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HAXONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1990.

ADVERSARIÁ.

Variety is the spice SEEDED A of life, and at some CILINGE time or another all

XEW PLAY FOR HONGKONG AMATEURS,

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defied him.

THE CHINE.

LOGAL AND GENERAL,

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FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1920,

SERIOUS BUSINESS SITUA- TION AT SHANGHAI

. THE PIECE GOODS TRADE.

SIGNS OF ALARM AMONG DEALERS,

A FORECAST THREE MONTHS AGO..

NEW ASSESSMENT OF THE COLONY.

RATEARLY VALUE INCREASED.

The report on the assessment for the year 1920-1921, states

1. By order of His Excellency the Governor in Council, I have made a new valuation of the whole Colony.

2-The Whole Colony.The result

to $344,335, an addition of $1,570 or 0:45 per cent

5.-Shaukiwan, Saiwanho, and Quarry Bay-The rateable value has increased from $409,165 to $415,550, an addition of $6.355 or 158 per cent."

+1

Drametis persona: up, and camouflaged. Let is call Mr. Palate (a sport f A—that in the interests of YY. Professor Brain (a special discriminating regulations wise but week old and treatment are provided against "Nil" is the one word written gentleman) Mrs. 77. Our first critic,Policeman," across to-day's return of notifible Stomach this house- with a plausible but entirely frandu- | disease.. |keeper) Gastric Juice (a servant) lent air of being fair and square and

and others who are named as they logical and practical, said :** Bur It is announced that a réduction we are getting away from the real in the Peak tram service will com. Act I. Scene I.

issue. Which is B. (It wasn't:mence from today, owing to delay The N. C. Daily News of Friday Mr. Palate The cocktails and it was A. In his next he repeated in the delivery of the reserve wire last say—

liqueurs, the spicy dishes the trick, saying: The real issue rope by the manufacturers.

During the past week or two car- and the wines.

is G. (It wasn't: it was still A.)

tain vague signs of a coming storm Were company most pleasing. Onlooker” has since weighed in An Indian living in Tia Lok bave been apparent on the local Forbidding them the house" with another auswer to Police Lane, Wanchai, was removed to the business horizon and today they My Uncle Brain did prove his man," and if he does feally have Government Civil Hospital yesterday appear to be taking definite shaps. of the new valuation is that the rate- narrow mindedness, and I the same thing at heart as we have suffering from injuries received The utterings of trouble were to be able value of the whole Colony has he will exense us for not printing through being knocked down by a heard at meetings of Chinese piece increased from $16,304,801 to I choose my friends, Let-them it, because it helps the other sidecar, in Praya East, opposite goods dealers, called to consider the $17,408,959, an addition of $1,104,158

eavil that will. I choose. by buying the plain and unpiess-Mallory Street. His condition is not present situation of business, and or 6.77 per cent.

3-The City of Victoria-The considered serious.

they took the form of demands for MSC Stomach; They make a loi ing issue under a stack of words.

of work. It seems to me

cancellation of contracts, and prob-rateable value has increased from Another Policeman." whose The two Chinese who were last ably even threats of a repudiation- tion of $875,910 or 6.65 per cent.

$13,154,420 to $14,030,330, an addi-. In thinking only of yourself, rhymed jeer we printed yesterday, week remanded by Mr. R. O. Hutchi. The position has now advanced so

yuu'll come to grief.

