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might expect to find a guli na wida en pittance is too Insignificant to that which separated the Renaissance mention in your august pressnoe.'” from the abarming but petrified ar did not realise, laughed Dr. of the 18th, ~-Century," Thi

A beggar walked in front of me, In ribboned rage, disastrovaly; Mopping the puddled rain with pads Long worn in guttered Illads.

Halting, with ayos downcast, intent Upon the splashing stones he went.

He heard me, and with lifted baad Waited my coming, as I said,

To sit an aims; but, as he turned, His eyes with distant glory burned.

He did not ask an slots; he befd A finger up, and I was spelled.

He did not ask an alme; he said, "The ancient honours all are spec.

The ancient honoure are all gone "That founded Rome and Babylon.

***These rags were once Arabia's

boset:

“I was a king, and am a ghost.

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·SÄTURDAY, MARCH 31928

The following phem news from the NORTH, (by Edward Leamy

ENCE.

I found it in Harper's A DISBANDMENT CONFER- ANYWHERE. Monthly) bears the caption "The Ticket

store,

,

He deals with scarce perfunctory mail pase-keys to the world's

glance

Romance.

Home...."

ABE

THE

USES.

,

HARMONY IN FUKIEN.

SUN YAT SEN.

RECEPTION AT HONGKONG.

COLONY'S CANDID CRITIC.

HONGKONG TRADE; CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT.

"

Woollens. The market is quiet, A little business has been done in Camlets and Broadcloths.

notwithstanding, however, Tutankha Morrison, that Mr. would not men's tresauros sin very wonderful realise that this, is the correct and with their spell of the way to speak in China--where when Agent." Any loosi, punter will tall The Premier has decided to call's of Commerce, fortnightly report PEKING, March 2. The Hongkong General Chamber past strangely more ont rest goes is complimented upon one's you that it might also be called "The disbandment conference, shortly The magic of this intimate link with home, ons replies, My miserable Tots (or Cash Sweep) Ticket Agent." will be attended by delegates from Cotton Goods-Sinod our last he

states. ancient grestress will not be

probably within a fortnight.

Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy, lost when public Intereat centres in hoval is only enriched by your angust Like any merchant in a store some now excitement, for already presence"--antil Mr.lent over to Who calls things by the pound or North and Chamber of Commerce in Grey and White Shirtings, alsd the South West as well as from the part a large business has been done one post has caught its glamour in me after the ladies had left us and lines which will live. Under the said, "By the way, what do we pay

representatives. It is to be held in Venetians, Satterns, etc. A good heading "Egypt and the Cromwell

the Summer Palace.

clearance of old stocks has bee Road" these appeared in the you I mentioned the sam, and he

affected, but without taking these Gunday Express recently. They remarked, "Not nearly sufficient; we

into consideration, the volume of from John Drinkwater's pen:-4

must see to it.” And they did.”

new business has been considerable, He takes dull money, tards and hands good offices Tang Chili Ping, Wang factory. Cotton has been quoted ë Through Liu Yung Heiang's and pricas, on the whole, antiv Hongkong's races pro- The roadways to far distant lande. BACINO. vided many sorprises Bright shining rail and fenceless nea

Yung Chuan and Chu Pan Taao 3694 this week, and Manchester bat not one (surely) Ar partners to bin wizardry.

have come to harmony in Fuklen reports a firm, and advancing equalling the startling incident aver. He calle off names as if they were red to have happened in the early Just names to cause no heart to stir. tral Government; hence it is un-mentary sales have been effected

which means that the province will market. recognise the authority of the Cen. Australian days. They still tell the For listening you'll hear him say,

Cotton Yarn. A few compli story, how five horses started and six ...and then to. Ačan and Bom enter Fukion. It is expected that Prices have slightly eased off owing nocomary for Bun Chuan Fang to during the Chinese New Year, came home! Part of the couLIES WAS hidden by bash and it had been (Or !!... Frisco and then to military affairs in Kiangai.

bay,.-

ho will be appointed co-director of to the improvement in the Rupod planned to substitute a foster horse.

exchange. Nome, aleverly disguised, for a doubtful Across the Rocky Mountains-

Quotations

are: No. 106, mount which was to drop quietly out.

$174/201, No. 12. $180/201 The plan ooeeded admirably-except And never catch of voloo to tell

No. 165. $197/217. that the horse which was to have He knows the lure or feels the spell.

