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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1926.

LOCAL "SEASON,"

A.D.C & INTERPORT WEEK.

- TIME OF FESTIVITY,

Hong Kong is going to fling cl

Its gloom-It is hoped for good and allthis month and is coming but in Its pristine splendour and

gaiety.

Hap

H.K.S.P.C.A.

RECORD OF WORK DONE IN OCTOBER.

INSPECTORS" REPORTS.

crates...

Provention "of

The Interport cricket match be- gins on Nov. 11, and though union tunately Hong Kong will nut this timme have the pleasure of a vialt from Malayn, with the added zest of the opportunity to take revenge for the whacking they gave last Pigs on trucks and in baskets year. Shanghal sending Pigs in junks ... thoroughly Pepresentative team Catile in junks down here, which is going to take Catsle, ashore some heating.

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This mig be looked upon as she

Sheep and goats ashore Ponies in junks

opening of the locatovinter season.Poultry by rail crates and The Hong Kong Amateur Dramile baskets ".. Club has chpeen the last dug of the Pigs by rail

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Mr. Fitzroy also referred to cases in which relief in equity was given in cases where docu-| ments had accidentally been muti-

THE CHINA MAIL.

FOOD FROM WEEDS.

A PROPHECY AND A RETROSPECT.

LOCAL SHARE MARKET.

OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.

HONGKONG NOVEMBER 31928. 19.30 km,

London,

counties into prairies.

His object, of course, was to! destroy our West Indies, but, an- other Balaam. he blessed where he meant to curse. The beet-plant penetrates two and a half feet. breaks up the hard pan due to continual ploughing, and aerates DIET OF THE AGES.

the subsoil with its tiny rootlets, :

a new The combined report of the work ated or destroyed and where the probable. that "some neglected stratum. We have only just be-

"It is possible, it is even not im and makes available of the Inspectors of the Hong Kong plain intention was apparent of weed may yet overthrow all cur- virtue in England; and the little gun to discover this cardina|| Society "for the

ruelty to Animals for October therefore excused from so doing." professor suggested the other day producing the whole. He was rent agriculture" as an American

revolution begips. Mr. Potter But every prece-to a company of botanists at New,

New Foods. Transport.

Ident in the books requires the pre- York. The caustic might reply Every middle-aged person in Poultay; crates

3,021 sentation of a number. Poultry on trucks and in Tar-

that neglected weeds had destroy-England has seen the coming of Mr. Potter also disagreed withed iterally, millions of acres in new foods: some successfully, T.T on London ries, loads

the statement by Mr. Fitzroy that Queensland, and were routing some unsuccessfully, imported it T.T... on Shanghai Poultry in Janka and forries,,

the caves in point in regard to farmers, men of Adam's breed. was written in one of the chief|

Banks, in laying down that such must not were turning Bills of Exchange law assumed, from many Edens in Canada, and London newspapers in 1898 that Hongkong Bank

even English few people could venture to cat do. be altered, that the nature of the

a banana raw. The fruit now! Chartered Bank alteration was done wilfully. Mr.

But Dr. Baney's imagination forms an important food About Mercantile Bank. A. & B. Potter claimed that if Mr. Fitzroy bodied forth some beneficent the same time attempts were made | do. 55 read the authorities he would see werd, some richer wheat, some to import and popularise the yam, PO Bank

that it was the other way about temperate bread-fruit. In Britain or sweet potato, but the public Bank of Bast Asia

Mr. Fitzroy having completed most of the once-neglected weeds would not be persuaded; as they Marine Insurancce. 186 his submissions in law, His Hop-on which we live come from the 'were papounded though with in- Canton Insurance 125 otr" asked him if, to win his neighbourhood where Noah's Ark 1.9 ble and cost-towel-China Underwriters

Faction, a plaintiff under the cir-grounded. The skipper after come the potato proper in the North China Insurance..

cumstances detailed, should not landing on the slopes of Ararat seven.centh century and the Union Insurance

indemnity. may have rubbed wheat, barley, panung in the twentieth. To set Yangtze Insurance Mr. Fitzroy said that, together and rye between his palms and as de imparted and semi-tropical Fire Insurances. with Mr. Potter,"it was agreed that, crushed the berries between food, the tomato is new as a popu- China Fire Insurance 8.78 the offering of an indemnity was stone.

bar food...

H.K Fire Insurance 15,003 an impossibility under the pecu- From the Caucasus to the upper

Shipping. Does net hy ontract suggest 2,159 lap circumstances."

reaches of the Euphrates and that new plants, in conjunction Douglases: Tigris are found the commonest with mare materials, may utterly Hongkong Steamboats.. of our cultivated grains and fruits overthrow present agriculture in H.K. Tuga & Lighters.. and vegetables; cabbage and car-England, as it has been over Indo-Chinas (Praf) rot, apple and pear and vineef thrown in "the valley of glass" in

(Def.) The oat is from the North. the Guernsey.

