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Pints and Splits.

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Pints and Splits.

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Telephone 610.

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SPECIAL SHOW.

Infants Cotton Matinees.

Toddlers.

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Boys' Pique Suits...

THE CHINA MAIL.

dags in the year and more how in the day than any other county," Somehow, such enchantinent does distance and cast over pamory, we thought of Hongkong's winters de its most plegant seasons. Perhaps in those days they were not like this There is amething wrong some• where. It will be very various for our slipping if the harbour freezes over, And the spiritual effects of it! ure bad, doubly bad. Either one complains:

Weary theory of the wind is,

weary the son,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Today's

317/16

dollars worth

Tang Shaort, has recovered his

health.

The price of rice at Canton has fallen 70 cents per picul.

Chevalier Volpicelli is lecturing on Dante at Canton on March 19.

Weary the heart and the mist anding

the body of the, Would I we e out of it, done with!

it woul 1 would he A white gull crying along the

desolate sands;

or one flew to other spirts that we krow of, and instead of following the white gall along the sinds, one cop'e the swallow o'er the bar.

Yes. Honest to goxiness, we know that was awful; but quel roulez roux Blame the weather. It wouldn't have happened other. wise, Such Funnish weather is fit fo anything. We itch to denounce is with heave, Ronorous, blasting.. Pantagruelian work; but the Cep. sonite might nṛend our cepures.

THE MAIES.

The mail service to and from Ltdback to pre-war regularity. At on Home is improving, thigh not yet

en they are despatching on Thurs- days instead of Friday. Indian als are now going overland both ways, but our seem to continue via the USA, which is "verginly not the most expeditous route We get today two lots together, dated Jan: and. 14. Is will be good for og when the tanse borim youta is again working. At present the sys. tet does not serve the people at Home very kimly. They rece've ours on Fridays, a day siter theirs Lave to be the le. Our answes will therefore be at least a week late. The London and China Express of Jan. Phyl, this:

'Girls' Cotton Sailor Dresses.

Pique Hats for Boys and Girls.

Pretty Straw Hats

MARRIAGES, "

in all Sizes.

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A Chinese was fined $5 for hay a large quantity of baskets on the pavement, thus causing obstruction.

"There is talk of sending some of the Canton gunboats to Annam for { rice. The French Consul is willing

Today's return of communicable disease has two cases of plague, one of enteric, and two of cerebrospinal. fever.

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There were several cases of Chinese keeping dogs without a licence, all of whom were fined $2 or five days,

Mrs. E. S. Anderson, the wife of the Peruvian Consul, arrived back this morning, after staying a few days in Shanghai.

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Mr. G. N. Orme took his seat this morning in the large Police Court, in the place of Mr. I. R. Wood, who has gone away on leave..

Should the weather be unfit to. morrow for tennis, cricket or other outdoor sport a tea dance will be held at the Cafe Wiseman. a

The Cantonese are spending $40,000 on a statue of the late Admiral Ching Pi-kwong. It is to be made in Paris, and par up at Dutch Folly or Hai Chu.

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The Cantonese do not seem to expect much from the League to Ensure Peace. On March 27 they intend to offer the usual Spring Sacrifice to the Gods of war.

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SPECIAL CABLE.

DEPORTED OKRMANS SAIL

THREE IN HIDING. !

[China Mail SPECIAL]

are still in hiding. It is believed they ae at the Woosung Medical College.

PRESENTATION. TO

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for FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919,

QUBEN MARY'S. NEEDLE-

WORK GUILD.

HONGKONG, BRANCH,

LEAGUE CRICKET.

TO-MORROWS PROGRAMMI"

CITY HALL WORK PARTY (under

With four league matches downt Mrs. Stabby:

for disposal tomorrow, (weather January-07 vests, F1 pylauras, permitting) cricket & kes an excep- 44' shirts, 39 kuwono bed ackets, 87|tionally interesting turn this week, Shanghai March 13, “ ladies". kodekors, 13 girls' dresses, 3 | All the leaders are engaged. The The three transports have left for children's pyjumus, 38 boy's overalls, present top dogs, R.G.A. make a visit Rotterdam with 1,797 Germans 40 buhy's vests, 48, milk coversi, id to the University and expet to add aboard. The Suffolk accompanied hundkerelries, 180 punts, 20 m three points to their score. Judging by their advertised team the gunners them. Three of the German Doctorsquito nets, and 88 boy's shirts.

