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SATURDAY
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
The little man dash-
make our young men take an in- Wife Or Dog? ed excitedly into the
terest in local affairs and in the life of the many misunderstood Berhaps in whose midat they live or with whom they are in close proximity
THEY SAY THAT-
tate police station in the early hours of the morning
My wife's disappeared" he shouted to the sergeant. Oh, find her! You must and her
"Te'll try answered the officer Now then, description. Height
I don't know. Weight?
Every class and every party has A puzzled shake of the head was ita pet economy and its pet extra-the only answer.
Do you know what she would vagance, Mr. Churchill.
have been wearing?
I hate reading the newspapers.-- Father Ronald Kno
If I were to take a consus of opinion in all the four villages of my parish, I sin certain I should find a majority seriously professing bellef in witchcraft.The Rev. Charles Kent..
In any group where women are of Industries Act in Great Bt the attitude towards life degener, tain
atesLady Rhondda
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A SATURDAY CAUSERIE.
There seems to be an inherent. belief that if a thing is bad it must bo popular. Mr. Filson Young,
Cramming knowledge down a
I suppose, she had her hat and cont on," answered the other And she might have taken the dog:"6)
The Colony
A Poignant akebers Appeal ciate
appre following
concerning Archie Maclaren. A high catch жда offered to Maclaren in Australia,” who waited for it "calmly.
Miss it, Archie" cried a voice appealingly and Fl let you kiss my sistar
Stubb's love of a joke may Our former Governor's
Story, possibly be inherited is story of Bishop Stubbe told from his father. Hore by Mr. Fett Ridge, The Bishop What, was the dog like ? asked reached a village church one Sunday evening. The verger point- the sorgsant,&,
Black-and-while
ed out that his lordship hadi, had fox terrier, brown blaze on the front of his lordship was about to deliver long, cross-country journey, that face. Leather brass-studded collar with a name on it. Small hole in sermon would his lordship per- the lobe of his left ear, scat in the mit him to mix for his lordship, a centre of the back Two teeth good stuff glass of whisky and missing?
That'll do," gasped the Bar geant. Well find the dog
child's throat, as it is at present Conrad's Chinese contributed to a and its enlargement either with done, is not education-Lordi the admission of Germany or over Southwarg
Here is a letter Home literary journal which has a local favour.. Sfr-Many times the attempts of in
and above that nation's election to A cathedral offers few opportuniauthors to represent a Chinese's a permanent seat. The Home ties for nude figures-Mr. Ralph pronunciation of words with Press has been "nervy and Adams Cram. hysterical all along, nothing
t
CORDIAL WELCOME FROM ALL CHINESE.
water.
No and the Bishop firmly. For three reasons, no First, that Tam, as you say, about to go into the pulpit to preach; second, that I am chairman thier year of temperance society; and, third, that I have just had one!"