Shell Transports. A cheapering and potato from outh America. The toughening of glass, or some Star Ferries cotton but no one knows similar material, might at once Water-boats whence. Year by year our gar-dissipate all those gloomy pro-

Refineries. dens grow lovelier with the wealth phecies that Sir Daniel Hall, pet-China Sugara of shrubs and Rowers from all the ing on the mantle of Sir William Malabon Sugars continents, especially China and Crookes. preached to the British

Mining. Japan, and most of these are en- Associates at Oxford. The wealth. Bengueta hanged in size and colour by our for the glass houses-multiplying Kallan Mining Ad. selectors and hybridsers. The rapidly, ever as things are--will Langkats (Combined)

do. (Single) garden revolution (cated perhaps be immensely increased when a from the Crimson Rambler ought way is found for purifying the Shanghai Exploration

rich so that the glass garden-Shanghai Loan ers now throw away; and such Rauba

Shanghai matish on which in open Dogs in market, Talo their 57th season, and in doing woDoge by vail makes a large contribution in what Cats in market, Taipo promises to be an exceedingly plen. Ents by rail Batis occasion. As everybody w

Imports.

have matiem, after the opening Pouty, grabes night on Saturday. Nov. 1, the Pigs

A.D. is going to be at the Theatre Cattle ..... Royal every night in the following Sheep and goats weeks except Wednesday, Nov. 16 Cages of birde. and the fand performance is on Chuts Saturday, Nov, 21.

Lynx

Baskets, of frogs Baskets of ankes Rahbita

an excellent scheme bak away from the meal custom for oner, and to put en fog short sketches on nne night insteg n one pay. It serves to break up! the evening and to add to the Poultry, crates

Pigs. socably of the occasion.

Exports

The "Hong Kong, Hostel is when Cattle making pntribution tathe.reenSheep and goats slow and on every night on which Monkey

the A.D. is playing, gjeqial dit f'abs

rery will be ampved fad those who

wish to make a bheie over parties for the Theatre,

Bu might be as well to remind both hers and theatregets that tables at the Hong Kong Plateb and sents at the theater age iimited in number.

The user "last-minuters should remember and Hong Kong is going to be very ful in Interport

das on their previous good "jeas!"

Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY,

FIRST MATCH AT KINGS,

PARK..

The first match played by the YM.CA, hockey team was against, the Hong Kong Hockey Cluby whom they met yesterday at King's Park,

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421 His Honour asked Mr. Fitzroy 79 if he would not have to carry his 8 case as far as to hold that any 10 man could go to the Bank, and 12 satisfy them that he had lost, a 12 note of which he could not give 16the number by making an affide

Exit, thus claiming the right to the 86 money.

"Lets All Do It!"" 643 Mr. Potter. And if that were 1890, we would all start doing that. Mr. Fitzroy replied that he had 6. not gone so far as that. He had produced materially portions of a genuine note and tendered evid ence explaining why the rest was missing.

His Honour said he thought In the past, previoudly neglect, a triumph is not improbably on Tronoh Miner that Mr. Fitzroy would have to ed or undiscovered weeds have the way. Fifty years ago Essex his case as far as that for more or less revolutionised the was in some danger of relapsing carry A to succeed.

farms. The potato, the turnip, to prairie 'when Scottish farmers Mr. Potter, in addressing the and lukerne were in turn all re-descended on it and restored the court, said that in case the opin-volutionary agents and though value of its soil with clover. The ion was held in the Colony that we have now ransacked the world other day a professor of agricul the Hong Keng Benk welcomed and discovered some 500,000 tural science said to the writer the loss of notes, he would ex-plants the chance of a new and "If we could find out the reason 30 Blain that unless the Bank could blessed weed is greater, not less. for clever sickness we should pos- 51write-off any specific note, that "Creating" New Plants. sibly penetrate the inner secret of 70 money would not come back. The More than this: a number of soil fertility:" so simple-seeming Bank did not want to profit out botanists are actually at work a discovery as this might affect of the misfortunes of the woman under the inspiration of this fas- the production of every farm in in question but Mr. Townes would. cinating project: and some of Britain. 1 if he were called; explain to them them hold that society as well as that under the present system of the countryman may be erbetally 42 accounting no alternative.to the affected. The new plant may be 17 attitude the Bank had taken was 5possible unless they altered "the 7 whole system.

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Dealers shops. Pigs pens Yuumati Railway station's Birdshops

Miscellaneous. Benbrand crucity enses. DOT-

rected:

Murkets watched times Ferries watched times Caution given Prosecution. arrest. import- ing dogs, but (of $25) estreated

Dogs admitted to Home dur-

ing month.. Dogs rhinned Dogs sold,

a kéenly contested game reselling

The result was a win for the Club | Dogs died By Bigoth to 2.

