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THURSDAY, AUGUST
OUR $50 PRIZE.
Result of Thirteenth
Puzzle.
FOUR-TO SHARE AWARD.
The attack on Britain by the "Washington Post," mentioned in the cables yesterday, is an in- stance of a deplorable practice which, fortunately, is gradually disappearing. The substance of
The "China Mail" has pleasure the attack, as is usual In such
In announcing the result of the cases, is without merit, so does
thirteenth Cross-Word Puzzle of the not require debate. What is of new series. This has been won by public concern is the bad spirit four competitors who had one behind the written word, a spirit error each, as follows:- which has consistently emanated A. Becker, from the newspaper in question. We well remember the lurid anti- British editorial articles that ap
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Kowloon,
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P'RAPS-P'RAPS NOT!]
Tommy: "Dad, a boy at school, to-day, told me I was very like you."
Dad: "And what did you say?", Tommy: "Nothing, he's a lot bigger than me."
Customer: I want a pair of shoes for my husband; he's a referee."
Shopman: "You mean boots, madam-football boots."
"No, I don't, I mean shoes- running shoes.!"
Timid lady (engaging maid):
in effect, to let the Bri- Mr. A. Becker, tish stew in their own juice" In China and that under no cir- cumstances should America lift a cheque will be sent to the winners I'm not at all difficult to please." finger to maintain law and order four days hence under registered
In accordance with the rules a
Across.
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"I hope you'll stay with me, Mary
New servant: "No, I could see
as I sét.
eyes on your husband."
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or protect its own nationals-in cover, together with the congra- that, Ma'am, as soon this part of the world.. Such at-tulations of the "China Mail."
The correct solutions are tacks are the more reprehensible when directed at a nation than follows:-
He (sitting out" a dance): when an individual la selected for
1, PANURGY; 7, ECDYSIS; 14, "Give us a little kiss, dearie."? abuse. Invariably they are the
17, ACACIA; 16, TRAPPY;
She (Indignantly): "How dare product of a half-baked school of RHIME; 18, PAS: 20, YULAN: 21, you, when I only met you to journalism in which bad taste EAVE: 22, RAILS: 28, PICA: 24, night? Why. I've never kissed
TAX; 26, prevails to such an extent that R.T.E.; 25,
a man in my life!" GEKKO: 81, TI; 32, personal attack takes the place of 28,
He (calmly): "Well, now's· ́ reasoned argument. When a per- GHOUL: 38,- EARLY: 34, RUE
your AUF: 87, EAGRE; 39, your chance, girlie, Bon is the butt he has the obvious 35, remedy of a personal encounter STANG: 41, AS; 48, DREYS; 44 chance!".
S.E.; 45, N.C.O.; 47, WAR; 48 with the attacker, though the lat ARTS: 50, LABEL; 52, BIRK; 69,
The charge to see a certain ter is seldom worth the time or TITAN; 66, TAR; 56 ÁRECA; 57,
monkey at a fair was 3d. After trouble, so such outbursts are UBERTY; 59, AMULET;
staring at the notice for a time, generally ignored. But when a SERIOUS; 61, TRUNDLE.
Town.
a man walked up to the keeper nation is traduced, the affair
1, PARERGY; 2, ACHATE; 8, and said: takes on an immeasurably wider
NAIVE; 4. U.C.M.E.; 6, RIE; G importance, and a mere pin-prick GA: 8, C.T.; 9, DRY; 10, YAUF:
00,
"Could you let me have reduced charges? You see, I have a wife in this direction may result in 11, SPLIT: 12, 1.P.A.CAT. 13 and seventeen children to pay much rucial antagoniam. How SYNAXIS; 15, SAI; 18, PANEL: 19, for ever, in view of the fact that SLAKE: 27, SHEAL; 28, GUARD;
A
"Seventeen children?" echoed
"'Ere, wait ing a similar silence. But for the responsible American opinion has 20, OASTS; 30, LLANO: 32, GUE official nature of the message repudiated the sentiments con- 334, YUG; 36, MANATUS; 38, the keeper.
SER moment. I'll fetch the monkey tained in the article referred to, ERGAT: 39, SYKER; 40, from Oslo it could almost be it is unlikely that we shall hear RATE: 42, SCRIBE: 44, SARCEL: out to look at you."