February-128 Veste, 03 pynione, | are at full strength. The University 30 shirts, kimono, beiljuskum, 32 are also fielding the best available hullen' kaicken, 17 boy's overall, and as close game should be the this baby's vests, 24 milk covers, 90 esult with small odds on the kindketeriofs, 79 pants, 3 boy's

soldiers. pyjamas, boy shirts, soupets, interested in the destination of the The Civil Service, a team much 30 pillows, and 74 sheets.

UNION CHERCH WORKING PARTY championship, entertain the KC.C. These teams always provide an in- (under Mus. Macondoble):

teresting fixture, the healthy club Jamary shirts, et pyjarts rivalry existing bringing a number 31 bed jackets, & doz. food covers of supporters of each team together.

oz. eye bagkages, handker bed socks, 9 pairs of knee cape. handsome silver shiels, 10 pain of socks: 24 pairs of draw is not unlikely here.

trench sweaters, und 18 scrubbers. caps and hehnets, 14 mifers, 9

February-37 shirts, 100 pants, pas of kr. 24 pairs of knew to 14 trench sweaters, 15 mufflers, helmet, and 3 pairs of mittens. WESERYAN CHURCH WORKING FARTY

H. SKELTON.

Just prior to his departure, Mr. A. H. Skelton, the senior partner of Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. was presented with salver and tea set by the staff of his Office.

Mr. Skelton arrived in Hongkong thirty years ago, and was assistant manager to the present firm, but on his retiring he was senior partner. As well as his interests in his own firm he was a director of the Hong kong RopeManufacturing Co. and the Unwin Motor Boat Co., and for the past few years he has been a me ber The Food and War Charities

Committees..

The Craigengower team are at 9 home to the Manchesters. The latter are an uncertain quantity. With in form they may win a low scoring Allan, their best bowler, playing and match. Looking at the names of the Craigengover team few good batsmen appear there..

The Chinese Recreation Club hope January-38 scrubbers, 11 sur" of the visit of the Navy tear to their to add the three points as the result real p, 13 food covers. 7 shirts,; fine enclosure. The Navy have had. 16 pants, 8 pairs of socks, & pillow but poor luck this season, and now slips, and I dffer. ·

that M. Cary has gone they have HELENA MAY INSTITETE (ulo t a batsman god for a few runs Mrs. Jordan):

and who is a fine field.

In 1899, he was the champion rifle shot in the Colony, and he has always taken a prominent and active interest in sports, and his name is included January 1,188 rolled Banduges. in the championships of tennis, bil 10 triangular bandages, 8 hod bud- liards, and rifle shooting. Latterly ages, 3 eye landages, 1 mang-tailed he has taken up golf, and motoring. bandages, pillow slips, 12 large He left yesterday on R.M.S. Empress swabs, swabs, 4 pains of socks, of Russia, for Victoria, B.C., where and 1 pair of knee cups.

Jummary.-193 rolled bandages, 18 dysentery pads, 50 shell swabs, 72 sponge swabs, and 2 packets guze pieces plans up in lote).

he will meet his wife, and spend some i PEAK CLER WOLKING PARTY (under time, before going to England later Mise Harston): in the year. Longsteamers of crackers were fired from the Lane, Crawford Building as he made his final adieu yesterday. Although he is a decided loss to the Colony, his many friends trust that he will spend many years of well earned rest.

A Chinese in answer to a charge

February-210 rolled bandages, 2 dysentery "pada, 3 preumonia Finckos 12 shell swabs," and 72

French

The particulars of matches to be plaved, selected tears, etc., follow:

Chinese R. C. v. Royal Navy, On the CRC ground at 2.15 p..

University v. RG.A. On the Univer sir ground at 2.15 nm.

Craigengo-wer v. Manchester Regt. On the Craigengower ground at 215 p.m...

Civil Service C. C. v. Kowloon CC. On the Civil Service ground at 2.15

SELECTED TEAMS.

