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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1928
TEA SHOP SHOT.
pleased him. He went t place habits "custom loathsome to the eye, baldasb head of anything to show every day. The last two he took bateful to the nose, harmful to the what his address might have been the several friends and followed his brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in previous year. He did, however sign custom of giving a special order. the black, stinking fame thereof in initiala in the confident baliaf, Before leaving, Balfour said,." Henry, nearest reambling the horrible doubtless, that they'd be speedily re I am going away." The old coloured Stygian amke of the pit that in cognised. Touching isn't it, the The soap king attributos his good man said. "I'm sorry. But anytime bottomless " This attack has evoked simplicity of mankind? health to regular habits and taking you or your friends who can't read the following lines from a modern pleasure in his work. He has never want something to eat come here epigrammatist, accepting the tradi smoked, and he drinks alcohol only on I'll be glad to fix up a meal for tion that Raleigh, who was erecated special occasions. His only outdoor | them."
under James' order, first brought exercise is walking. He spends the
tobacco to England - svazing to social" pleasures or a-visit
Sir Walter Raleigh Name of worth, to the theatre; and makes it a role never to discuss business after leaving the offler,
Indian constablos are THEY beings, apart. They live Atoo in another world-until
BERVE. - a motor car happens.
How sweat for thee to know King James who never smoked on
- earth,
Je smioking down below.
RIUCE FOR THE
.00089,
PAINTING CONTRACTOR
CHARGED.
Wan Ko, the painting contractor Business men rushing who figured in the shooting affair in THAT home for tiffin complain the Sam Yuan teahouse, Queen's PEAK that the Peak tram is often Road Central on November 1, was TRAM Drowded with ladica reproduced before Mr. E. W. Hamilton ORUSE. turningfrom theirshopping this morning, charged with
As these good ladies could having wounded 骢 easily citoh earlier trams, the latest named Chang Wo; and, in the alteri ̈ suggestion (made by some indignant native, shooting with intent to kill. barrassed butitor men) is that shop. Mr. A E. Hall appeared for the ping Irdjes should be corraled in the prosecution, and Mr. H, L. Dennys 'cage" until the first heavy ruah is represented the accused. Mr. E.D.O over. A piquant spectacle, what? Wolfe watched the casa for the police,
along. Then they evince Doesn't smoke and rarely drinks. sigue cf life, just enough, however, Huh! a bonny citizen he'd make here for a graceful wave of the hand to where the minor vices" are among spaed the flivver on its beadlong way.
If the Colony's Captain the mainstays of our revenue. Hong About the tilin hour you will
Superintendent of Police kong taipans one cannot picture joftimes see them towering above a
has the right to try
Met a convivial diner abroad at 4.30 a.m., but many of swirl of ricehas, chairs and pedestrians
palice, offenders depart- BY-TRODUCTS, ouz doring the week them follow the lordly example to like a stately shop walker in a bargain volying. civilians, then the head of the latest festiva party had fared
mentally for offences in
and asked him how garding alooohol. They only take it sale rush. Apparently it never on special occasions, Those apscial ocoure to them that other trafic any big commercial firm has equal "Oh," said he, "huge success. accasions, however, are like focal besides motor
traffic requires clerk (say) who has embezzled a
right to try a dishonest employed--a got $30 for the empties?' labour guilds. They blossom overs regulating. Or perhaps they have few thousand dollars. Absurd? Of day.
never been told.
WHERE
WAIT.
.
Man has invented many marvellous things-the FORTUNES telepone, the flying machine, wireless, and a host of other wonders. Yet be bas still to invent a cure for neuralgia, a really compant umbrella -and a quite satisfactory soft drink.
MORE
HIGA
WASN'T
THAT
course it is.
IN
FIELDS
THE POPPIES DLOW..
ARMISTICS DAY.
TWO MINUTES' SILENCE IN HONGKONG.
We
I awoke with a start.