No. 20s. $180/208. Arrivals 5,600. Shap remained bidden among the trees ro Like suy salesman in a store,

ments nil. Sales 1,500 bales. Un fused to stop and carried its rider He sells bus tickets-nothing more.

sold stock 10,000-bales, Bargains home, willy-nilly,. That's how the And camal se any clerk ...........

11,000 bales. atery was told to me but I suspect it He deals in dreams, and calls it— must have been the very early Aust-];"" work i' ralian days..

SHANGHAI, March 2. The American, Weekly Review,

Raw Cottona. Stocks are nit, The other day the new commenting upon Sun Yat-sen's Quotations are purely nominak, Now that Britain is COERCION repealing the ancient

SWEET papers here printed a nos reception at Hongkong, says that Indian descriptions at $38/43. item about a Home Arm Hongkong, has made peace with Chinese staple at $11/48. law which presumes,

which had failed simply Canton. The manner in which the that a wile sota under

Metals. No change and no busi because it neglected ad-Government and financial officialsness offering. hat busband's cour cion when they jointly commit crime, better example of the business adage most significant events in South About 250,000 sucks,

vertising. Here is still received Sun Yat-sen is one of the! Flour Market Report-Stock it is interesting to note that a French "advertising pays." Proposing" The China recently, and the first direct magistrate has just decided that Associated Advertising Clubs of the end tangible result of the peace $8.85 per sack; American Straight, Quotations: American Patend "The lifting of my hand was doom;

husbands have a legal right to World, Bir Philip Lloyd-Greame, treaty." "In Egypt they have found my administer corporal punishment to President of the Board of Trade, told official reception amounts, should $3.20 per sack; Shanghai Flour, to which. Sun Yat-sen's $3.20 per sack; American Cut-off their wives as a means of enforcing the London Thirty Club about a be the announcement that there $3.20 per sack; Australian No. 1, their domestic authority; provided recent municipal election in a Nor will be this season no anti-British $3.25 per sack. always that such corporal punishment thern town. The issue whether they strike originating from Canton. If Sundries - Very few sales. Into the shadows and the rain.

does not inflict serious bodily harm. should have more than forty-four this is The question arose when a woman public-houses to the square mile was Treaty of Versailles. Hongkong advanced rates. The French consider sued her husband for damages for a dominant one. The exponents of about-faced" regarding its atti

not accomplished, the Market steady, "treaty

will be sa dead as the

Sugar.-Market very strong all Germany's new sub-assault, though she admitted that the measure against that, inadequate tude toward Sun Yat-sen so andden.ingly, after a couple of months marine seaplane "one assault did not amount to really serily advised, produced 100 zandwich-ly that it is almost impossible to inactivity..

Baltpetre.-Market opens promis of the most disquieting ous violance. While the husband ad- men carrying on their bosoms the realise what has happened. post-war German 1mitted having administered light aphorism, "Hell is a well of whisky," amounts to an admission that the ventions." We are not told what the punishment to bis wife, Germans consider France's new 230 court declared that this panish equately assisted by publicity men, with the shipping, strike laat year the Their political opponente, mora ad fold policy as followed in connection ton gun able to hurl & 420 kilogram ment- wan the consequance of with the quick appreciation of expert will not work, and that Canton shell ninety kilometres; what America the wile having replied in very bitter advertisers of the needs of the people must be met on a different plane. conaiders Britain's ingenious torpedo teams to the reprimands which her and of the psychology of the moment, How for Hongkong will go to make plane for dropping ton projectiles; or husband addressed to her. In giving countered that with 500 sandwichmen sends remains to be seen, but what Britain, considera America's judgment the magistrate asid: improved rifle ballet which enables a principle of the husband's authority them the counter reply, "Oh, death, a nonth ago that so much hatohet- The bearing on their bosoms and behind hardly anyone would have thought markeman to make as many bits of is an essential part of the law, of whare in thy sting?"!

Mr. William Neal, well-known here A six inch target as formerly on a public order and family organisation,

burying as has been done recently as Teddy" Neal, the borer, died twenty-inch target at the samerange and a wile cannot be relieved of the

Interport football, inter- was within the realms of proli. suddenly yesterday. The funeral took "Diequisting" is not the word. daty of obedience to her husband,

port golf, interport ability. To say the least, Canton place this morning, passing the Mont- Lunagy is a better terin.