48, OTTER; 47, WIELD: 49, SART; imagined that the Norwegian anything further about it. Which 51, BAR: 52, BRUN; 64, N.TO.|| Foreign Office had been given is for the better.
56, A.M.U.; 68, YU: 59, A.R. credit for a statement for which
there was not the slightest CORRESPONDENCE.
tory.
"THAT FERRY."
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The young wife was to enter- tain guests for the first time, and approached ker cook on the Bubject.
We are having a few friends in for a musical evening to-night, Bridget," she exclaimed, "and L want you to do your best."
"Sure, mum," replied Bridget. I haven't sung for years, but you can put down for "Come into the garden, Maud.”
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and bother about getting a ferry. authority. It may be, of course,
to the wharf than there is in get that the scafaring Powers have
ting an "Empress" boat tied up, their own ideas concerning the [To the Editor of the "China Mall") and what it must cost the Com promised joint action against the Dear Sir, I am in thorough pany in wear and tear of engines, pirates and that nothing will be agreement with the opening sen- and gear, Heaven only knows,
tence of your correspondent, Allow me to suggest to the divulged until the "stunt" at Blas "Propeller's" letter in to-night's shareholders that they pay e Bay has become a matter of his paper, but with the rest 1 so little more in wages, Against the
A woman was helping her The present apparent in-violently disagree that I feel the trivial extra cost will be get-the action may be meant to lull the urge to break into print myself saving in wear and tear, damage
on the same subject."
to the wharves and ferries husband locate a knock in the pirates into a false sense of Not having followed either the which must amount to a good engine. The bonnet was open security and "the Assyrian may correspondence. or the Editor's sum, and a cultivation of good- and the engine running, and she come down like a wolf on the comments that apparently roused will among the travelling public, was bending over it, latening
"Propeller" to scorn; let us start instead of, as at present, a grow-intently.
"Be careful not to touch the ing sense of exasperation. fold" when the good folk of Blas from his own letter.
One more remark about "Pro- pluga" she was warned, “or you Bay are sleeping peacefully in He, apparently, holds a brief for
the way in which the ferries are peller's" letter. He says, "there may get a shock." their huts!
"Oh," she replied, "but. I handled and blames any difficul-is a very strong tidal current Meanwhile, it is worthy of com- ties that arise on to the way the round the point, etc., as an thought you said this car was ment that the Canton authorities stages are designed. In other excuse for the mishandling.
equipped with shock absorbers!" Perhaps, The difference be do not seem at all inclined to anti-words he shifts the charge of in-
A man lay in the road sur cipate any joint action by the competence on to the Company tween a seaman and a
seaman is that the former takes rounded by what was originally a and its advisers. Powers by saving the latter the
Let me state my thesis in per- the avoidance or the utilisation of motor car. His face was cut and
currents as part of his job;, the trouble and doing the job them- fectly clear terms.
latter looks upon them as an in- his clothes were torn. The car. MILLAR-August 4, 1927, to selves. There has been ample 1. The way that the ferries are fiction of God which, as they was a total wreck.
handled to-day Is a ghastly can't be cured must just be
A passing vehicle stopped and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Millar, a time since the piracy of the
spectacle of sheer. incompatiently endured... daughter.
petence.
London Offices: The Far Eastern Agency Advertising
(London) Ltd., 86-38, Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.2.
BIRTH
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
"Solviken" for Canton to show its hand-either by a rald by its own 2. forces against Bids Bay, or by a request for the co-operation of the Powers, or even by a gesture to the Powers to go ahead and wipe out the pirates' lair once and for all. As "Shipping and ER-S. gineering" (Shanghai) states in its issue of July 29, the "Solviken" piracy appears to Hong Kong, Thursday, August 4, 1927, presage a recurrence of the evil,
Mr. and Mrs. Rahim wish to ex- press their deep thanks for the expressions of sympathy and con- dolence from their numerous friende, customers and relatives in their recent sad bereavement,
FIGHT THE PIRATES.
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a man got out, Leaning over the Therefore, let us have seamen prostrate man he asked, "Have If this incompetent handling is on this job, first, last and all the an accident? due to the lay-out of the time, and I would suggest that it Faintly the reply reached him, stages, why is it only since the is about time that the Harbour "No, thanks. Just had one." strike and the advent of the Master looked into the question of new ferries which practical- the manning of these ferries,
ly coincided-that the incom- pétence has become somark- ed?
Yours, etc.,
Sufferer.
