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SATURDAY,

CORRESPONDENCE

CONSCRIPTION.”

[To the Editor of the " China Mal

Dear St.-Your correspondent "Had Some expresses with cogency and purrectness the feelings of most ex sévicemen, who have succeeded in

und keep a thum

shovels have bee

ocesalan, while the cookie has a burnished knob and mina l you go in the Show, with dofius ot other equally maniscal turnoute and perhaps get turned down ** straight-

away because your horses are a bit at No. 58 Bonhany too heavy for that particular entry, sharged with having emerging from the meshes of British Brown went in for the competition | declaration before

THE CHINA MAIL.

militarism with their reflective powers and I was glad to see he didn't go Melbourne, Commemorer of Outl not wholly impaired. His indictment 'daft over his stuff. It was nice and at the Supreme Court, of the "Spit and Polish” panjandrums (la respectable as possible

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The false declaration is alleged to has been made by the defendant in

defandant.

that Aquino, wan

there

{his kinda ga

Magistrate: Has he been encamined by two docton 1-fok in asnjuneći

The Crown Soliciter, Mr. H. X. The jail reminds me of two instances of "Spit without going "poshing mad-bet Holmes, prosscuted, and H. Lea and Polish icy which will more he took quite a back seat. This Longinotto defended. your readers less to laughter than to takes place a few miles from the firing tears. I came across them recently me. And people wonder why we are whilst reading a war narrative and, so slow in winning the War!" they are so amusingly flustrative that your readins will doubtless ap- preciate their reproduction at length. Speaking of a South Easter and Chatham Railway engine which cared mach side splitting in Ar-as Bailway Station, the author staten

"It was one mass of bright paint and glittering steel and bram, looking as if it had just taken first prize at a Bailway Exhibition at Olympia Everything from the brass fittings to

Of course, the burnished coal abovel simply delighted the judges The Staff Officers chortled with glos over the new paint, the bright lids firm, for a and the whitewashed rope on the promissory note. prize cooker, and though other is

a. Common Law sotion in which Mr. But he has been azammed by, a good A. J. Murray sned Messrs Walter Ford many doctors from time to time. & Co., and Fang Yan-am; (defend-is a pity to let him go to and ant) said to be a partner in the fo like that. Bandes, he is

sum of money on muince both is the Horm and the

The defendant J alleged to have stated The Magistrate ordered the defend vehicles approached this in drivelling in a written declaration: I deny ant to return to the Home, and gave be examined by idiocy the burnished poker carried that I am a partner in such defendant instructions that the day, I'm thankful this took firm or that I was a partner therein the doctor. place in uninhabited regions so that at the time of the action; or that I¦ there were no French soldiers erfarver, was a partner.” civile there to-tee it.”!

In consequence of a statement put

signing the

he had never

moved any report or dividend from the firm..

will be charged, on all

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·lying locso at Fanling shar the Slat

ały unless lockers si sil engaged.

By Order: PEROY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING,

Acting SecretariNE. *Songkong, July 1, 1922

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

HEREBY, GIVE NOTICE of { War Remns to new fun on

the 2nd Floor of No. 4, Dem Vorex Road, Central, Erpan lit July, 1922.

CAWASTEE. PALLANJEE & CO." Hongkong, July 1, 1992.

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. ha

coming-meetings, lectures-and the defendant made another declars

ALL preliminary pences of forth- entertainments, sent for insertion in tion admitting that the rignature at

Li Fook-t, a check employed by the news columes of the China Mail, the bottom of the partnership agree ment of the firm was his but that he Hears. Wilkinson and Grist, solicitors, are charged for at the rate of $1 each; testified that he interpreted the. (as announced in May and June of could not member signing it.

