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CRUELTY WAS THE VICE OF THE ANCIENT, VANITY IS THAT OF THE MODERN Worth.-George Moore.

Apparently suffering from ts, a Chinese woman, who was found in an condition In Temple unconscious Street by the police yesterday, was removed to the Kowloon Hospital.

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A Stroller on Claverly Street.

home, and he quite rightly said that they will, as time goes on, demand a larger share In the administration of the Colony's affairs. He was able to show, also, that even under the very restricted opportunities provided at present, there is no lack of

Angustian Lavinia was very busy) Lavina and looked at her. They people to come forward and serve

She was lifting the small end of were all very serious at first un- the aluminum double boiler out af til the oldest one smiled, and then.

the on the various advisory vedles

the large end and then putting it they all smiled-all save which exist. Is it nol, the.efore,

Removed from on board the s... back again. She had done this a smallest one, who had his thumb in Rafe to assume that, given greater King Yuen, Cheung Itok was admitted great many times and every time his mouth. He looked at Augus opportunities, even greater servies to the Government Civil Hental she had done it she had smiled. tiua very solemnly and she stop- him. suffering from Injuries to his finger. Every time but once. On one occa-ped amiling and looked at would be rendere-?? An candi caused by being crushed in a machine sion the small end of the double Mrs. Boggs asked him his name, boiler had come in rather direct but he could not answer beenuse tions are, it is really surprising

contact with her nose, which was his thumb, was in his mouth. lie that residents can be found who

An unemployed man, Lam Chi, aged small and pink, and that time, In-looked more solemnly than ever ut are so ready to give of their time 21, of 225, Temple Street, was re- stead of smiling, she had looked Augustina Lavinia, and she grew .1 Inbour in saciementing the moved to the Kwong Wah Hospital very serious. But a minute later more and more serious. Everyone opium she had put the small end back tried to make him take his thumb he would work of the Government. They using, believed to have been self-into the large end again and stailed out of his mouth, but

ndministered.

not, and Mrs. Boggs thought it live under a decidedly bureau-

Augustins Lavinia was going on better to move along. cratic form of government, in

Having ben abandoned, a female

A toll young student carrying a. which popular opinion has very child, a few days old, was found by twelve months, and she was going

bear out to her first tea. Her mother's brief ease came by, and Augus- the police in Apliu Street. little opportunity of expressing Boundary Street, Shamshulpo, at noon name was Mrs. Pogge and she tinn Lavinia said "Da-dul" Then street itself and which is, in fact, often yesterday. The foundling was taken lived on Claverie Street, whieh, If the mailman crossed the

you remember, is Our Street, and again, and when she saw him, to the Kwong Wah Hospital. ridden over roughshod, but, none

A was very proud of her daugh. Augustinn Lavinia said "Du-dn1"

And when again.

a man came by the less, they do step into the

Suffering injuries to his bead during; ter. of light with another man, Wong "Is there and other child on as the same direction and passed ecause he was going faster. breach and give the benefit.

Chi-ko, aged 21, of 294, Temple Street, Claverly Str who is malt their thought and experience to was removed to the Kwong, Wah naturew and beerful

for service

whlened, We

of

on the ship.

yesterday

suffering trom

more than ever.

the community, With the scope Hospital yesterday. The injuries, it

be understood, are not of a serious Augustinn Lavinia she

times asked her husband, could nature.

Boggs. reasonably expert the value these services to increase.

Hasten slowly would seem to be the motto both of Mr. Bellamy Mr. Shenton. The Jatter and thinks something might be done

August 20th.

WILM

by an extension of the functions The following telegram has been Boggs very much.

Hongkong Telegraph. municipalisation.

It is not as if

uhjeet to Inewane Tax."

them becauME

he called out "Dn-da!" quite

some loudly after him, and he turned Mr.Jaround and smiled. This rather

embarrassed Mrs. Boggs.

