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B-3474
Sigh no more, Ladies
B-3341
Walter Glynne
Drink to me only with thine eyes
More Sea Shanties
Sung by John Goss & Male Voice Quartet (a) A Dollar and a half a day (b) The Hog's Eye Man (a) One More Day (b) On the Banks of Sacramento
Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) De Groot & Edward O'Henry Cavalleria Rusticana-Intermezzo
Violin & Organ with Harp & 'Cello
I
B-3494
Little Pudden Basin
Gracie Fields
Around the Corner
17
B-3484
The Bullfighter (An amazing adventure of John Henry) The Bullfighter-Part 2.
B-3489
B-3349
A Cockney Girl at the Cinema
There's always something
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B-3112
I pitch my lonely caravan
B-3455
B-3463
B-3439
A Cottage for sale
Gracie Fields Cryin' for the Carolines (Film-"Spring is Here")" An Old Church Legend ..Reginald Goss-Custard, F.R.C.O.
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Where my caravan has rested
Eleanor
Wish Wynne
Walter Glynne
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ATURDAY, P 13
DAY BY DAY
At the moment, the Hongkong|2| Government is presumably in the throes of Budget-making. We do not envy our administrators in the task which they have to face.
IT 18 A MATHEMATICAL FACT, Apart from the uncertainty of the THAT THE CASTING OF THIS PERBLE dollar situation, there are many FROM MY HAND, ALTERS ΤΗΣ OF GRAVITY OF THE difficult questions to be, faced, and, CENTRE
UNIVERSE-Southey. in the circumstances, we cannot Bee how any budgetting for the coming year can
be far removed from sheer speculation. But this much is certain-that the com-
munity, mercantile and residential alike, will resent any effort to in- crease taxation. Already during
the course of the current fear we have had to submit which were not contemplated when the last Budget was presented, and amongst all sections there is
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Shellshear re- turned to the Colony yesterday.
The name of the International Trading Co., Ltd., has been struck off the Register.
TOPSY-TURDEYDOM
Great heroism was shown by a
A dramatie feature of the death boy of 15 in a pit disaster in which pact tragedy in a Vienna hotel, in which a Cleveland (Ohio) man shot three lives were lost at Fanny Pit, himself and his beautiful young Gates-head, when about 100 men woman companion, had a $12,000 were at work. He gave a general life insurance policy that would alarm, and switched off the cur- have expired in a few hours, had he rent, which might have electrocut continued to live. It is believed that he timed his death so that his ed those making their way to deserted widow should benefit.
Lady Peel and party attended safety. Still not content, he the 9.20 show at the Central tried hard to make his way back Long Distance Chess. Theatre last evening.
to his three companions, but was
The Government is inviting' tenders for the purchase of an old
A chess contest is to take place shortly, in which the competitors. The P. & O. s.s. Rajputana, from foiled by the swirling waters. to imposts
Hongkong arrived at Marsellles
fwill be nearly 4,000 miles apart. A' Airman's Sacrifice. on 12th September at G.30 a.m..
team of six chess experts, repre- Piloting an aeroplane in a flight early date a similar team in Wash- senting London, are to play at an over the aerodrome at Madrid, ington, U.S.A. The expense of tele- Captain Mendez Parada found it graphing will be much lessened by necessary to make a forced land- the adoption of a recently-devlaed We are asked to state that Mrs. ing. He warned his passenger, a
code which makes it possible to send" Government to cut its garment ac-J. R. Sulter has returned to the
two chessboard moves as à single cording to the cloth available. In Colony, and will resume her music young recruit, to jump out, and word, with practically no chance of
the classes on Monday.
soldier obeyed, but his error. parachute caught a wire. With
a feeling that the limit has been Chevrolet motor-car, 1921 model. reached. It is the duty of the
due course, we may expect some relief as an outcome of the de- liberations of the Retrenchment Committee; in the meantime, every possible effort should be made by the Government to see that the appropriations for the coming year are arranged on the basis of no present scale of ition to the
taxation.
.....
The Government intends leasing great coolness, Captain Parada Mothers Besiege School. about 160,500 square feet of fore-looped the loop, the parachute was
Anxious mothers besieged the shore and seabed at Tai Wan released, and the The upset premium is $280,875,
man floated gates of Gifford-street Elementary and the annual rent $1,474. down safely. The machine crash-School, Caledonian-road, N., after ed, and Captain Parada was kill. gas copper had exploded in the ed.