How tender, how The awaying motion of the chair had lulled me
poignant is the mean- FLANDERS ing of the poppy the QUEER? into a light doze-in the
Armistics Day token moonlight, too. The obair was now-rating-in-the-middle-
which will bring sew of the deserted road-the coolies
colour into our afrests To-day's Government 'Guzeile states appeared to have fled incontinently.
on November 11 for that the King has expressed his wish Suddenly I espied a white figurer Service men and their dependants there should be completo suspension of the benefit of needy that on Armistice Day, November 11, Опе very
puzzlig advancing slowly, sadly. Ouree the Earl Haig's message, "On Armistice normal businese during two minutes' feature of the Italian "minor vices, surely the fellow wat Day you shall a k the people to retilence commencing at 11 am. upheaval was Muzso very queer. Could- Yes the member the dead, who never die, in POLITICS. lint's support of the distant street lamp shone through red poppies," was doubtless suggested monarchy. Mussolinibad him, My blood frazo, I had by the already famous lines of the hitherto always lostered the Republican (orgottes. This was Hallowmas Eve. late
Colonel M'Crao, of the tendency of Fascism. He hid never Horrorattuck, spellbound, I watch Canadian- denied its Syndicalist origin. And ed him slowly approach. My terrified In Flanders' fields the poppies blow yet the cables reported him not only gaze now noticed that he was attired Between the crosses, row on row, accepting the existing form of gov in the fashion of the early sixtite. That mark out place; and in the sky croment but also pledging himself the Giving me a grave bow, I thought he The larke, stili bravely singing, fly, King's "obedient servant. Perhaps intended to pass silently along, but, Searce heard amid the guns below. bo was impressed by the crowd's no, he stopped and spoke, eatbugise for the King. That "Why have you done this?" ho We are the dead, short days ago. clever_monarch, by refusing to sigo asked mournfully, accusingly,
We lived, felt-dawn-saw sunect glow, the martial law proclamation (and
Loved and were loved, and now we lie incidentally sacrificing the Facta Cabinet which had staked everything on this last move to check Fascist ambitions) bad won the wildest enthusiasm of the crowd. Perhaps, again, Mussolini'a bole ambition was to become premier the cables re ported him refusing to participate in
"Done What?" I faltered. "Deformed our Hongkong!" "Deformed your Hongkong!" I exclaimed, incensed at his superior tone. "Don't you know that we have made your Hongkong into a fiae city, a great port, a vast entrepot, a--"
"Stop!"His baleful eyes glared uncannily. His tone acquired a not3 |
In Flanders' fields.
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Why can't the budget de- way bata take place in the even- NOT ing? Held in the afternoon TRY of a busy day, few people IT? can attend. Many who know our bonourables only by
mer
Mr. Dennys applied for bail. In reply to the Magiattato, Mr. complainant was in any serious Wolfe said that he did not think the danger. According to the medical (certificate, it would be unsafe for the complainant to appear in Court until Nov, 27. From that it would appear he was making satisfactory progress towards recovery.
The Magistrate gave a formal re maad until Thursday next fixing bait in the sum of $3,000, $1,000 in cash' and two sureties of $1,000 each, to be approved by the police.
-BOY HANGS. HIMSELF.
LIKED DETECTIVE TALES.
"I have never come across & Cafe
The acting Governor trusta that on gun on Murray Parade Ground at 11 s signal being riven by the firing of a o'clock al normal business will be like this," said the Norwich City uspended in the Colony and two coroner to day at an inquest on Her minates' silenca obrved by the com-bert Arther Pendin, aged 14, whose munity. pleased to give instructions that the of his employers, 3. W. Harmer and The Acting Governor hea also been chain in the water, closet in the factory body was found hanging from the special services to be held in places of Co. public worship in the Colony on Armistice Day are occasions on which nounced his intention of attendin It was stated that Pendle bad an thoar entitled to do so are invited to the football match between Norwich wear uniform or medale and decora and Southend on the Saturday tions in plain clothes.
mail week.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The name of Mr. Gerald David.
a cabinet but ready to form one him of menace. Who defaced billsides name would dearly love to 863 and son has been added to the Colony he did not feel very well, and went to
self. Anyway, thanks to its own skill or to Mussolini's vacillation, the monarchy appeare to have weathered the storm.
WHAT
WILL SHAU SAY?
SILENCE
NOT
COLDEN.
As the splash of the stone flang into the Pool sends out it
to build unsightly motor roads? Who hear them. Why should the honour list of authorized architects.
scarred bills to make building siten
And who is the spolier now hurling
hill into the harbour?"
a
"You don't seem to realize," I said severely. "Progress, you know, and-"
↑ able flowing perioda waste their
sweetness on the desert air of officia! ).
New postal rates to French
boredom, why should honourable jokes settlements of Oceania ars published
become entombed in coldest print in to day's Government Gazello. without that heartening bracket (applause.) Fix, the debate for an
Mr. H. B. L Dowbiggin has been
evening and there would be a crowd-appointed a member of the Court of edhouse." This would put some of our honourable members on their Hongkong University for a further
of that!