4.-The Hill District.—The rateable helped us more, by illustrating the son on a charge of murdering Chinese far that a meeting of members of the Mr. Palate Bah! "Are you not fact that Tag some people it is ab-District Watchman No. 18, Hau American Chamber of Commerce has value has increased from $342,745

paid for what you do? surd to care what happens to a Cheung, at the junction of Li Sing been held to consider the outlook, G. Juice: Such rudeness to a cooliè. Keith West," who is Street and Connaught Road West, on and further meetings are taking

lady! Such haughty ways. Igical enough to satisfy even the night of May 31, were again place. Bespeak the tyrant that the times Policeman's professed love for before the Magistrate this morning.

will suffer not much more, logic, pans the position more clearly Inspector Willis said that he was An article published in these What is my pittance, for, all be than any other correspondent has prepared to proceed with the case at columns some three months ago on

makes me do?

done. He writes

any time now. His Worship fixed the piece goods situstion dealt with 6.-Hongkong Villages.-The rate- Mr. Palate: What now? A Bol-To me the whole of the Police-the hearing of the case for Joly 2. possibilities of the type which have able value has increased from

shevik: upon my word, an nmn-Adversarian contest: Larrows

now arisen. At the time when ex- $269,967 or $315,980, an addition of anarchist.

down to one small point: the secret The master of the steamh launch change was rising orders for piece $46,013 or 17.04 per cent. The lower orders seem to grow of their fight is simple but ignored. | "Tungon reports that at 2 pm, goods poured in considerable quanti- 7-Kowloon Point-The rateable more saucy every day. The Adversarian accuses the major yesterday, while the vessel was ties, and besides the old-established value has increased from $709,665 Who asked him to bitt in? He ity of Europeans" here, including bound for Aberdeen, when near the dealers, entirely new Chinese firms to $733,815, an addition of $24,150

should be neither seen nor the official Europeans and the To Yuen Restaurant in West Point, took a hand in the business. The or 3.40 per cent. heard.

Police who have to obey them, of one of the passengers jumped over abnormal exchange had counteracted 8.-Yaumati-The rateable value. Prof. Rain: A trusted servant. treating the Chinese, and especially board. The launch was immediately the rise in manufacturers' prices and has increased from $437.780 to nephew, that hath served me the poor Chinese children, as a stopped and several seamen jumped there is no doubt that on the flowing $498,555, an addition of $52,805 or well.

class beneath then, a class ton to try and save the man but, were tide of prosperity a good deal 12.06 per cent. Indeed do depend upon him. He compelled. Bullied... legislate o successful in finding him. It is of business, was done which was

9-Mongkokisui.-The rateable When he fails,

against. and condemned as a mui- apparently a case of suicide

largely speculative. Goods were value has increased from $330,390 He leaves me por inded-un- sânge.

ordered "when the tael was in to $385,515, an addition of $55,135. halaned, helpless. I might Policeman" ignores this charge on business at No. 3 Untai Street, re- far

"A feki of a Chinese firm carrying the region of 8s or more, and, so or 16.65 per cent.

23 American manufactures as well be dead:

10-Hanghom and Hukun-The and makes a countercharge of in-ports to the Folice at No. 7 Station were concerned, at about 140 and rateable value has decreased from Am should I die. how then are practical sentimentalism-demands that while he was walking in 150, and to-day the dealers are faced $395,080 to $394290, a reduction of

you to live?.

practical suggestions..

Bonham Strand at about 3 pm, with the arrival of cargo with the $790 or 0.19 per cent. The decrease Let him first clear himself and yesterday, he was set upor by three tael down to 4/6 and 69 gold cents. is caused by a piece of land formerly. his kind of the inputation of dismen, one armed with a knife. and Even with firms of standing it would used for storage of coal having been terimination between European and relieved of $400 in notes entrusted not have been possible to fix all the vacated.

Chinese, between rich and por. to him by bis employer to pay a bill.exchange at the time of ordering. Let him, if he can.