Mr. II. A. Nubes, Registrar of the original partnership agreement to the last year) providing that they do not to make sare occupy more than four lines In defendant knew fature if this space is exceeded they' Sopreme Court proved that the first defendant, and declaration was filed an October 28, that

agning, the will be placed in the advertising 1921 and the second on November 2, what 1921. On account of the defendant's witness rendered the name Walter columns at the prevailing raw first declaration, judgment, which Ford and Co. intò Chinese a in the ordinary course-would have follows: Yaa Cheung Yeung Hong." been delivered on October 28, 1921 The defendant made it quite clear to the witness than that he was part- was deferred for a week,

By Mr. Longicotto: The partner-ner of the firm.

The case was adjourned for a week, ship agreement was dated a black date in December, 1915. The de bail being allowed in the sum fendant Ead also stated that since $2,000.

the rivets and steelwork looked na if Local Volunteer fans will probably in later by Mr. H. Lyon, solicitor, it had been cleaned for a week on end bold that there is no red tape is the and the abiting dome alone was H.KY.D.C, that drills are negligible enough to attract half a dozen sers and that we are shying at a bogey. planes from alaz. Nothing could have In that case they need to be told that been more inappropriate in the yard there is no guarantee that with a of a station five miles from the enemy, change of Commandant they will not a station where the baldings were be gingered up, there is no guarantee shattered and scarcely a pane of glass that it may not be found "necessary" remained in the roof. A filthy old to increase the parades. In any cas French engine paffed alongside about military discipline is no less obnoxious the same time, the gay driver of because it is doled out in small there would which gazed at the show-piece with as dose; in any case much-aurusement as ourselves. be footing parades on ceremonial

'Say, that's the way to win the cocasiona. War'shouted Jones. Who pays for your Brasso!'

But the British engine-driver merely grinned. It was only another form of the same lunacy-"Spit and Polish" in the Railway Operating Depart mert!"*.

In conclusion, I would like to scho Roderick Random's comment in the Daily Press in connection with the idea of unscripting an unanfranchised British Community, which idea was undoubtedly present in the mind of His Excellency, the Officer Adminis atering the Government, when speaking It is at the Volunteer "amoker.” indeed surprising that a Government which seeks so much assistance from the local British Community should yet slow so little sympathy with the 1500 signatories to the recent Petition for enfranchisement and reform of

The other instance refers to certain Divi-ional Horse Show held Bear Bapsame. The author writes "This broaubt "Spi and Polish" to

■ stage where it and I definitely part ed company. The frantse polishing efforts at Magnicourt La Gorgue and Agnes were quite sane by comparison

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with the exhibition which we got now. the constitution. This was really the maximum effort;

yet made by the Authorities to win

Yours faithfully,

"HAD ENOUGH"

tanded to assist towards that end,AND EVEN YET WE ARE FOT

the War (for presumably it was in

otherwise the energy expended could

well base been diverted to more

IN THE JOKE.

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useful chantele, such as digging lines;To the Editor of the " China Mail. ***

Dear

Sir-With regard to the rumdur mentioned by your correspon-

of defence). The strength of our feeling over the matter may be ganged from the following letter dent. "Charcoal"I heard quite s 26/9/17.".... There are several

different yarn about the same subject. competitions for various kinda of It soms that just about the tie the horses and males in limbers, cookers, godown" deal was to be completed de, all with harness. We sent in two the a ght watchman one night sud- or three entries to-day but none of denly discovered oil cosing out them got anything. You simply can't under the doorway. This informs imagine the extreme lengths of idiocy tion got around very quickly to which the poshing-up crate will go with the help of one or two interest- For weeks certain men, mostly details,ed parties and the Company had to have been engaged in painting close the deal for the godown at an vehicles and bumishing all possible increase of something like $250,000, bright parts, polishing screws, whiten- more than the original price. I also ing cords and drag-ropes, bamishing heard that the ordering of drilling bakes and the rims of the wheels and machines etc., is in the hands of a shining up bram babe, until the whole

very "prominent member of the turnout maker you almost shed tears! of rage at the waste of energy, time, Company, so we might yet hear of

some good developments shortly.

Yours faithfully,

Hongkong 30th June, 1923.

labour and money, not to mention material. Things have come to s when men file brakes, swivels and hooks for caya, clean them with

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