C. R. C-Ng Sze Kwong (Capt.), Yew Man Tsun, Geo Lee, Harry James Wong, Wong Po Keung, Sin Ching, K. K. Wong, Wei Lee San,

Man Ping, Cheung Wing Kui and Un Hew Fan.

"It is interesting to note that just

Rain yesterday prevented the

sponge swabs.

NAVAL AND DOCKYARD BRASON as the Post Office has made this courts from being played on. There statement about "the Indiu and are several matches down for this NOT QUITE RESPECTABLE. Clothing for

(under Mrs. Gunner Eastern was that the Paris Temps afternoon and there is every prospect

Bapatree-7 dresses, 10' petticouts, announces the forthcoming inaugura of some good tennis being seen!

Craigengower.-R. Basa (Capt.), tion of na express than service, plac

stay, 14 overalls, 16 nel'se and F. Thompson, A. Arculli, L. Lammert, Missionaries in Korea are still of larceny before Mr. R. Lindsell in baby's jackets, 12 white D. Rumjahn, G. Manley, S. Jex. U. ing Paris and London in direct commeddling in polities. Probably they the small court this morning, stated Chemise, 8 tantielette crom'se. 7 Omar, M. Abbas, W. Hall and A. munication with Athens, va Mila have to keep the favour of their several times that he was a most re straight funnels, 8 squares, 3 quilts, RG-4-Lients. Sutherland, cle

baby long "annel petticoats," 8 Goldenberg Venice, Treste, Agram, Nish, Uskub followers. The Koreans have got spectable and honourable man, and and Larissa. It is important from Be political point of view to note the self-determination idea very that he had only come down to Hong. 18 bits, Loots, shoes, boy's man and Torr, Serg-Major Talfourd, that this line w'll link up the Westi strongly.

kongto try and borrow enough money shoe, 15 socks, 1 swester, 1 knee Corp. Maño,

shirts, also 40 vesta, pants, Sergeants Athorne and Drummond, to save his little home, which was

Bombr. Sharma, being pressed for the interest, mortgaged very heavily, as he was glove, 35 handkerchiefs, 37 Gunners Baines, Middleton and Sharp

Luops cover

Manchesters-2nd. Lient. Cry- CQMS. Smith, Sergts. Hall, Bird, Clarke, and Smith, Corp. Horrocks, Lce. Corpi. Deakin and Private Wal- ker.

K.CC.-J.S. Robinson, J. D. Birrell, D. M.Goodall, J. H. Mead, CrP. James,

with a point in South-Eastern Europe over all, if she propose to turn out through Allied countries only. Apart late Inspector Mortimer O'Sullivan, Mrs. O'Sullivan, widow of the ater dinner for a drink. The even- frean this uspect, it may be noted!. BLUNT--FAWCETZ.--On Jainory| lags are horrd out of doors, and the that as a mail toate to the East-and who met his death under tragic cir 18, as Boupeneuth, Gajdaju porings repellant, How Long O Far East Ahen, the land, cumstances in the Carsson Street A.. Blunt, H.M. Cankar end, how long, till the winter be some 500 miles loss by ses to For affair a year ago. left for Home with

her family to-day. Servine, China, to Winifred, past, and the time of the swimming Sud than is the sea passage from Grace Fawcett, Baumeingith" "in the sun ba come?

Brind's the former port of depar Yesterday's home mail brought YOUNG-GILMOUR-On Bugary 11, to feel the heat of the 'ia'n, und, tune) to Fort Said."

a letter from Lieut. F. Medway R.N. the homely smell of the earth, The outlook for the future is there-At the time of writing he was in Is a tune for the blood to jig 'te, a sfore more promising than it is for charge of a German U boat and was the preseas. With that route, and on a tour round the Irish coast ports perhaps later on an aerial post, our where the submarine would be

touch with Home should be thrown open to the public.. made closer. Meanwhile, awiting better times, we cun congratulate caselves that we are not so builly

1. at Woolton, Liverpool, St. Joha-Maitland Young, of Lon- | don, to Mary Lifen, dùngkter og hibe Mr. and Mrs. David Gil nour, of Meklehunt and Siarg bai.

