TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1919.
Hughes & Hough
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* MEZRION" HÖNGKONG,
PUBLIC AUCTIONS-
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Also
One E F. Test in very good condition, Suitable for 6 persons Parti- onlara from the andersigned.
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INTIMATIONS.
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WITH DRAWING.
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THE
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will receive subacriptions for the above lottery from his date to the 15th Dec
mben Frox.
Four milliards francs of 5% lottery will be isauer, free of income taxes, redeemable at Fr. 600. in 75 years."
Non-convertible before 20 years. Jaate price F. 494,-per bond The Lottery will be drawn for every quarter yielding 10 million of francs in prizes yearly, the First prize in cach drawing being
Fcs. 1,000,000.
M. ROUET DE JOURNEL,
Manager. Hongkong, November 28, 1919.
HONGEONG POLICE.
THE HONGKONG POLICE VTC- TORY BALL will be held at the CITY HALL, on WEDNESDAY, 17th December, 1919. Dancing to com.
mence at.. 9 *.3..
WM. HENDERSON, Sgt,
Hon. Secretary;
Central Police Station.
Hongkong, November 24, 1919.
HONGKONG HOTEL.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS AT THE
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THE POPULAR ENTERTAINERS AILEEN & DORIS WOODS WILL APPEAR
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ON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH
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HOTEL RESIDENTS
NOTICE.
REPULSE BAY HOTEL.
Bigg
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Dated this Sixth day of November, 1919.
For the HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD. PROPRIETORA OF THE
REFULBE BAY HOTEL
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WANTED ENGLISH GENTLE
J. F. ARCHIBALD AND THE BULLETIN.
The Bulletin is now about 40 years. old. It was founded by J. F. Archi- bald and John Haynes. Haynes died two or three years ago; Archibald, on September 11, at the age of 64, leav- ing the world, especially the journalis- ric work the poorer. for his loss.
The two founders had a few-very lew-stormy years of joint-editorship, for Sydney was. then to very good place for fresh ideas. It was old- much older thart it is now. It was
& LADY require a Flas with furnitures at Kowloon or Hong-profoundly stodgy and mid-Victorian. kong at the end of December for months. Reply to Ms. C. LANE-POOLE, P. O. Box No. 1396,
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TO LET.
TO LET A Vacant Plot of LAND at Yau-ma ti. Snitable for Coal Storage. "Apply to Tas HaraxONG LAND RELAMATION Co, Ltd.
it was loyal with the old Throne and-Person type of loyalty: intensely disloyal in the national sense, seeing that it hadn't begun to know that Aus- tralia existed; and possessed of a pro- found belief that Melbourne was the home of devils, and than i Brisbane and Adelaide also set up as rivals of the old city, they would be homes of devils roo. Therefore, the new paper had an exciting, career, The principal excitement brought William Henry
TO LET A VAGANT PLOT of Trailt in as editor and chief proprietor.
LAND, Prays East.
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MOTOR SCHOONER
"WERGELAND."
Haynes dropped out and started 1. venture of his own, and the difference between it and The Bulletin was the measure of how much of the early Bulletin was Archibald and how much wus Haynes.
After a brief period as sub-editor. Archibald was in full control sbout the; end of 1885, and his reign lasted 16 of that time, from 1890 to 1902, he years, though during the last six years
was a weary man who gave little in- terest to larger matters.
Seventeen
years elapsed between the date of his complete literary retirement and his death. Yet he felt such a profound
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impression in his meteoric period that to the end he was, in the mind of everybody, Archibald af The Bulle-Park tin.
His name always appeared on the paper during his time, the visible reason why he thus identified himself with it being that he was never identi fied with anything else. The Bulletin was his existence and his one interest in life. Trail and Haynes dabbled in politics as a side-line. Archibald TENDERS are invited for the pur- would as soon have thought of apply- ebase of the ahore SCHOONER ing for a bishopric and mixing gaiters as she lies in damaged condition in with journalism as of standing for Shimonoseki Harbour. For particulars Parliament. George Reid's offer of apply to WELI SKOKWA), SAMONO-a nomination to the Upper House was rejected so promptly that the inessen- Hongkeug November 13, 1319,
ger who brought the offer was still in the act of sitting down when he got his answer, and resumed the per- pendicular before he had fairly quitted it. Archibald's only comment after- wards was that he had always man- aged to pay his own tram-fare.
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The versatile raan of theory is the one who can do everything and do it well. He doesn't exist. The ver-O-Lf Yo sutile man of reality is sometimes the Catfish,-Chik Ya Kaiser type who does everything and Codiab,-Man Ju Archibald was the Orab,-Bal....... ... does it badly. really versatile man, inasmuch as he knew what things he could do to per-
Cattle Fish,Mok Ya fection, and had az amazing knack of Dabha Mang Y... finding the men he wanted to do the Daca, Wong Mel Lap other things. He didn't write verses Dog Flab,- fit To Sha or tales or leading articles, He rever
Bols, Conger-Ed Man ... published a book-good, bad or in- Fresh water,Tam Shui Yu, different. He had no real acquaint- Yellow,-Wong din... ance with finance. His political Frog-Tin Kal... opinions were clear and deEnite, but Garoup-Shak Pan....... he never read up the evidence of Gadgson-Pak Kap Ya... them or against them in books-in
Herringe,-Tao Pak ... fact, books of reference of all sorts libat-Cheung Kwan Kay..... » were his bunt. He took a great de Cabras,-Wong Fa-Tu light the artistic, personal and social side of the paper, and in these Lobsters-Lung Ba.....
Loach-Wa Io,
directions he was unrivalled. And
Mackerel,-Chi To ... he revelled in bush reminiscences and
Mork Fish, Mong Ya... Mallet-Teal Yu... -.. rates,Shang Ho... Pazzo Flak-Kal Kong Yo`..... Rerch-Tia Lo Pike,--Fa Pat Fong... Plaice,-Pan Yu... Pomfret, Black-Hak Chong ... * Pomfret, White,-Pak Chong... Pre-Ming Ha Ray-Pal Pa Bha Bock Fish,-Shak Kan Kung salmon.- Tra...... Roach Chun Yu
old. Australian traditions. For the rest he answered the description of a certain French king who achieved great results with little visible effort. while professedly bigger men toiled incessantly to no purpose he was "well-served." He deserved to be. Capable men gravitated to him, and none of them quitted him voluntarily after they had found him. At least, only one man did so, and he was al-
ready bound to the Bar when be took a spell of journalism in passing.
of good men, and gave them credit everywhere for their. work. I some club acquaintance casually mentioned an article or a paragraph as having roused his interest he ransacked his memory to bring out the name of the writer. He was the antithesis of another newspaper magnate--not a writer himself who described every- thing as my article," and when once challenged said, "Well, it's mine. paid for it. Therefore Archibald was surrounded by an atmosphere of in- tense loyalty, and it still existed even after a long period of ill-health had somewhat dimmed his spirit..
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Incidentally, Archibald was kind to failures provided they weren't rich and pretentious failures. A good many budding newspaper hacks, who looked like becoming sub-editors to small country Job-printeties in their old age, he steered with much trouble
into other and more hopeful walks of life.
...
He was a lonely man in his later yearea childless widower with no near relatives close at hand. He had ho hobbies after he abandoned his youthful. habit of catching fish, or, rather, he forgot about the habit in his journalistic Interests. Being asked Jatterly if he had any special amuse ments, he said he devoted some time to collecting and studying-bores, whom be unearthed at clubs and other haunts, and that he meant to bequeath his collection to the country, ma
When Archibald died he left to numerable friends and no enemies save the kind that every, man ought to have.
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