The teams were Y.M.C.A. ---

S. H. Garend, R. Đề Murphy, F. G. }, Wheeler R. Murray, A. A: Daud,

D. A. Ruston, L. F. Nicholson, Lyon, J. Petrie, G. B. Slipper and J. Gardner.

Club.--A. J. Frank, B. D. Evans, J. Wedlake. . M. S. Lloyd, Rev. N. Evans, J. E. Noronha, Capt.j CH. Strel. L. A/R. Duncan, W. A. Nowers, R. Vallack, R. K. Valentino.

New York, Nov. 2. Bud Gorman, of Wisconsin, the aparring, partner of Gene Tunney, defeated the Swedish champion Harry Persson, on a foul in the fifth round of a ten round heavy. weight boxing contest here. Reuter's American Service.

Dogs dextroyed

A PARIS INNOVATION.

found; but it may be, so to say created in the sense that Sir Roland Biffen has created Yeoman Mr. Potter quoted authorities in IF. wheat, or the botanists at support of his contention that the Sväloff, in Southern Sweden, ommision of the 'humbers was created both new roots and new sufficient to constitute a "mater-grains.

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, &c. HK. & K. Wharves HE. & W. Docks Hongkewe New Engineerings Shanghai Docks Lands, Hotels & Bldgs. H.K. & S. Hotels Hongkong Lands Hongkong Kealty HK. Territorial Humphreys Estates Prince's Building Future of the Farmer.

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THE FEMALE BARBER al alteration which debarred What are the chances of A the Bank from paying out on the beneficent revolution coming in note. He also referred to the the wake of a new food plant? Billa of Exchange law which de Wheat (or rather spelt) has finitely laid down that the omis-been feeding humanity for a good The Paris barbers havesion of the date constituted a 50,000 years, but possibly we were taken an important decision at their material alteration.

all wrong about the origin of the congress. They have.decided to ad-

Would They?

plant till the other day, when a mit female labour in the hairdress-

soldier with General Allenby in ing saloons for men. But it will Would His Honour or his the Palestine campaign noticed a “INTERNATIONAL" BOXING. not be just yet that women will friend, Mr. Fitzroy, accept a com- particular grass by the route. shave and cut the hair of men, mon Bank note if they were Palestine now shares with Meso- Women who desire to be the bar-aware that the numbers werepotamia (that cradle of the bers of men must serve an apprez-missing? asked Mr. Potter. world's agriculture) the credit of ticeship of three years, and o To give an example, Mr. Potter! providing the staff of life. It was that there shall not be lacking handed to His Honour a $10 note spelt that anchored the nomads fic hybridisation and the exploita. Hongkong Tramways aspirants for this new occupation which had been presented to the and founded the towns. Wheat tion of the law of Mendel The Lane, Crawfords offered to the female sex it is in- Bank and with which it was im with oats, barley and rye) does men of science have given us Macao Electrics tended to organise a campaign in possible to find anything wrong not differ immensely from the stronger" wheats, rects richer in Mackintosh ..... the girls schools and colleges, until one examined the number grass of its parentage. The size Kar, disease-proof potatoes and Nanyang Tobaccos Women manicure the hands of men, when it was apparent that the of the grain has grown and hardly tomatoes, more varieties of Peak Trams (old) HOSTEL SOCCER LEAGUE, and why should they not handle the note consisted of two halves of less erucially the starchy seed clovers and vetches. Within the do.

razor and the ucissors to the ques- separate ones. He merely ten-with its

last two years, thanks to experi- Sinceres embryo has been in- On the University football tion asked by partisans of this in- dered it to show how impossible duced to slip easily from the ments at Rothamsted, farmers Singapore Trums ground yesterday. Lugard Hallnovation.

it was to argue that numbers husk, as no grass seed will It can now grow lucerne, the dairy-Taxis defeated May Hall by two But there is another reason why were not material.

provides "the big loaf" because it man's gold-mine, on lands that United Asbestos goals to nil in the inter- the profession-for profession it is hostel football

Mr. Potter submitted that the contains much gluten; and it is once quite rejected it.

do. competition. claimed to be, since art is required law of deeds quoted by Mr. Fitz- only in this century that we have fruits, such as the logan and most G. W. Barnes and A. Rontgen in shaving and haircutting has roy had no application to Bills of created glutenous grain (a tiply almost yearly. We find, too, Wm. Powells.

excellent worcesterberry, mul-Watsons were the goal scorers.

been thrown open to women. There Exchange. is, it seems, a scarcity of barbers, with regard to his argument on

Even if it applied, "strong" wheat) suitable for the

British farm..

that many sub-tropical plants HK Telephones and possibly the extra attention the doctrine of equity, he could! Potatoes and Turnips...