The China Mail" is now on gale at, and will be delivered by, Messrs. W. G. Humphreys and Co. Shameen, "Canton, "who have been appointed our

agents.

The China Mail.

*4, TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."

HOYAKONG, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919.

THE WEATHER.. '

joy_past-power of words;

And the blessed green comply meadows are all a-ripple with

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At the noise of the lambs it play and the dear wild cry of the birds.

This weather (providing it does not make still another swift changė be- fore the printer can show you thig writing almost reminds us of our

off as we were:

"BILLIARDS.

everlastingly sunny, and whose visit to Florida, a vntry advertised, SOLDIERS' CLUB TOURNAMENT

The case was very black

was very black against

CATTOLIC

January-12 pairs of socks, 2 as to your guilt" said Mr. Lindsell, "Do you know anything about him?" sweaters, Suffers. O knitted scrub he asked the Police. "Yes Sir" "Hebers, 18 food covers, 38 khaki-band. has been convicted five times before, kerchiefs, 1,320 sponge swabs, and and has been deported for five years, 1,200 rolled bandages. and is also under a sentence of February-15, rulers, 3 awenters, A. de. Sousa, C. J. Stapleton, R twenty years banishment. "Yes" 15 pairs of socks, 16 doz. khaki Pastonji, H. Overy, T. M. Cochrane continued Mr. Lindsell, "You say you handkerchiefs, 20 doz. jug and milk, and A. O. Brawn. are a very honourable and respect covers, 40 mops, 29 knitted scrub- able man, but not in our way of bers, 38 2/3 doz eye and" mouth looking at respectability." You will washers, 648 rolled bandages, and. Major E. N. Willyanis, D.S.O., go to prison for six months, and 510 sponge swaba. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, afterwards you will be brought up who was a subaltern here at the bon a charge for coming back after outbreak of war, was married in being banished.. London on December 31, to 'Miss Beatrice Jean Blewett, R.R.C., Cana- diab Army Medical Corps.

From the list of successes in the Royal Hongkong Golf Club XLadies' DEPARTMENTS.

Section) printed in yesterday's China Resuming this match at the Sold-Mail was omitted the following:

very mane boasts of Howers, Not 88th CO. KG.A. v. STAFF AND.

ong from the coral strands and fiery sins of the Pacific, we expected to

Thre. Beerver!

noise better represented by the French word for egg.

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The Wingloi passenger motor

"FAIR AND WARMER,"

· FOOTBALL MEETING.

HONGKONG LEAGUE.

MATTERS.

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The Frawley Co., Inst night to a ball League was held in the R.G.A. A meeting of the Hongkong Foot- pucked house "give their farewell per- formance and, judging by the enthu. Sergeants" Mess. Victoria Barracks, astic reception with which every occupied the chair and was supported last night. The Rev. C.B.. Shaon parb was received they bure left behind an impression, entirely in for the Hon. Secretary, (Mr. F.W. by Master Gunner G.T.May, acting

A PROBLEM FÖR A * SOLOMON,

Before Mr. Lindsell at the Magis was charged with the unlawful possession of 71 sheets of gelignite; a pleaded not guilty.

1 food but little change of temperaiers' Club last night the Staff and The Cup presented by Mrs. Dreaper i tracy this morning, a Chinese who their favour and lasting. The plot of, wright).

The business was more or less Interupting ourself atment, is Departments were 118 points behind. was won by Miss Jessie Rodger with

last night's piece which they called, humorous conceit" was almost that conventional way of represent. Last nigh: they won the two remain, a score of 1 up on bogey.

formal. The resignation of the 87th "full-house also, consisting of hg a cold hiver a good one? Sure-ing matches but not by sufficient points to wipe out the previous

A coolie waraan, giving evidence, two pairs and a knave, G. A. Forbes Company, R.G.A was approved, the reason for the team resigning being fy-not. No non ever says Brim to defcit. The first game was berwela, launch, running between Wuchow said the defendant was a foreman as Billie Bartlett is the principal ingle breath, with a shrug, and M. Sergeant Sherriff. Davis piled on account of striking a submerged work on a new building in the course liusband who never does anything Rule 10 in the League Handbook the express his sense of coll. He draws Sergeant Davis (R.G.AL) and Start o.) and Nanning, foundered on March 4 employed to supervise coolies at card in the first pair, the sort of the loss of so many players gone home for demobilization. Under up a good lead, at one time being reef in the river before reaching of construction. He gave witness a and does not even take the trouble