The Tajmahal Silk Store of 5, Wyndham Street, announce that as from September 15th, a dis. Liverpool Street Rodeo. count of 10% wil be allowed on all cash purchases of from $10 upwards. Advt.
cookery centre near the school, The entrances to the playground were locked, as they always are during school hours, and the women ham-
A street rodeo and exhibitions mered at the gates and called out to know what had happened. Po- of buck-jumping entertained alicemen were soon on the scene, and
crowd of spectators in the after making Inquiries they were The silk forwarded from Hong- kong by the Empress of Asia Lodge-lane district of Liverpool. able to assure the mothers that none on the 20th August arrived in A cow which was being driven to of the children were hurt New York (St. John's Park) on the abattoir took fright and dashed the 12th September, having been through shopping crowds, scatter. 21 days in transit.
..
to
was
Played by Reginald Foort on New Gallery Cinema Organ the two places-a widespread be./mosphere to the stories, Colonel sister of the Hospital, was bitten keeper, aged 63, who was stated to
The Minster Bells
Played on the organ of Alexander Palace, London. March Past of the Highland Regiments...Pipers of the Scottish Command Tattoo Selections Cameron Highlanders Salut D'Amour (Elgar)
..Reginald Foort Drink to me only with thine eyes
B-3454
B-3468
B-3473
[Fat Flat Fish
Played on the New Gallery Cinema Organ The Empire Party Song
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numerous Hollywood film folk who had taken advantage of the liberal divorce laws in Morelos to make Ja quick changes of partners
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Germany and the Kurds. The disaffection at present being manifest among the Kurds, as
ing them in all directions. The Asked at the meeting of Clare shown by the riot reported yea-
drover jumped on a passing mator County Council why, after quoting A mongrel dog belonging terday in Baghdad and the frontier THE NECESSITY FOR Incidents a' few weeks ago is res-Chan Mai, 13, Reclamation Street car, and took a flying leap on to for road work, he failed to appear
ECONOMY.
ponsible for a rather curious out- was sent to Ma Tau Kok for the cow's back. In spite of buck-before the Tenders Committee. Ed- observation yesterday after it had jumping, he retained his hold until ward O'Shea, & Querrin contractor, burst in the German Press where bitten Cheung Tim-yan (13) of he secured it. A lorry was then explained that during the night be
summoned and the animal
fore the meeting his suit of clothes the Turkish pursuit of the Kurds 201, Shanghai Street.
disappeared mysteriously from his removed to the abattoir. Whilst the conditions in Hong- has been made the occasion for:
bedside. “And," he said, "I could Major Malcalm, of the Military A verdict of suicide while of not travel ten miles to the meeting kong and the Old Country are hinting dark designs on the part I'm in the market for you (Film-"High Society Blues") entirely dissimilar, there is evident of Britain in fomenting a Kurdish Hospital. Bowen Hoad, informed sound mind was returned at the re-in my shirt." He was awarded the
the police by telephone yesterday sumed inquest at Liverpool on Susan contract. romantic at that at 7.15 pm. Miss Robinson, Ellen Harrison, a ly this much in common between rising. To lend a
boarding-house
Who's Who? Lawrence has been drawn in, by a dog belonging to Mr. Skinner have cherished for many years a All divorces granted in the lief that governmental expenditure despite the fact that since "Air- of Macdonneld Road.
delusion that she was to receive Mexican State of Morelos during is at present unjustifiably high. craftsman Shaw" returned from
£32,000 from the estate of an uncle the past three years, which were As the result of a questionnaire India he has been continuously tion of three months, the Seen Seen actually received only £32.