CHINESE BATHING CLUB.
Poor old Henpeck was very sick and ill. "It serves you right," growled Mrs. Henpeck, "you should never take anything that disagrees with you!"
"Well, Maria," meekly answer- ed Mr. Henpeck, "47 I had always taken that advice where would you have been?” →
Dear old soul to chemist "Oh,
To answer "Propeller's" ques- Hong Kong, Aug. 3. tion: Not only to suit the needs of the present incom- petent regime, but in the interests of efficiency and the Editor of the "China Wit" quick discharge, now and Sir,In reply to "Concerned's" and one wonders not when the when the traffic has increased letter in your yesterday's issue. I
"So Dan be gone to Lunnon? I British authorities or some other manifold, the ferry stages must point out that this club is
should be built in the form of managed by a General Committee wonder if there'll be enough foreign Powers are going to take
two double V's, wider at the and an Executive Committee in goin's on to suit him?"
"Oh, e ain't takin' no riaks, action, but when the people in entrance. If the present in the interest of all members and Since the news was flashed authority in Canton are going to competence is a permanent that there is installed within the ain't Dan'l, 'e took 'is draught
feature, then the two en-shed a box for inviting and board wi' 'im." over the wires from Oslo that, in do their duty to their own
trances and the ends should be receiving constructive sugges accordance with Norway's re-countrymen and to foreigners. fendered with heavy rubber tions as to its improvement.
fenders so that the coxswaine Obviously "Concerned" is keen- quest, the seafaring Powers had In spite of the number of piracies
can bump about from side to ly concerned with the welfare of and I want a nice tooth brush for decided to take joint action which can be directly attributed
side without doing much dam the club and is making an honest my nephew-you know the sort I mean for cleaning the little against the pirates,
as the to the one organisation, nothing age or delaying the discharge endeavour to improve its work parts of motor bikes."
of passengers.
ing, as any member should do. sequel of the attack on the 8.8, of a punitive nature has ever been
Now let's get down to brass Would not "Concerned" do the "Solviken," not a word has been seriously undertaken or even
tacks? Does "Propeiler deny club some good by assisting Its "Bless me!" said Tommy's forthcoming from any quarter as seriously suggested by the very that the way the ferries are Committees and save much time, uncle, do you mean to tell me to the nature of that action and authorities who are supposed to handled is a sheer disgrace to the if an intelligent use of the said that your teacher never canes
box were made? Yours, etc. you? the date thereof. So far, as can have control over the district. Company, a
WONG KAM YING, AN
Honorary Secretary Chinese Bathing Club. Hong Kong, August 8,
DUDDELL ST CORNER 4. To the Editor of the "China Mall." SirRe that dangerous corner
Assured: "We have moral gussion in our school. What's that?"
"Never, anale, Tommy
"Oh, we get kept in, locked out and locked in, stood up in a corner, made to write a thousand words, and scowled at and jawed at, and that's all"-
be gleaned nothing is known "The Canton authorities" con- Before the strike, with the old ferrica, the average time from locally. The British Foreign tinues Shipping and Engineer: boarding to discharging was 8 to Office presumably knows, but is ing," ""have iterated and reiterat 9 minutes: now it is 10 to 12 preserving a allence that is no-ed their desire to do what they can. Take the Hong Kong landing :-- mond Bukana koneet met 15TAR The wharf runs about N.N.E. and thing if not strange. Parliament to suppress pirates, but that is all 3.S.W. The coxswains come up is in recess till November, and so they have done, and their sole and to it at far too high a speed in- aven Mr. H. W. Looker, "the whale activity in the matter has cidentally which is at the bottom member for Hong Kong, has no been confined to words. Before of all the trouble as if the very at Duddell St. my suggestion is
Egy last thing they wanted to do was opportunity to question the Gove the Powers actually decide on to get alongside it; they might be that the HK Electric cars A group of young chil
suitable were playing cricket ernment in the House of Com joint action, so far as that in- supposed at times to be contem could park at a mere
truck Meadow, with their wich
Bank ed about ten yards from the mons. The British Minister in volves another raid on Bias Bay, plating a landing at Queen's or place. Their big wo Blake ler. The engines are often parks in front of position they Peking ought to be in
danger-The young batsman shut to going
ad until off the whart of China, which
the and hit out fiercely to any something, as should also bring the Canton authorities to a They then go full.
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