The robbers disappeared in the although in a proportion of cases a Then will we overwhelm the direction of Heung Hing Lane. No certain amount was done. With the repentant Policeman with practical arrests have yet teen made.

firms of less substance nothing of the suggestions for regulating hawkers

kind could have been attempted, and

12.-New Kowloon-The rateable and other people. "i

Inspector Lanagan, of Sam- their only hope lax in a continuance value has increased from $143,090 That we never shuipo, this morning charged a of high rates.

to $157,670, an addition of $16,580 SQUARE DEAL aimed at the Chinese before Mr. R. O. Hutchison

or 11'58 per cent. (LUB. Palice as the re. with having broken into an unaum

13.-Vacanc Tenements. The sponsible offenders bered matshed, and stolen a suit of Concan's gaine rust, have been char to every clothes valued at $1, and with having menal drop since the beginning of number of tenements reported to be that Jour canader who weighed our words. returned to the Colony after having the year will hit practically all the vacant averaged about 80 monthly.

It must be remembered, as compared with 100 last year... play

We lappen to know that they are been banished for life on May 20. dealers. Bn five's the team sent out specially to catch jurenie He denied the first charge and however, that last year the Chinese nakes thawkers, and that some of them pleaded guilty" to the other. The firms were making handsome pro Police withdrew the first charge and fits, and the leading dealers will be don't like the lab. We have asked for a remand, until to-morrow able to meet present losses and still One turning deck is best, they say many policemen friends, all good-morning as they were not yet ready show a profit on the two years' trad- atured, kind-hearted fellows. that to proceed with the charge of retura-ing. Others may not be so fortunate, Then on some lovely night of June we had to search for an explanation ing from banishment. The application but where the firm's capital existed

July or March or even May)

of their conduct: We found it in was granted. Five gamblers hopeful, sit them

Jaxon

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1 cannot leave you aught of wans having but th' life

When I cease. your allowance

interest.

Cras?= 100.

Mr. Palate (aside): Fussy old

ass.

Shrickstrom Mrs. Stomach. Help. Help. Murder, etc. Enter Police Inspector Salts. [Very fortunately for decorum) the rest of this mss. is missing. Fa. C.M.T

BALLADE ひど

COONGAN.

bow:

that

If it include the joker loda.

was suspected of complicity, in zuurder. Now the Government las offered O'Brien a parole form to sign. If he signs it he is a quite This most exciting game to play. freeman, although suspected of complicity in murder. The parole Fach, thinks that he can make it form requires hins to take no part

jay-- in politics, either directly or in The con that can: th directly. He is asked to refrain from complicity at in nurder, but They watch, they pick.

they say. in politics. This means that the arrest and "internment (without And overhead climbs, half a moon. trial) of himself and hundreds of The dawn will be upon them soon.

The business of another day.

coon-

the general European frame of mind towards the intrusive poor.

WXS

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NEW FIRMS HARD HIT. There is no doubt that the pheno~ |

more or less on paper, or where speculation and over-trading were

11-Kowloon Villages. The rate- able value has increased from $112,509 to $139,909, an addition of $26,400 or 23.46 per cent.

AR: B3 DESERT P&0.

SHIP.

KA-TREATMENT. ALLEGED.

Before

men, including other prominem Irishmen was par Lube jossy one would play till noon feet their faces against every appar-7 the assailant-relieved him of $2.50 exceedingly difficult, and in cases tain?-We tried to do so, but were

3

of a war, not against crite, hat; ticians, feel that they need change. In the debate on the Pro- against opinion.

fiteering Bill, Pemberton-Billing M:P. said: "I feel to-night that

I must, speak the truth.”,

CONVALE-

The devil was

sick.

But work's the boss all iust obey.

Envoy. Discussing the great! 48 ony" oil problein, and the This is the moral of the ruge:

gre. British empire's share That some" coons can, but others

Nay. of the world's supply.)