Fortunately the pas package of gelignite to conceal which to make his wife jealous. In the the opponents in each case.

polats for unplayed matches go to ever 50 in front, but a 25. break put Sherriff on his feet and afterwards sengers aboard were all saved, but she did. When she was arrested, second pair we have Miss Floresce

An annual job was next carried said witness, she told the whole Chapman. as "Blenny Wheeler." took the lead, finally winning by the whole of the cargo was. lost.

story to the police. 43 points. Entering the last game

She plays a similar part-to" Billie through, $120 being voted for the with his team's arrears reduced to

The defendant denied all know-as, the unsuspecting wife. Billie purchase of medals for the winning evidence the woman had given devices for the evening, and decide edge of the matter and said the false and Blanny are left to their own teams in each division of the league.. against him, resulted from the fact therefore to give their respective matches concluded, the business. The Re-arrangement of 2nd. Division: that he had refused her employment.partners some interest in Efe by matches re-arranged follow:

The defendant elected to produce compromising themselves.

S. China Ath (R) St Joseph's..

Oeufffff. Like that. Other writers may use this if they acknowledge the China Mail. • .

Kweisien.

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Hercie another grievance agafast the Censorate, that we dare not any alf we would about the contemptible

Now where were we? Oh yes contemporary weather. At Home Florida the fraudulent. There was 75, Staff Sergeant. Stanley was unable the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Sir Edmund Walker, President of now the rools must be building, and ice rind, the marges of the swampy to score the.points necessary to give accompanied by Mr. G. V. Holt, wirelessing their raucous but pools they there call lakes. Orange his own team entrance to the second, the General Manager for Western welcome story along the winds of trees were dying and end. There round but he won his game against Canada, has left Vancouver for a March. Here one cannot get into was wind that cut and bit and Co. Q. M. Sergeant Barker (88th Co.) tour in the Orient, and will arrive da, Banks for rebergs and Lungryped. A ruing wood store by 43 points. The 88th Company in Hongkong, about the middle ofment and was ordered to stand down atting generally is very finished.

witnesses to corroborate his state The dialogue is spackling and the College 22nd March 1919. polar bens beset the Battery Path the bedroom was. There thus gained the right to enter the next month. Sir Edmund's visit is while his worship dealt with other Mes Molly Malim as "Lauro Bart Only the other day bees were out, were no towers. There was a roono-semi-final versus the Hongkong partly on business and partly on kragig in Flower Stroes, pasking thy of bare pines, on fint," sandy Defence Corps.

cases on the charge sheet. It was the heavy pleasure.. pollen into theit hip-pockets, and stretchie, in a land that would have defeats experienced in the earlier "hymring our lol the sun.

Whas been depressing even without, that games that cost the Staff and Depts:} Feather! alonly the sky, and cold weather. Noting it down as the match. The scores and highest zgan the wind. Dank is the Peak a flat and swampy peninsula in-break made by each player are as sad row. A bad caddet tulk buchhabited by mosquitoes and Micaw-follows with a badkerchief to this dose, curbers "the latter waiting for sual-

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88TH COMPANY, R.GA.

ers" to turn up and buy them ost-

Bahi

Here and now we look longingly Sgt. Drummond..... To think that we have listened unreprovingly while other men talk back to the glare of Senegal, to the Gunner Donaldson

we ted back to our beloved tropics.

HIGHEST BREAK.