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pertz and the Hon. Mr. H. E. His Honour Mr. Justice Gom Pollock, K.O. arrived back by the
.."Karmala" this morning.
Yes-I-have a pair of eyre," replied Sam,
and that's just it. If been alloted area
The Hongkong Bazeball Club has "J" of the they was a pair of Wongnoichong Rearoation Ground, pat-nt double million for play on Sundays only. at our big ships, our new building, magnifyn-gas-microscopes-of-hextra our many clubs, our portly taipsns.
Florence Düntherae, an attractive young girl, who worked the next machine to that of Pendle, said he was always cheerful, and appeared to Bet on well at his work. On Friday morning he left his machine, saying the lavatory, whence le was later taken out dead.
She had not heard him disenes
'in
anyway, but she had seen him jokingly place à piece imitating hanging,
of yarn about his neck,
suicido
Coroner: Had he ever spoken tä you about any sensational books be was reading....
Witless: He promised to bring ma a book called "Ådventure." I think
rending detective tales.
Recording a verdict of "Suicido;
for a boy of fourteen to take his life while of unsound-mind," the coroner said it was a most mysterious thing this way. There seemed to be no
in
motive whatever.
He seemed to have been reading! sensational books, and from thess boys sometimes get hall of stranges ideas. But Pendle seemed to have been a normal sort of a boy, and there was no apparent reason why he should have done this.
BOXING.
ever widening ripple "Progress!" he sacred. You so does a faint rate boast your progress! Hase you get tion of the stunts with which London rid of the military contribution mettle. Picture them, rehearsing emuses itaalf during its periodical squeeze, have your moved the their speeches on the hearthrug silly reasons reach us eventually stranglehold from t'e city's heart, before the debate, those nice bright expert piper will be opened shortly. it was a cowboy tale. He was always here in Hongkong. That's how have you overcome the opium evil, Lappy masterpieces that would a China Mail cerrespondent put a have you secured constitutional re provide one of the most interesting few weeks ago. I suppose the new form yet, have you solved the housing evenings in the year. What a rush motor perambulator yesterday's cab problem, have you- Progies there'd be for seats. A small entrance les mentioned will eventually reach Zounds! Why your very museum is fes might greatly help to relieve the Hougkong. Thank Heaven its spe:d "deplorable." And still you prate of strain ou our minor vices." Think
strictly limited. Another progress." negative.Line 26 of peragraph in would be the last straw. After that
He snorted. carnivorous juggernaut in our etrenth
"Now look here!" I snarled, sub-rection nine of the item in
If you think we tituled fish requires explanation. The would resign ourselves to the fully roused. Government regrete that anavoidable prospeol of seeing one of Mr. Wells' haven't done anything just have a delay has made it impossible to have
Martian towers stalking along Queer's better look round. Understand! Look HOJGEONG, SATURDAY, Nov. 4, 1929. & full supply of red herring, but hopee. Roud
when to Public Eate Department is
Early this week Hong Look at them and marvel. Why, power, p'raps I might be able to see reorganized it will bars red harring
kong was mildly in we've had a motor scooter here and through a fight of stairs and a deal evening at St. Andrew's Church Hali The lecture advertised for Monday 'for every occasion. Dinora neo ‡ have Hongkong's shipping
terested in the cable we're promised motor cycle taxie door; but bein' only eyes, you ace, has had to be cancelled, Capt. Doul community will appro-, no concern about tips; everything
news that a number of We've going to have a barbour wision's limited." He might not having been suddenly called to FREITY ciate the bumour, which has yielded its twenty per cent.
scientific gentleman had led the Vancouver Mer contribution..
arranged a tremendous explosion in bridge, too, and a new city hall have had eyes like the noble Shaugiai. Whew! D'you ees where the middle of the Zuyder, hoping long to one of our cabaret dinner there wasn't auch he mis ed, this Queen's Gardens, was ento ed during
perhape. Just hear our jazz. Trippierced like gimlets," but for all this captain" in Barnaby Rud.e, which chants' Exchange to print | the menu for their first annual dinner
Mra. Clayton's rom at No. 9. some useful discovery might result ansats. And tasta ong of our new marks went yesterday. Reuter has not yet reported any rea in the form of a bill of lading. This
Over 20,000 with no
cocktails"
Fame Samirel, Men may have been her absence yesterday afternoon A in how the main clause read :—Hot ! MARK. buyers. You can have all gain from the event, but later news
This last word made him tremble born, as the sage observes, with two diamond dress ring worth $200 was not responsible for damage sustained
mine for a ticket in the ay nill show that it Las thrown
violently.