The husband's authority, however, in SLOW! Sullivan, Carter the great, question, "What is Sutt Yat-shn and numerous floral tributes were sent.

billiards, Gilbert

has won a decided victory, but the ment at ten o'clock. Many friends The mention of Inter- controlled by the public courts, to

real test comes in the answer to the were present to pay their last re-peote SHANGHAY'S porta reminds me that which the wife may appeal in cases in tourists, the Canton puzzle. pirates, ment Hose and teas with the fin-old, was well-known in sporting the Races, the American paying for the, dinners at Govern- Mr. Neal who was twenty-six years at prosent Shanghai is which the husband's acts amount to armed robberies, a temperature jam-ancial leaders?" rampant, and that our oppression. The husband's rights ping up and down between 48 and 78° some will say that Sun Yat-sen is weight champion of the Colony nores have been rubbed in the dust permit him at times to employ firm within a few days, a guess as to what hedging and compromising when he until Leading Stoker Jimmy Brith Undoubtedly, circles. Two years ago he was light- athletically. They have captured our but temperate severity toward his new post the government will invent sits down to play with Hongkong took the title from him, in a great Swimming. Thanks to the Chinese authority. The wife's suit was there- usual scandal, the Gilbertian Bociety invited to participate in such a with Neal being knocked cat. Since flags at Soccer, Golf, Billiards, and wife, who is submitted to bin for one of its superfoons cadets, the officialdom, but generally his being fight which ended in the first round we still hold our own at Tennis, fore dismissed. Other orambs of comfort are found in

stratu-all these and many more have game will strengthen hire, because that defeat he had never again entered" the fact that the Service beat the

There are 1,600,000,000 we in this far flung out-post, and patho will be credited with bringing the boxing ring. Shanghai Soccer team and that

FACTS people on earth today. people-mostly of the negative type-Hongkong to her knees. Osmund beat Johnson at billiards,

ABOUT according to the most re- complain that there is nothing doing

The journal, however, concludes while Shanghai's Golf and Swimming

Hlable estimate. Thirty. here, and reiterate ad nauseam that by saying that the new friendship is two and a quarter million they wish they were back in dear old

well expressed in Sun Yat-sen's words to the University students: and Whampoa Dock Company

""

tomb."

He went; a beggar man agein,

“QUEEN ALEXANDRA"

FOOTWEAR

FOR LADIES

FOR

RACE WEEK.

Sea-faring Men please note we can now supply the following Cigarettes ex bond, at very moderate prices, Sandorides Club, Teofanis Kings Own, Chairman Maga Cavandera Army Club, Chas. Stewart Part ani Present, all best Virginians, and Vafindis Egyptiana.

DEATH,

pad

NEAL-Suddenly on March 20d, 1923, at Kowloon Docks, William ("Teddy") Neal. Aged 26 years.

"KUZE, JUSTIOK, PURLIQ SKRvicg"

HORORONO, SATURDAY, HARCIL. 3, 1927.

HONGKONG CIGAR STORE,

Alexandra Buildings.

emallest win entice one into wholerale speculation and so lure one into the bottomless pit. Scarcely bad finished this vast labour than-yes, You've guessed it--than fortune smil ed and all my tail was wasted. Now wasn't that just too provoking! Still,

ONE

This week you find me

"Put that bloomin' grape dahn,, TICKLE

sugry, wrathful, irate, will yart" and the coster. FORTCNA's Rulky,

bitter and JANCY. violent. Quite right- the races! You see, it happened thus. Everyone was talking races, thinking races, dream. ing races. Therefore, what should I bat write about races? Well, I did. Knowing nothing about

THE PAUL.

LOVE ONE

АПОТНЕВ

YEAR.

VIFE.

I

1

entrance into our wonderful world, Just remember these little facts next time you lose your temper. They'll restore your sense of proportion.

HAVING

A

AINT

I

places on this tiny planet Hongkong is what you make it. The fault li internally, so do a little self analysis.

Remember the advice of Satan to the fallen angels in the regions of gloom: The mind is its own place, and in itaelt, Can makea Heaven of Hall, a Hall

of Heaven."

1.

1

BOXER FUNDS.

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY'S

CLAIM

It

OBITUARY.

LOCAL BOXER'S SUDDEN DEATH..

