuesday and the rest tent and "dry" canteen, ho fell lected all the bottles they "could .25.19 The couple have danced with Suffolk at Woogung from Yoko-asleep on the grass. Wags col- .12.07%
considerable success in most Information has reached the find and arranged them round .92.05 20.866 places of the world and in their Colony that the four Southampton their sleeping friend and took a .18.14 opening programme will present
photograph.
1998
hama.
18.18 their famous "Dance of Death," flying boats have arrived at Singa 18.19 and the "Argentine Horseman pore at the conclusion of their Far
kong. 34.485 Tango" an a due, while Nina will Eastern tour which included long. 100% give a solo Gypsy dance. ""The Dance of Death," which has been .30.08 voted the best interpretation of the ever-popular Apache dance, 807% abounds in thrills and worka up 5.25/82 to a climax which is invariably 47.13/32 greeted with unstinted applause 1/6.1/32 whenever seen..
.19
875
.2/7 The artista will appear in con- 2/04 junction with Pola Negrl's big 1/10.23/32
picture "Barbed Wire" which wil .20.5/10
remain the chief attraction at the .20.7/16 British Wireless.
Queen's Theatre until Saturday.
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FAIR WEATHER,
To-day's
Mr. Ramsay saw the joko, and slide, which he frequently exhibi- made the picture Info lanter
ted.
Diana, aged six, had been taken to the dentist's for the first time in her short existence.
report Observatory
Being a regular vleitor to the states that the anticyclone has barber's, a visit to the dentist had passed into the Pacific. Another no torrors for her. After the has formed over S.E. Mongolia. operation, however, she was not "Mummy" she said, rather. tear- Fresh monsoon may be expected quite so confident. along the S. coast of China and over the China Sea. The forecast fully, "we'll go to the hair barber till noon to-morrow is:-N.E the next time--I don't like the tooth
barber." winds, fresh; fair.