eyes but with one tongue in order stalen from an unlocked drawer in the by digestive organs of guests through Shanghai champions. When I gamble some light ou
the curious way
"Enough!" ko gasped. "I must that they should are twice as much na dressing table. inefficient and/or insufficient mastiv. I like a tale thing.
ia which sound miss spot.
they say, yet the number of Samivels Sailormen, an
sway. tion of food or victuale, or of excessive
Waen't that Salon's an- often find their fog signals useless in expart observes or inexpert imbibal oi suy beverage,
swar when the Lydian time of direst need. because of th drink, fluid, refresher, pick-m up,
King naked him whs curious belts in which they cannot b cocktail and/or any other liquid or
was the happiest man heard. Sound signalling through the semi-liquid whatsoever whether such
on earth? One is rich water is, of course, infinitely butter damage be caused by or through the
only as one is happy. and more reliable, but it takes two negligence of the hotel or its servants,
Life may readily have to make a collision, and as long a or the inadequacy and/or efficierey greater zest for the healthy, carefreeships are allowed to navigate withou of the service, plates, knives, forks, coolie than it has for the wealthy subaarine signalling gear-a very in spoons, glass and, or other eating carsworn tsipan. Again, as the definite period-a good deal of relianc appliances the property of the hotel inimitable Mr. Kicswb r states it will have to be placed on the ordinary or the guests, including also false Aarual income twenty pounds,syian or whistle. It is a very la orrible spectre had vanished, with all hilis bave names. the native 13 000 sq. ft. at Pokfulam for $0,305; "ring" and ring-side seats and teath and/or other adventitious annual expenditure nineteen nineteen reed upon which to place reliance, buto, dismal mois. Strangely, the repeated that to his knowledgo the {and 00,000 eq. ft. on the spur eating accommodation for 1,000 will sids to digestion not auder control of resalt happiness.. Annual there seems to be no help for it, an ghar coolies had suddenly reappeared, I bill was nameless but addel casually, between West Bay and Repulse Bay to provided. Given good weather
WIT.
the hotel.
BRE
roop
OLD
TRE
MAN
WITHOUT
A
SHIRT.
•COMING V.'R C, CONTEST.
The last bight Secretary (M. A. MoKird;) Victoria Recreation Club, complated arrangements for a 10. round (2 minute) contest between
Should the sock crow But before I go this one word," Most people ars astonishingly un- General Trading Co., Ltd., and the Koy. It will be a catch weight con- in the world is remarkably small, Three months are allowed the P. O. (Rattler) Morgan and Battling (His voice softened and his ghostly eye obarvant. moistened.) "Hongkong's shipping limited. They will look at the same to abow cause why they should not be difference. The reputation of the Their vision in wery Chai Wo Yick Steamship Co., Ltd., teat, although there is only about 2 it still called the Colony's Life maudlin look: Twas I who first day alter day without seeing it. This and dissolved, Blood"" Then he added, with a
th'ng-in a room or in the atre tbe struck off the Company's Register first named will be sufficient to guar sales a good fight, while to meet an ac coined that similie-"
strange aberration takes misty forms.
ceptance of his open challenge to the "You did!."I howlod, springing for
Mr. W. H. Hudson, the distinguished Forthcoming Crown laod sales. Col ny Battling Key will have to show his throat.
naturalist, tells in "Then perhaps you Downland" how he asked a native Market for which the highest upset Singapore reputation.
"Nature in include twelve lots at Taipo his best form to maintain hie also-"
I picked myself out of the racfully feeling" my bruises.
dust;
The
the nime of abili. "I never heard price is $350, two lots at San Tia for The open-air bath at the V. R. O., that it had a name." Assured that 396 and $18 respectively; about will be fixed up to accommodate the
soientists
there should be a very pleasant and exciting evening. The prices arranged will be $3, $2, ant $1.
i-
Income twenty pounds, ananalo it is up to us to make the best of Should this sort of mean expenditure twenty pounds ought bad job. But at the same time the ance I know not. They both "We call it Benton Hill. It is re for $5,400. "BALL card become popular we sad six, result miany."
lat d that during the war a quarrel Even anilo:man will be very grateful ini sed
gianed significantly. Dash their may look to flod our new though millonaries rise above this to the scientific gentlemen if they san
Yes!