Mrs.

she

Mr. Boggs always stopped be Mesars, Mackintosh & Co, inform va

hol some fere answering this, so that

Everyone at the party praised 1/2 they have just received

customer could think it out, and Mrs. Boggs; Augustina Lavinia. Several ladies regimental ties which ordered on July 27th, to days ago. always watched him anxiously said they had left their own chil The order was sent by air mall and while he made up his mind. Hut dron at home because they knew the ties posted back ein Siberia on he always ended by saying that they would not behave, and they

really, he thought Mrs. Boggs asked Mr. Boggs however

right. This

Mrs. pleased

Boxgs managed? And started to tell, and then she re- membered how impolite that would never men Augustina Lavina bad of existing bodies during a hansi-received by the rat branch of the

Chartered Bank from its Head Offer been in her stroller before. On be, so she said she didn't think tion stage. There Homething

in London: "Directors have declared the whole she had lived a secluded Augustina Lavinia was much more In this viewpoint, but, quite an interim dividend for the past half life. She had found her chief in good-natured than any other child. candidly, we see little need for year at the rate of . per annum terest in double boilers and ceil- Certainly not much more anyway. She She had to swallow hard to say it. Inga. Especially evilings. prolonging the process towards

spent hours and hours looking at but she did.

Mrs. Boggs went over to enjoy Her favourite ceiling was Altempting to commit suicide by them.

man named the bedroom one with the crack the roses, and Augustina Lavinia there is not precedent in other tuking adelin pokat, a

the conver0= Wong Ting-shun, of 13, Lam Kwai in it, but she liked the one in the was left to enjoy Crown Colenies for the creation Fang, was found by the police at the Blue Boom, tuo. She liked themtion. At first this centred on [ Municipality. Where the Asta Hotel, Pukhoi Street, Youmaliali. Miss Boggs liked looking at herself. She was passed around the Kowloon ceilings rather than almost any good deal and there was rather system operates, there is a very Hospital. He condition is not con-thing else in the world Double too much sameness in the remarks. Everyone thought it was just too definite line drawn regarding the sidered serious,

fboilers only came second.

when called Mr. Fitzurse functions at the Municipality.|

took The monthly meeting of the Chi-Miss Boggs rulled down the side-Du-l And Mrs. Fitzurse, whilst at the same time the link

se Chamber of Commerce yester-walking on Claverly Street stop-her and said "Pitty-ittle-sing!" with the Executive is preserved. Į day devised in a revision

again and again. It was an inter- of the

ped and said:

esting observation at first, of "So this is the little tady who is course, but it hardly bore repeti- address at the Rotary Hongkong, however, is well in the regulations governing the Cham- ber, and a Committee consisting of Club on Tuesday. Mr. L. C. P. | barkwater so far as any

Messrs. Chao Chiu-fan, Tong Yat-se very good-natured. We have top.

However do you! Bellamy covered # great deal of sentative form of government is chuen and Lo Yam-sien was elect. heard about her.

ed to examine the present regula. do it?" ground in regard to the question | concerned. Surely there is notions, with a view to affecting the ni municipal activities, but als valid - renson why we should lag nivessary changes, though he raised the point as to པཱུ་ far behind ather Crown whether there ja any scope forally | Colonies,

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1941.

THE MUNICIPAL ISSUE.

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Augustina Lavina stopped smill- ing. The ladies left her with Mr. Fitzurae and began talking about Sometinies they told about their the new waistline. Augustina own children who pouted, or cried, Lavina was bored. Two tears ap or eveu howled, and both Mrs.eared in her eyes. She began to Boggs and Miss Boggs Inoked at ery.

compassionately. Nothing! like that ever happened in the Boggs'a home.

them

and sometimes

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Augustina Lavinia was impress- ed by the effect of her efforts.

She had never before cried in public. For one thing, she had never been in public before. But DETAILS FOR WEST, NORTH

Augustina Lavina

up more than that, it was past bed- AND EAST RIVERS.

straight and smiled at everything time and there were no ceilings. in sight. She smiled at the mail-There was just the sky. A dou Their attention having been

The following table, issued by the man, and the little boy, and the bie boiler would have helped, but diverted to a peculiarly violent form wanglung River Conservancy Com-dog, and the fleecey clouds, and she a ceiling would have made all the ere at present, but no very wont fax" by boarders in Lugard mission, shows in Fuglish feel the tried to catch one of the latter. difference.

Hall, the Council of the University Water levels on the West River, North Aruments were put forward in