STREET

TRAFFIC.

the Marine Magistrate The driver of ricsha, No. 503 re-rife, the situation may be very to lang usage in bullying, to calports that at 7.15 p.m. to the 23rd serious. At the present moment (Commander C.W. Beckwith, R.N.) Pusness induced by familiarity, and inst, his vehicle was engaged at the for not only have they to meet their three Arab seamen of the P. & 0. their prospects are thoroughly bad, at the Marine Court this morning, this

rather generous) to Yaumati ferry wharf by a respectable thoughtlessness. Hence our Square looking Chinese who instructed him engagements on a lower exchange, s.s. "Devanha" were charged with unjossy Deal Club, with its simple pledge to drive to Kowloon City. Whes but the state of the country, in having deserted the ship in Hongkong which every decent person should they reached an isolated spet between particular the turmoil in Hunan at harbour on June 23. They pleaded That's be willing to take. It is, perhaps. Mataskok and Yaumati, the fare" the moment, denotes an absence of guilty." They said they deserted a confirmation of the correctness of suddenly jumped out of the vehicle orders. In the circumstances they because they were beaten every day our diagnosis that so-far only two and attacked him with a hammer, have been endeavouring to cancel by the Indians on board.

The Magistrate: But surely, you men have accepted the invitation. After belabouring him, leaving black their contracts, both in Europe and

pledge themselves that they will and blue marks all over his body, America, but they have found this could have complaiced to the Cap-

impossible.

not allowed to see the Captain.. Jent breach of our British tradition which represented all his day's tak

AMERICAN MERCHANTS' MEETING. A representative, of Messrs. "Mac- ings. The robber then disappeared of fairplay.

into the gloom.

As a consequence of representa-kirman, Mackenzie, and Co., the local The official attitude 14

tions made to them by their Chinese agents of the ship, said that the Com- that the real issue is

constituents same 40 members of the pany did not know that the defendants Sergeant Kelly, of No. 2 Police American Chamber of Commerce met had deserted the ship until they gave the regulation of street trafic. It isn't.

Station, this morning charged a We

on Wednesday to consider the post-themselves up to the Police. The Chinese before Mr. R. O. Hutchison, at tion The sense of the meeting ap- Captain of the ship had gestions if it were starting with

for unfawful purpose, of a chopper.be made to induce the manufacturers pany before sailing. The Company Truth. beauty.

poor people. The real issue is a after having been banished for a gested that the Commercial Attache for information, but as the ship had ILLUSIONS goodness, right RETROUVEEN. and wrong. What inue to have one law for the poor 1916. Accused said that he took the A committee of seven was appointed, available

principle whether we are to con-period of 10 years on February 6, should be approached on the subject. not yet arrived there, none was is truth?

Only Chinese, and an easier law for all chopper out with him to cut some subsequently increased to 12, to go Why should the

the one facet that faces your point

His Worship: When is the ship Adyurarian pine of view. What is beauty? All in awaken the public conscience. If for medicine. With regard to the a few of the American firms represent 16.

others. Our particular job is to banyan trees in order to get the juice into the matter. It is understood that due back in Hongkong-On July To stuff his cars the eye of the beholder anything we fail in that, there is no hope. second charge, the defendant admited also deal in British piece goods, and feet have touched his own doorstep with cotton? Because sound read he takes pleasure in looking at. The monstrous idea that nearly ted that he had been banished, but in view of this and also of the pre-16. In the meantime the P. & O. The case was remanded until July Round you turn, thumb to nose,ers say. That's fine." And still and tastes differ. What is good- fingers extended, and yah" is more That is rotten, Maskeeness? Anything, that seems good every poor Chinese child is a born said that be could not remember how ponderance of British interests in the Company is to house the defendants your yell. How quickly fades all He blows his own small trumpet. to you, often bed to another, like rinunat may be officially and coin. long ago it was. He returned to find piece goods trade in China, it was in, a seamen's boarding house and vivid, true recollection of

And those who do not like, may the filial piety of a thief stealing only held. It figures in the loose work as a coolie. Sergeant Kelly resolved to approach the British see that they do not leave the emotions of illness in wellness.

lump it.

speech of Everyman every day, as withdrew the first charge and pro- Chamber of Commerce, asking whe-Colony.. for his sick mother, What is rightwell as between the lines of our ceeded with the second. The Magisther the latter body would be pre You see differently, think differ.