Dedested first came to Hongkong & stoker in the Navy,

but later joined the Hongkong

8 olerk romaining there..

his death.

heart disease. He had been com. plaining for about a month past of uhast trouble but did not consider it as anything serious beyond blaiming indigestion.

build and was of a very pleasant dis

Deceased was of a fine physical position. He was to have gone home | in a month's time.

my toil was not altogether wasted. victories were of the narrowest people die each year: Learly 100,000 England. We wish they were there We must carry the English ex- The China Mail. mesting. Assuredly Ill need it then, have to admit that this is Shanghai's Bat while sixty-seven of our fellow were the same, and when they ratura part of China. By courtesy of the His sudden death is attributed to

That essay will keep for the next mace However victories they were, and we each day over 3,000 ach hour. too. Of course when in England they ample of good government to every up to the time of

An American in London Year. To our sister port we tender mortale die each minute, seventy are we can picture them painting for their Daily Bulletin. stopped at a coster's congratulations on her galaxy of stars. born. And faster than the tick of the bored friends Elysian like pictures of BETTER, stall and lifting up a At the same time we warn them that second band of your watch one soul their life in China. Tremendona dogu! good-sized melon said: we are not down-hearted, and remind makes its exit and another its What!! Dear grousers, liks most “Are these the largest apples you them that there in such a thing have?"

As the swing of the pendulum.

Here is a fifteenth cor- Though Tutankhamen's

SERVICES tary bill of expanses GLORIES tomb has now been closed

RENDERED, incurred by the citizens of Hull la connection or for the season, the marvels with the production of a miracle pisy: of his treasures continua For payment to ye minstrels, 6d. to excite the greatest To Noah, and wife, Is. 6d. To Bobert wonder. Among the many Brown for playing God. 6d. Straw for superb articles found, an eminent ye Noah's Ark. 21. To Noah, le. To "totes," times, ladies' dresses; owner the tomb noted lovely alabaster vares painting a new Hell, 8d. For hanging English novelist who recently visited ye waits for carrying ye ship. 6d. To and the other strange phenomena of of most exquisita workmanship, with Judas, d. To painting ye world, 6d. the course, I chose the obvious topic lotus plant handles, wet in what seems Ye world" has since been painted -cant sweepe. After tracing the to be a trellis-work frame, as if in the history of gambling right away down hands of the artists of those days al from Adam's first little fatter-1abaster was as pliant as osier. "Than

| many times—mostly red. should have sad he only little I recall two sistra in perfect preserva- flatter, for she soon broke his spirit-tion, and for a thrilling moment even after dealing with avery aspect of this great industry, I had come to tell heard the tinkle of the metal tongues, about myself; how only once I had silent for thirty centuries. Bat moet drawn a horse and then the brate had patio cf all are those tall, withered

horsea

FLUTTER,

Now if the arch-end could that in Hell, surely-

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

SHANGHAI, March 2. The N.-C. Daily News, com- menting on the Associated Cham do says that the Hongkong University bers of Commerce Boxer resolution, ia the foremost educational institu

THE FUNERAL.

One devently hopes that the "Resoluts" did not bring here any American reformers, for there are nicer deaths than poplexy. American reformers, you

attempted to secure legislation racing. Several months ago they must know, have been trying to lend

The Rev. J. T. Holman was the

prohibiting the publication of horse- racing news, betting odds, and, tips,

tion in the Far East, and ita claims officiating clergyman at the funeral for support are fully justified, but it and amongst those who attended would be most deplorable if the at the graveside were Messra, whole subject is to be considered as E. Cook, D. Gow, W. Johnson. W. These efforts, however, were met with Like the excellent Mergetia opposition from newspaper

a question of merely sharing out the Peters, D. Keith, B. Cullen, W. Smith, available funds among existing G. M. Smyth, A. Bliss, W. G. Greig, Joyeuse in. Daudet's owners and representatives at the final

cope with the whole of the demand B., Brown, O. Logan T. Hartley, bodies. The University cannot R. G. Dizon, G. Dunosa, J. Patton, story, few people have hearing by the Benste Bab-Committes not, some time of The publishers contended that a bill

for higher education; it too in-J. Howell, A. Bolton, J. N. B. Allan, other, pictured their such as that proposed would virtually

accessible, and it can never attract D. Allan, H. H. Boots, J. S. Hackin "affectionate, patarasl, communics sporting news, and create earious Artillery Company, Hongkong Western China: Gomes W.0. Tillary, B. F. Nelso employers becoming prohibit the publication of any appointed Second Lieutenant in the dente from Northern, Central and Castro, 8. Gray, G. Henderson, J. Sergeant M. L Railton has bem more than a proportion of the stu- toab, W. B. Hind, J. G. Ozorid, A. dropped dead with the start; how planting the war they for the tive," drawing them aside, making how precedent for further restrictions Valantear Defence Corps. always it had been my daleful lot to standing against the wall near the mash they received of what they earned which would eventually completely watch the other man carrying away fatnes" And again." There are employers never know that!) and throttle all freedom of the Press and