River and East River n the dates but didn't; was left with no alternative but to

smiled at nothing at

all. And support of this submission. One

eXpress strong condemnation and

Sept. Sent, every now and then Mrd. She was creating a considerable

would come round in front of the dangers blated at was the to seek t the perpetrators. possibility of it Municipal Council | Nevertheless, the decision ordering embarking on unremunerative the closure of Lugard Halt for the Autumn Session-longer if neces- trading, we are inclines) to think that that is raising à bogerary is not unnaturally the sub- jeet of criticism. The issues were which nevd not be feared. All clearly stated by a correspondent the claims which we have heard yesterday. The majority of Lugare The lowest levels on record are big double house in the middle of dart across the lawn. at forward in Favour of "a | Hall's normal residents. were on minus & feet at Sumshul and minus the block came out and all stood Turound in front of Augustina Municipality locully rest on the vacation. The students guilty of 2.7 feet at Sheklung

that a popularly-elected the assault, or the "rag" which

idou Connell should have charge of the

overstepped the bounds of more barseplay, were nat necessarily Lagard Hall students. They seem other to have been drawn from

ordinary municipal affairs of the Colony, working, of course, in co- operation with the Government. bosteds as well. Were the truth In other words, the demand is known, it might show that normal that the people who pay rates and Lugard Hall residents were not in- taxes should have a more direct volved in any way, that they are

being under the shadow of d vojer in what shall and shall not grace for the delinquencies of tem- he done in the matter of the pro-porary

visitors, Unfortunately,

vision of social Amenities and however, no attempt has been made Have something to say in the by such Lagard Hall students who' general domestic, policies of the were, in fnet, still in residence, to Government. These things do not If they were not themselves con uphold the prestige of their hostel.

by any means imply any venturingcerned, it is difficult to believe that

on doubtful experiments,

One of Mr. Bellamy's remarks was very much to the point, namo- ly, his reference to the lack of civic consciousness locally. This,

they did not and do not know who were, and walle honour perhaps forbids them to give direct informa- tion, it should be ensy for them to convince the guilty, by some means or other, of their duty to own up. he did not hesitate to say, was In the absence of auch assistance bad in the sense that all communal to the authorities, it is inevitable thinking was done for the people, that the many must suffer for the few. The incident was one which whose potential capacity for ser cannot lightly be overlooked and vice and citizenship was thereby the Council must be supported in ki danger of becoming atrophied. | their efforts, however disagreeable. This, it seems to us, is one of the to trace the culprits. It may not strongest arguments in favour of be quite satisfactory to find the some form of municipal control Council placed in the position of of the Colony's affairs. It is detectives, prosecutors and Judges, but the públic has every sympathy strengthened by zome observa with its members in a deplorable tions made by Mr. Shenton, who situation and hopes that eventually may not, however, have quito the "blot" will be erased in a man- realised the full implications ofner moro fitting to the dignity of rome of hiis ramarks. Mr. Shen- the Institution.

North River at Samshui West River at Shiuhing 164 she could see Augustina Luvinistir, She cried louder. She could

off. Mrs. better, and then she would smile, be heard a long way

the North River at Tsingyuen 114 10.5 too, and say to herself, "How much Boggs was at the far end of East River ni Sheklung 105

10.0 sweeter she is than any other garden telling young Mrs. Finch how important it was to have the The highest levels recordeled are: baby on Claverly Street !"

right kind of atmosphere in build- Shishing, 41 feet; Tsingyuen, 29.2 feet: Sumshui, 27.3 feet: Sheklung, playing in the front yard of the heard something that made her Some little children who were ing better babies. Suddenly she 11.5 fost.

Up

"Oh, she

become terribly sophisticated,

You know...

never seems to enjoy anything."

"Oh, my precious darling!" ex- Jelaimed Mrs. Bugge. Augustina Lavinia was preparing for greater efforts. She had taken a new and deoper breath. Her face was red, her hands were clenched, and her [bonnet wan over one eye, and Mr. Fitzurae, who was still holding her.

was red, too, and his hat was falso over one eye. He repeated "Pitty-ittle-sing." every now and then, but he said it without con- viction. Augustina Lavinia saw her mother, and suddenly she stop ped crying. She smiled, and Mr. Pizure smiled, too, and ho hand- fed her over quite engerly, and al the ladies smiled and said together, "Oh, the poor little thing".

How comfortable it was back: home! This was her own crib: It was her favourite ceiling, too; the one with the crack in it. There was nobody around at all; nobody · but the Pink Pup. But there was the double boiler just within. rench,

Augustina Lavins heavod a Jong, happy sigh. How delightful - It would bo to take the smail end of the double boller out of the large end, after she had studied the celling just a little while longer; and after she had taken it out how exciting I would be to see if it really would go back [again into the large end! She was almost sure it would. It al ways had before; but of course, nover could tell. What a happy, happy world it was, aftor all, thought Augustina Lavinia. What compensations life offered ! Augustina Lavinia heaved, an- other sigh of content. She-reach- ed negligently for the double boiler, but her eyes closed before her hand touched it!) RL; 54

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