250

250

34 43

ed disrespectfully of the elimate at 114F of Christmas Day in the Great Home For a litle cold, för"'n Fitle | Australian Desert," to the moist heat "Aleet, to think we have self alueet of Malay Indeed, the sort of Sgt. Davis

forgetting better times when we weather is almost enough to make C. Q.M.S. Barker...... 217

Niven

250

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Donnelly

218

16

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us look forward to the climate to

halt the chattering Brook,

which some people confidently

in the tall green fern at the brink

expects us to go. If we hadn't had

178 17

Total........... 1392

STAFF AND DEPTS. ". the previous little spell of jolly suzZ-1

INGHEST BREAK. Where the harebell grows, and the shine, it might's seem so bad. And Sgt. Pearce ...... ***** 216: 21.

gorse, and the foxgloves pur-yet it is bad. We have the strongly Staff Sgt. Lyth ple and white;

held impression-nostis quis satis Sergt. Major Sainsbury 206- 16 Where the why-eyed delicate deer auror mendacium that there was Sgt. Sherratt 250 25

Come, down in a troop to drink an iole hanging from our nose just S, Q. M. S. Sherriff. 250

25 When the stars are mellow and Dow, pr

Staff Sgt. Stanley 250 16

1350

Mr. Lindsell had before him, at the Magistracy this morning, a little Chinese boy who was charged with snatching money from a man. The boy's father said he ran away from home because his mother scolded him. Mr. Lindsell:." You must exercise more control over him, and not let him run about in the street. You will now watch him receive twelve strokes and be sure to take more care of him in future."

THEFT FROM NAVAL

.. YARD.

Depts. 29th March 1919.

St. Joseph's College v Staff and

Kowloon v St. Joseph's College 5th

lett "and" "Mr. G. A. Forbes were both in excellent form. Miss Malim April 1919. **

is new to the Colony but she has 83rd Co. R.G.A. St. Joseph's won by her acting good opinions. College 12th April 1919. By the way she planen from the

South China Aih; (R) v Staff and pathetic to the humorous she has Depts. To be played in mid-week.

Royal Navy (R) v. 3rd Co. R.G.A proved herself to be a good emotiona

Charged before Mr. G.. N. Orme actress. The second ant of the play To he played in mid-week.

at the Magistracy this morning with is occupied by the two principals in- stealing iron shackles from the Naval judiciously in xing their drinks. Yard, a Chinese' who was arrested The third act is the inevitable bed- by a Police Reservist while passing room scene with variations: The the shackles to a confederate who house was kept on the edge of laugh- made good his escape, pleaded that fer from the rise to the fall of the the shackles fell at his feet and as he curtain and thoroughly appreciated picked them up, he was arrested by the witty dialogue and dash with "RETIRING ON PENSION." the Police Reservist. He did not which the play was staged..

know where the shackles came from. ...

The company leave to-day by the story and sentenced the man to one

Mr. Orme did not believe this. Yuensang for Manila. month's hard labour...

RUB IT-IN,

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EDITORS AR” “HUMAN,

"I am an erratic, "moody, and uns dependable sort of editor" says Robert Blatchford in the Clarion- "My friend Thompson's kindly and clever jibe at me when in the week of the General Election I wrote an article on Love and left põlitics severely alone was thoroughly de served. True there is method in BEST, MEDICINE MADE.”. my madness (sometimes), for, after better medicine can not be made all, what profitable thing could I than Chamberlain's Cough Remboy have said about that particular elec relieves thelungs, opens the secretions, tion at that particular time? The kids expectoration and assista Nature in

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We regret that an unauthorized reference in yesterday's China Mail, based on the advertisement of the Seamen's Home at the Praya has caused annoyance. The writer sur mised that Mr.Allen of the Sanitary large at the coming on of the It seemed to us, during a decade

Board must be retiring on pension, "Total

but on enquiry we learn Mr. Allen nights of hence, that Hongkong was pacu- Here che aly-eyed delicate dear, et larly deserving of the compliment The highest break, in the tourna"

has no intention of leaving the has cared for more rheumatism blian any restoring the system to a healthy, cond. fact is I was bored by the election the coming on of the zight, must that Charles II. paid to England, ment, to date is 51 by Mr. I. Gardment is one for the decision of the site quicker. For sale by all Clamists wrap up well in furs, and a rain-cent that it invited man syroad nie iner, Hongkong Def nce Corps.

-authorities.

good, many peoplethink rheumaticm cannot be cured without taking nauseous medicine. Chamberlain's Pain Balm massured thomughly in the skin

and Storekeepers."

and is perfectly safe to take for sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers.

and disgusted too, and I had just read a book and wanted to talk to my reader's about it."