The N.-C. Daily Netos recom-J. Hind, W. J. Crawford, D. Steel and kin sudden siches, hoping dimly (like aquisitely painted boxes, the pictures then beamingly remarking Ah, not public speech. The newspaper in-

mends the establishment of British Hergt. Marriott, Max Beerbohm did with James generally representing stirring has enough, not enough we must pay terests were supported by: Senators appointed a member of the Board of Tientsin and Chengtu with's par mother, sister and brothers, officers,

colleges and schools affiliated to tho Rev. Fr. H. Valtorta has been University at Shangbai, Hankow, Pethei) that he might suddenly ing notes and containing clothing of you more." Sometimes the vision Borah and Staley The former Education during the abamos from tion of the funds available. By and brethren of the Eastern Scotia Wreaths were sent by:-Father, blurt out, I say, look here; don't very kiss for the King-with many comes true, witarse the story now told denounced the bill as symptom of the Colony of the Very Rev. Father courtesy of the Daily Bulletin, think we awiully inpertinent, but this boas pillanated of chariste shoot the late. Dr. Morrison, the the constant building up of the P. de Maria.

THE DREAM COMES

TRUE.

resigned his commission in the Hong Lieat. T. W: Hill, M. C., has kong Volunteer Defence Corpe.

money's no earthly use to me: I do still with its leopard's cloth, of walk On leave at the time in London, he which has put all businom in a strait- crushed and confused in a corner, one Times's famous Peking correspondent. hursancratio system of goverment wish you'd accept it'.

There! FARAH 1 Not another word!"--all with lng sticks and official stave, it was dining with one of the proprietors Jacket, buried people beneath burden inplude 89,410 sq ft at Causeway wach candogy, delicacy, and genuine est store of provision seat of the paper, and during dinner his of this, and destroyed initiative Bay for an upest price of $44,705, and Forthcoming Crown land galas seal that I should be able to refuse packed in boxes. But plendid But always I had found (like, Max / Shongh thats treasures are, they do galef ssid to him: 4 Dr. Morrison, Senator Stanley denounced the pro 10,725" #q.ft. ap. Lo Hung Hang again) that nothing of the work hap of ancient Egyptian art bely you an mything of Li Hong warning against the evidens panion of

not repriment the highest expression interesting people in China. Have legislative itob," and uttered You must have met a number of

posal sa the worns'illustration of the Valley for an upset price of $5,385 proed-nothing of that sort over had bem Akantsion's tomb ans happening. Moralising over the luck

kang 145 Yes ? was the reply, of the Federal Government for regulating that had always sent me homexpert was bound to sigh in Imm when discussing the fid, “ the

riser and a poorer years that sispeed, between AkenheWell, he is had writ me page upon paga

ton and futankhamen a rapi

about the slings and arrows of agi sagious swaps and had actualy any pins art took place. sached the comforting, opodlesion 587Ppt's grensset, paziod, alter shas induitably it was boot of a lucky if the Old Kingdom.

hould treat one thas lost, avanthu

tást time and

BILLIARDS.

HALLENGE ROUND

CONTEST.

The pontest between the holder, | Mr. P. A. Yvanovitch, and Mr. the 4. J. Osmund for the billinyda Me Rmat Karn championship of the Colony, is to

taka plies 44 The VIC on-Mon Alise J. V. Nally of the American

Barrion/Canto

had several conversations, with all the details of life and morals. The March 3rd at 11.80.

The civil matriage took him.". And what did be my to youfs proposed law was so vicious and --Registrar's billos

Toad, lentemagumble, the Bimater-c

Saka a'collage boy writing home. he had bet, sixpence on a foa game could be

prison for

reaza.

And ↑ hers toa hesin za

umn as the Borsan Cată

Lodge (No 925 Brottish Constitution), member of Kowloon Dock stai, members of the Royal Naval Jard police, officers of Victoris Jail staff, Mr. and Mrs P: Cullen, Mr. and Mrs. Mackintosh, Mr. W. O. Smith, Mr. E Cock, Mr. and Mrs. C. Atkinson, Mr. and Mr. J. M. Smythe, Mr. and Mrs. W: Tomyth.

day. The game will be played in the liver off mere piople, and ralleved two sessions, one commencing at more suffering them any other resecky

known f.p.m. and the other at û p.m. N

The Hon. Mr. Claud Sevem has

work for "iba" speedy odras "OL kindly.: consented to present the prizes at the end of the game.