The funny man, is them have been a cause of slight Being Funny. not always a suc- amusement, but on reading Conrad's
cess. Recently the "Victory recently I was amazed Rev. B A Knox gave a broad- to find that he makes a Chinese say casting recital and burlesqued a being said by Sir Austen Chamber- LORD WILLINGDON,
levolvel for “revolver:"
revolution in London inspired by The sound of the letter " has the lain in his long speech in the
anti-queue society-which, House of Commons on Thursday
no difficulty for any Chalese, and amongst other things sacked" Is probably the commonest sound the Houses of Parliament. The to soothe the rumed feelings of
The NC. Daily News of last in the languago, as instanced by joke“ did not come off and his Fress and political critics As
Monday reports Lord Willingdon, the fact that every Chinese is call frightened quite a number of stated in effect. In this column Chairman of the delegation to aded familiarly by the sound as people. Mr. Hanry W. Nevison, yesterday, commenting on via the Statutory Committee with a prefix to his name, thus Mr. Wong the Veteran journalist, has made China's application for per regard to the disposition of the Sing is called R. Sing of Ah Sing the most interesting comment manent seg the League British Boxer Indemnified by his friends The Bound of "Father Ronald Knox's broadcasting ulaft yesterday morning about 11 in the name itself is common, as exploit. When the centenary of Courici nothing is to be gained. o'clock by the "Halahing".. Lord for example, Chan: Harr, a well Dickens's birth was celebrated in known business man in Hongkong, 1912, the late H. W. Massingham,
or Mah Lam
The uneducated classes of Chin eae do have a difficulty with the sound fri "ra" and "ro and it is here that the "I" sound would be heard. A coolie speaking of a river would say "liver" but certainly not "livel"
on
editor of the "Nation," asked Mr. Nevinson to write something about the great novelist, Mr. Nevinson proceeded to write review of
Hongkong, Saturday, March 5, 1926. by "crossing the bridge before we Willingdon was accompanied by Sir Francis. Aglen,, Inspector- come to it, for it will indeed come General of Customs, and by Mr. as a distinct surprise if the claims RF Johnston secretary of the of nations other than Germany delegation. It is expected that they will return about the middle are disposed of at this month's of March to meet the other men meeting at Geneva. But, by being bera
of the delegation. Danie deferred till September, those Adelaide Anderson and Professer other claims, will stand immeasur, Soothill, who are arriving, by differ Strangely enough, many Japanese to point but some flaws in the com-
ent routes. Whether the delega tion will make Shanghai or Peking the pain, base for its deliberations is undecided, but it is probable tings here....
"No-
that it will at "least open ita dit-
have a difficulty with the "T" sound and would call an aeroplane a "fry- Ing machine" Instead of "aying machine."
Pickwick" as though it were new book that had just appeared. It began with the words," Mr. Dickens will go far," and proceeded' position. Next week the office of.. the "Nation" was deluged with letters of protest, demanding to
In things that matter by which are now generally accepted questions relating to the strike and the boycott Hongkong has ably to gain by being considered had another quiet week. In an atmosphere more akin to
know how the editor of the thing new" is the order of each cordiality and goodwill than that
Another strange. lapse" in the Nation" and his staff could poss day, although there is gradually of the moment. In regard to
same book, written, I believe, in sibly be ignorant of the fact that avising a quiet under-current of
When seen by a representative 1912, is that reference is made to the Pickwick Papers" was not of the North China Daily News," the mandarin who governs For at all a new book, nor was Dickens greater confidence than has been other foreign affairs, China's civil once again providing the
yesterday Lord Willingdon express-mosa. The fact that Formosa was young writer. known for some months. One wars are
They were important piece of inteiligence is Northern papers with plenty of ed great satisfaction with the re-a Japanese possession since the solemnly assured that Dickens had that the Finance Committee of material. The stage has been set sults of his visit in: Shanghai, China-Japan war in the nineties been dead some forty-two years.”
"While three days is a short time had evidently been forgotten." on which to base an opinion, and while my activities here have been
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Irony Mr. Nevinson concludes in his letter to the "Manchester Guardian," is a dangerous weapon.
THE HIGHWAYMAN'S BAR.
The unknown highwayman who rode his horse along Lansdowne passage and up the stone steps has won immortal fame for his deed. The visitor to the London Museum in remote ages will see, the iron bar set up to prevent other gentle men of the road from doing like wise, and wonder, like Mr. Pickwick, that such things could be.
the Legislative Council is to con- for another clash of arms between sider on Monday the advisability the rival war lords, among whom
re-opening the Statistical the "Christian" General, Feng entirely social and not official," Department of the Imports and Yu-shiang, has once again sald he, "I cannot help feeling that the spirit of kindliness and co- Exports Office, the closing of emerged from his brief period of operation everywhere manifested which some time ago was decided obscurity and taken the field with is a very happy augury. I have upon by the Government in con- the Kuominchun forces. Appar been privileged to meet a great many prominent Chinese gentlemen. nection with its economy camently the Chinese war lords have and personally I have not been able
whom Walpole tells used to carry paign Strong representations never heard of the Locarno spirit to discover any of that anti-British
a purse with only bad money" for have been made by the General and the necessity for its applica-feeling which has been so widely
the special benefit of highwaymen. When it grew towards evening a advertised. Ag Chamber of Commerce in favour tion in domestic as well
"The Chairman of the Chamber
bell was tolled in Kensington Gar af reopening the Department affairs.