Jeuddenly occurred between two |· The following Hongkong Yulan banquet hall (when it's simple budget, one would scarcely give him any sound data to work sa
Now I know why the Chinese It bal been pre-arranged, and been made-Second Lieutenant being arranged, together with novices
before a large meeting. teer Defence Corps appointments have Tass1 built), commemorating ite look for the world's happlest man in in the matter of these sound.
Numerous minor competitions are first official dinner with their racks-exacting pursuit of and their vagaries. Let's hope, then, THAT's have seen the Public Works under pretence of obtaining legal Lieutenant in the Eugincar Company
Now call us barbarians. Thoy the president of the meeting Robert Melville Smith, M.B.E., to be boute. anmething like this, artistically dec.wealth has usually cost them health the explosion hasn't gone rp inɔmok
WAY. Department's However Lord Leverâulmo, who is entirely,
The fighting commences en Friday monstrous evidence naked everyons, present to with effect from July 7, 1928; and next, November 10, 0 p.m., and it orated with red tape:
stean lurry rattling, along write au exact report of what had Sergeant Samuel Johnsen Jordain is hoped that the public will avail Honourable diners. The Govern now 71. years old, considers himself
our stronte belobing forth choking happened. The assembly was com-M.O., to be Second Lieutenant Infan-themselves of this opportunity to ment bar pleasure in submitting the happy enough, and this is how he
clouds of filthy smoke. Only p sed entirely of jurists, paychologists try Company, with effect from Oct witness some excellent boxing. estimates for this meal. Under the lives:-
barbarians would permit this outrage. and doctors, but only one report cos-ober 81, 1922. - main headings soup, turkey, beef plum pudding and trifle you will see that
hope, after eating: reasonable demands, to
have small surplus. Should these demande
WA
· Smoker" remiods me that tained less than 20 per cont, of errors,
This should please Hong EAST kong since the Princely 1.30 am.-Rise and spend 20
07 Hong has its head offic minutes in gimnastic ex-roises,
Busz. bera. It's " from "Somerse 5.0.-A cup of tea. Read business
Maugham's now play, "Eas
THE there is a large literature on thirteen had more than 50 per cent There will be a Special Service in The Chinese Passengais Act, 1855 reports and make notes for corremost hupariant firm in Chius.”
WEED tobacco dating from 1877. of errore and thirty four had invented the Cathedral on Armistice Day. at empowers the Governor to determine of Sarz":"Jardine's are about th
AGAIN. One early writer records that between 10 and 15 per cent. of details. 10.40 p.: when the preacher will be what shall be dermed the duration of spandenor..
the taking in of the enmke Therefors the Hongkong Dollar the Lord Bishop of the Diocese.. His the voyage. of ary ship. The Hon be heavier than expected, how 1.30.-Breakfast of toast butter.
During the Washingtoif the Indian herb called Tobacco, Directory people had really very little Excellency, the Officer Administering Mr. Claud Severn now declares that Conference the states by an instrument formed like a little cause for surprise when some simple the Government, will be present, and the voyage of any ship from Hong BALTOUR man who was then Badell, whereby it pasth from the soul Rower seemingly born to after the service will lag a rusth on koug or from any ott in China or STORY: Balfour visited Harvey mouth to the head and the stomach, bluth unsoon so far as the new the base of the War Memorial. Thern within 100 miles of the count thereof.
famous restaurant greatlie taken up and 1sed in directory is concerned-retained the will be a collection for avalind to any fort in Siam shall be deemed Throwi-gaside the bill of far England. In 1804 James One printed slip asking him for his private Military Charities. The two minutes to be a short voyage of more than will show themselves good citizens by-Lunch in office of cold mesti profered by the coloured waiter. b published bis Coaterblaste to addrem porawled across "same na failenes will be kept from 11a.m. to days' duration but not exoreding 80 Bever saying "The slower is in the orang porchid eggs, muy of tes. gavé a opecial order,The tortobatto" (in which he chiled the previous year! but - barn as the 11.3”ə ma
days: duration.
evir, out-reserves of bread, biscuit | and cheese are sufficient to meat the deficit. Special attention hay
'been paid so the "minor vices." and the Goverment hopes-dipers
marmelade, and tes. -
7.00-Read th⋅ now papera.. 8.0--Reply to letters.
830-Motor to Blacktsiate office, 9.0 Work,
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