will endure the English climate. that has to be given to women's not have it both ways. If it, ap-

Potatoes caused the greatest cal botanists have chances and Travelling botanists and anatomi- heads nowadays, necessitating the plied he would have to go the social revolution known to Bri- prospects they never had before. The Official Court of En-opening of numerous extablish- whole way and say, "I can give tain. The tuber was so rich. In Wheat has too many virtues to be quiry into the "Renong-Selango" ments, is one of the reasons for the secondary evidence and having starch, gave so much from so Collision gave its finding, stating shortage of labour. The heads of given that I have also to give you small an acreage, that it encour.easily supplanted: but it is a pro-]

RENONG-SELANGOR

COLLISION.

that the collision was due to the the barbers calling in Paris have an indemnity: master of the "Selangor" having re doubt that women will succeed

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aged the inhabitants of parts of bability that in England, at any Mr. Fitzroy had failed to give Ireland and Scotland to increase rate, the catch crop (with the in London been guilty of an error of judgment in the new vocation available to complete, secondary evidence in the population inordinately; and vegetables and the fruit) may be (1) In increasing speed in a nar- them, M. Pervellant, who is appar- that he could not give the mater to when, disease took the crop the winter-sown

importance than the channel with an outgoing ently the author of the idea, going lal part of the contract, viz., the Irish famine fell. The world is

crop We shall vessel already in sight, (2) in se 'far as to say that they have number and the date.

full, instead of half-empty, bread-fruits as big as melons, or never become as Eiii. where allowing the second officer to leave more "legerté de main" in shaving, at a time when his services were haircutting, and shampooing than the Court when it rose for the

Mr. Potter was still addressing cause of "neglected weeds."

In a strictly farming sense, give meat, drink, and clothing to

Papaia or balans or coconuts On Paris likely to be extremely valuable to men. the master. (3) in misunderstand austere hairdressing saloons will tinues this afternoon.

Besides, he thinks that the tiffin adjournment. The case con- turnips in the early eighteenth the laziest; but we already manu Oredita,mooth sdght........ 1030 ing the sound signal of two blasty gain in grace by their presence. As

revolutionary facture tropical acres, and popu a meaning that the "Renong" to how much they will be able to

agent. Turnip Townshend" did inte our farms with the weath of meant to cross the other side of the earn, it, is announced that an artist}

more for the country his exile the world's weeds, enriched and channel which would have been an can make 80f or 90f a day.

in Norfolk than ever he or his enlarged by students of plant- infringement of the rules, and in

not the brightest master so much as attempted at heredity. specimen, on earth, and, try as he Westminster. They put an end might, he could not succeed in to the wasteful "bare fallow"

attempting the Impossible feat of

uceldent.

Thomas wi

century were a

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passing between the "Renong” andi the light Beacon. The Master of and sailing, directions and carried btaining a situation. At last a though this pernicious system in the "Renong" in giving the sound their proper complement of officers bright idea occurred to him. His being re-adopted by the prairie eminent publisher to the tattered. "Bit dawn, Mr, Stylo," said the signal of two

in and that both ships were in san-v.culd offer his services free for a farmers" of Berkshire and Wilt-genius, who had just entered his blasts acted

On these terms Mr. shire. Potatoes and "roots" gave elaborate aanetum."I have read accordance with Article 28, but the worthy condition. Proper lighta|fertnight. Court is of the opinion that the were exhibited and each vessel had Ikey Fingelstein engaged him. The us the additional "catch crops," your manuscript, and I think I shall signal was unnecessary and un-a qualified officer on watch at the fortnight having expired, Thomas so called, which may make the publish it. It seems to me a good fortunately contributed to the time of the collision.** asked for a rise."!

land 22 continuously working book, and I think it will fill a long The vessels were not crossing "Vat is your present, salary?" "factory."

felt want." The court also decided that vessels because they had to alter asked Fingelstein."

Later, another root, the sugar. "I'm glad to hear you say that was not necessary to deal with the their course slightly in followingNothing, air," wald Thomas, beet, or Bata vulgaris, restored said the author. And, by the way, certificate of either master, but the trend of the channel before the Fingelstain contemplated the lad. Europe. The soil everywhere could you advance me ten shillings

master of the courses would intersect.

"Vell my poy your wages is was growing stale, was becoming on account of my royalties

worn-out, when Napoleon (the "Oh, I think so, but why do you And Thomas was quite satisfed greatest of all farmers, exwant ten ahillings CEPATO The court found that the vessels! The costs of the enquiry are to be until he had had time to think over copting Coke or Tur

wwant to begin ning that top. were properly equipped with charts Sorne by the Attorney-General. the generous offer.

"shend) {nalsted on its culti Hon felt want you speak of

reprimanded the

"Selangor" for reasons given in Both ships sustained, material doubled" reply to question 14."

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