Mr. Bonar Law and wrong? A boundary as im Policeman critic. ently. In becoming yourself again,į

The truth is trate convicted the defendant on the pared to take joint action. A meet- you have become another man. By the time you have grumblingly paid your doctor, the value of the

SCENCE. e. The devil got well,

be wise or foolish virgins? Whe

shoon

not

the devil a saint would a London paper asks: Shall weLet these who have the fuck should have plenty of practical sus the Magistracy, with the possession, peared to be that every effort should reported the desertion fo the Com- the devil a saint was ther we be wise or foolish, in the Play councan. Others. Keep away motorists who kill so many of our and with returning to the Colony to cancel contracts, and it was sug- had cabled to the ship at Shanghai

he. As the tide of health creeps slowly back, the old Adam Boats in on it. Your meekness dwindles with your weakness. You feel like the Iron Duke with Blucher gom- ing up, or like a fleeing boy whose

warning is entirely lost. The burn-

ed child does not always dread the

fire.

AL GAROBA.

Our old friend C. J.

vent, the answer must still be, as they say in Parliament, in the negative.

DISTRACTING.

OF TWO EVILS. Confessed in the aginary as the equator, varying so that, Hongkong is the chief criminal second charge and passed sentence ing of the British Chamber of Com CHOOSE BOTH. House of Com-graphically longitudinally trans mansfactory of the empire. W of 12 months imprisonment with merce Committee was held yesterday

KOOS that our ferable terms like east and west. Goyerament, or some are of it. After saying these things. the are making them, by our treatment hard labour.

th

has been supplying General Wran-maker of definitions girded up his of then.

gel's anti-Russian army with stores loins and went forth (even as you. and munitions. He seems to think or I) to look for truth, beauty, good- it some excuse that these were first ness, and right.

Ethics do not C. Hyne, creator of

meant for Denikin, but that Deni-[need a basis, since life is based on "Captain Kettle, who, by a coincidence, has settled kin had not time to use them before ethics. -down at Kettle in Yorkshire, makes be was defeated, says the Manches a slip in one of his last collection ter Guardian. As we know that at

of short stories. He describes 2

naked man as sleeping under a

great algobra" It is evident be

mezus

al garoba" of the Arabe:

the spiny carob.. The ground be

neath such a tree would be full of

least a part of our Government is

BIER.

One of Pussyfoot John son's friends says we can- not:prove that beer won

trying to resume peaceful relations for Britain until we show that it with Russia under the novel form didn't lose for Germany. That's

M. P. IN OVERALLS.

FROTEST AGAINST HIGE PRICES.

A Renter message states

men

evening to consider the matter, and an announcement will be made to members in a few days, further

UNLUCKY HOUSE.

TWO FIRES IN ONE DAY.

DAMAGE NEGLIGIBLE,

The Fire Brigade was called out

DEARER BEAUTY.

£30 HAIR-BRUSHES.",

Beauty is becoming more expen- meeting of the American Chamber sive to maintain. Everything coa- will be held to-day.

nected with the care of the hair and It is stated that not only piece complexion increased in-cost. goods but likewise iron and chemi- cals are affected by the present situz tion but not to the same extent.

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Hair washes that contain alcohol have gone up to double the price. they were last spring, and face pow- der has risen about one-third in less- than that time. Hair-cuttings sham» - pooing, waving, and dressing are considerably, dearer than before the war, but no further rise is expected for a time.

that at about 2.30 pm, yesterday to at ANOTHER SNAKE STORY. of government that she has adopt the worst of all these reformers Major JR. Pretyman Newman, M.P., tend to a fire which was reported to ed, it seems that some surt of fight they never have a first-hand know. Chairman of the Middle Classes have broken out in a house in Sey-6T, SNAKE IN A MOTOR-CAR, about Russia is still going on in-our ledge of the things they meddle Union, has taken the lead in appear-mour Road

All toilet appliances are very much British beer is beer. Gering in overalls in the House of Arrived at the scene, it was dis

more expensive; especially brushes. the finest and hardest prickles, and Cabinet, one" party, wanting war with.