It is notified that at the expiran America, but from which she recently outlawed by decision of the submitted to Chambers throughout working with his unit in India: Co., Ltd., and the Wo Fat Steam- died from the effect of shock and legal once more by a new law. The She Supreme Court, have been made Other suggestions, which have ship Co., Ltd., will, unless causeburns after setting fire to her matter is one of great interest to the country, the Association of made a remarkable simultaneous is shown to the contrary, be clothes on Waterloo Sands, near
struck off the register and the Liverpool.. Chambers of Commerce in England
German appearance in many
companies will be dissolved. has reached the unanimous conclu- papers, are that Great Britain
Thieves Rifle Church. sion that there is an urgent need desires to set up a neutral buffer Observatory returns for August
"A beautiful silver Altar Cross for a complete overhaul of national state in the oil lands, that she show that the average mean tem-
wants a pretext to intervene inperature was 82.1, the highest was among the articles stolen by. Leslie Sarony and local taxation, whilst stress
being 91.7 and the lowest 73.2hieves who were responsible for this coveted territory on the pre There were 256.9 hours of sun-a remarkable outrage in All Saints' the coasts of Brittany and wreaking A plague of octopuses is afilicting is laid on the necessity of economy tence of safeguarding Irak, and shine and 6.06 inches of rain. Church, Trealaw, Rhondda Valley, havoc amongst the lobsters and in the general ost of administra- that rifles and brand-new Hotch- The average humidity was 82. The church was left in a state of shrimps that as a rule provide a tion. The demand does not sur- kiss machine-guns of British ori-
chaos. The Bible was found on the large harvest for the fishermen. It widow, Leung, Chi-heung, floor of the pulpit; the lectern cloth is suggested that a man who caught for it has long been gin have been found on the Kurd-reported to the police yesterday had been prise us, evident that the Old Country has ish insurgents. No evidence for that whilst walking along Ladder cassocks, and Altar fixtures were he claimed was 8ft. long, was do
torn; hymn books, a giant turtle eff Douamènes, which, these statements, Dr of been staggering under á heavy
their Street at 11.45 a.m. a Chinse male strewn about indiscriminately; and ing a bad service to himself as the burden of taxation, and, so far source, is offered, and it is suffi- snatched a pair of gold earrings the Cross and an offertory box, con- turtle may have followed the octo cient to state that no complaint from her. The articles were taining, a month's contributions, puses up to these northern climes from relief being forthcoming, whatever has been forthcoming stated to have been worth $5. were missing.
to prey on them in turn. the tendency latterly has been to from the Turkish Government, who increase the load. Britain is, in should be the first to be aware of fact, one of the most heavily taxed the facts and to lodge a protest nations in the world. The latest if any cause exiated. The Prime Minister of Irak has recently been figures we have been able to secure, touring the Kurkish districts of showing taxation per head of the Irak and has stated explicity that. population in five of the principal bis Government would not tolerate countries, are as follows:-Britain, any movement, of Kurdish nation- £15 2s. 8d.; France, £8 6s. 10d.; alism aimed against its neigh- United States, £6 ls. 11d.; Ger- bours, Turkey and Persia. many, £5 s. 5d.; and Italy, £3 8. outburst in the German Press is Dd. These details tell their own for diplomatic representations, but not, of course, a suitable subject
it would be of great interest from So far as Hongkong is concerned, the British standpoint to learn |✨. the necessity of cutting down Gov- what is the source of inspiration. ernment expenditure is now gen-
of the German Press. If some
erally recognised. At the moment,
interested propaganda organisa- tion has established itself in Ber- the Retrenchment Committee is
lin, the Wilhelmstrasse would pre- busy examining all aspects of this sumably, in accordance with cor- question, and we have not the rect diplomatic practice, take slightest" doubt but that it will steps, as soon as it was aware of be able to put forward concrete it. to check the dissemination of such inujurious insinuationg against a friendly Power,
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proposals which, if adopted, will result in the saving of a very great deal of money, without the loss of any efficiency. On the question of Table U in the Schedule to the taxation, we are all familiar with 1899, dealing with junks and other Merchant Shinoing, Ordinance, the contention that Hongkong is Chinese vessels has been amended one of the most lightly-taxed places by the insertion, after regulation in the world. But, as
12A, of the following regulation: we have "12B. Notwithstanding anything often had occasion to remark, this contained in these regulations no submission ignores another vital vessel licensed thereunder: shall without the permission in writing point-namely, that there are few of the Harbour Master, endorsed places where the cost of living is on or entered in the licence book higher than it is here. That, most passengers to or from any port-or of the vessel, carry more than ten assuredly, is a factor to be taken place in the Colony from or to into account when comparing taxa- any port or lace-lying to the tion figures as between this Colony southern boundary of the waters eastward of a line drawn from the
and other centres. A community of the Colony due north to with abnormally high living, costs Point, thence to Collinson Head Tailong Head, thence to Tathong obviously cannot stand direct taxa (on Bluff Jaland), thence to Bate tion to the extent of communities Head, and thence to Mirs Point." This Notification supersedes' G. N.
in centres where living costs are No. 546 published in the Gazette although lighter.
of the 5th inst.
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