of Commerce very graciously gave
dens at intervals to give people luncheon for me, the Chinese
warning when others were going There are other factors than the
Commissioner of Foreign Affairs
back to town, that they might form mere momentary saving of a few
gave us a dinner party, I had tea
parties strong enough to defend thousand dollars to be taken into
But themselves. But your gentleman with Mr. Tong Shao-Fi, and also consideration. It is known that
with Lord L Ching-met. At the in fact, the Lansdowne passage bar of the road was not always without
the Colony has suffered trade
We may soon expect to see the Consulate General Mr Barton has gives a miserably inadequate notion his uses. When the younger Pitt losses through the strike and the establishment of a Naval Volun- given luncheons and dinner parties of the perils of eighteenth century was fighting his pitched battle at which I have had an opportinity London. The Lord Mayor prosent against the Fox and North coal- boycott; but naturally it is im- teer Defence Corps, a fact accom-to meet many of the Chinese and I ed petition to George II. against tion, he boasted, so the story goes, possible to assess these properly plished. We should like to say the without a Statistical Department, same of a Police Reserve, The nor can comparisons be made in absence of this Reserve has been a the current year with previous minor wonder. During the war periods unless that Department is the then Reserve did a magni
It accomplished functioning. In short, it would ficent work. appear to be nothing short of false more than it set out to do. economy to delay the re-opening proved how the interesting ants In other purely local affairs, the of our cosmopolit annual Race meeting has, as usual combing for the coum been responsible for good dis meet on the common rod plays of sportsmanship, not to service The Reser mention the attraction to thou mailly well sands of the inevitable cash merely sweeps And mention may also Efficiency was, aine be made of the latest success of chieved. the Hongkong A.D.G. in its stag those wh ing of "It."
In the domain of Imperial ques
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have had Interviews with four or Ave of their prominent leaders, The feeling I have in all these instances is that I have formed contacts with people who are anxious to assist the delegation in making its inquiries and who will be willing to place all their sources of information at its service, Besides all this, he added, "I attended the races and BBW for the first time, that famous Institution, the China pony Really this has been a romarkably pleasant three days."
the "evil-diaposed persons, armed to a fale Whig dame that one of with dangerous weapons, who "in the Northern county seats, was fested notionly the private lanes safe: "Pive thousand guineas go and passages, but likewise the down to-night by a sure hand" public streets and places of usual "The deuce they do said the lady concourse, committing most daring and took counsel with her friends, outrages upon his Majesty's sub- The Treasury messenger was stop pects. That was in 1744. Half a pod on the Great North Road by century was to pass before thinge a convenient highwayman The grew better Highwaymen com only incredible thing in the story monly rode into Hyde Park at dusk, le that Pitt should have talked fastened their horses to the rallinga, freely dt a woman, and went out to stop "chairs, car- riages, and pedestrians." In 1749 Horace Walpole coming back by On Thursday a Chinese case of moonlight from Holland House to. enter
was found in the Arington-street was stopped in Victoria dis
His Ero
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Hyde Park by two gentlemen of the road, and the pistol of one Governor of them going off accidentally was lons from the within an ace of killing him, and for the actually grazed hir ays. One of Mr John pahese heroes was the great Maclean, as Vloe-Con he gentleman highwayman, who ongkong, went to yburn'next year. Op a Sunday night In that year another the Governor,afficked a post chaise in Piccadilly powers conferred rode over the watchman, almost ilm, and escaped Twenty
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