A motorist at Port Shepstone, Ivory backed brushes at £9 each and be worse than a bed of nettles to with her and the other peace, and man beer is lager. One is a drink, Commons following the protest covered that the fire was located

house Natal, on going to the tool box of his blonde tortoreshell ones up to £30. The beans of the al- that, instead of deciding to have the other a drug. One has body against the excessive price of clothes in the basement of the sleep on:

quantity of rubbish motor car, which was under apiece are for the wealthy. Even garoba, when ground, make an ex either, the Cabinet is cumiprotuising the other gas. One nourishes, recently adopted in America. The where a

of the middle" class, and old stores had been accumulated the back seat, heard a hiss the ordinary wooden-backed brushes cellent, meal, with a generous sugar Ministers are

and trying to have both. Our originates healthy "re-actions; the states Major - Newman, cannot A hose was immediately played on ing sound, and discovered are about 16s. They once were a

at the same time other has a through ticket and content, but to eat of the locust throwing out feelers for a resuing merely inflates the brain cavity is possibly, pay the present enormous the flames and the fire was soon ez deadly "green mamba snake coiled third of that price. To re-bristle a beans as gathered from the tree tion, of ordinary civilised relations passing. One won, the other lost cea of clothes; and the engineer tinguished. But for the fact that up in the box He quickly seized the good silver-backed brush costs 35s. Mr. Hynes man must have had with Russia and giving bribes of One was beer, good, strong bitter aitable for office nse than the or and the promptitude with which the make out the reptile but without 2s. 6d., are 75: 6d. now, and little was much more the outbreak was discovered early, tools wanted, and then attempted to and upwards. Nail scissors, once good appetite and good teeth,

shells and bully-beef to anyone who beer. The other faugh! There' dinary lounge suit. Major. Newman fire fighters answered the call, the success. On the following morning pocket files, formerly sold at 2d Alderman William will attack her. It is a nice ques no comparison.

is Coalition Unionist member for fire might have had serious results. he drove the car down to the garage, each, cost 9d. to-day-w- MURDERER OR O'Brien, Dublin tion whether double-dealing of this

Others now want to Finchley. He served in the Sports As it was no damage was done where the proprietor bit on the idea POLITICIAN? labour leader, was kind is baser treatment of Russia JUVENILE lengthen the discusnan's Battalion in the war.

At 9 pin, "the brigade was again | of giving the snake a whiff pr.two of released from herself or of the deluded adventur. HAWKERG. Sion of the treatment In the East long-suffering wearers called to the same house, this time to chloroform. The make then came Wormwood Scrubbr after a "hun-ers whom it induces to run their

of street hawkers of European clothes would save attend, to a small fire which had out in a semi comatose condition, and ogising, for his detention, Bonarian nationalism-much strengthen very indulgent. We have watched cheap cotton pyjaman might serve This was also quickly extinguished. Law (to whom apply. Lombroso 3d, of course, by all this foreign our main point an allegation the purposes of a protest, the measure Beyond the destruction of a quanlity. anthropometric tests) said in Par patronage of any and every invader Hongkong resident can honestly of indignation being ganged by the of clothing, no damage was done to iament that Alderman O'Brien of Russian soil.

denybeing ignored, and covered I colours selected

the house or property)

suit

CAUSE OF DESPONDENCY,

gef strike.!! On March, 12, apol-heads into the brick wall of us especially juvenile. We have beer (nothing by wearing overalls,, -but broken out in the servants' quarters. was easily depatched. It measured 6fESPONDENCY, is often-caused by

"indigestion and 'constipatione And a quickly disappears when Chusherlin's *ablets are take. These tablelabeng- * then the digestion and move the bowels. WALLA-WALLA" LAUNCHES For sale by all Chemists and store-

Phone No. 3516,

terpen.