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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1927.

SHIP ENTERTAINS AT PENANG.

SOME CHEERY NOTES;

PRAPS-P'RAPS NOT!

cue that came with the Alm aug-WITH THE "HERMES! gests that the orchestra play ""The Roast Beef of Old England" or "Gentlemen, The King," but points out that this would hardly pass muster here, where people are ac- quainted with what takes place at

At the K.C.C. meeting a member regimental messes and Government

proposed that no more vegetables.be House receptions. So, in an endea-" vour to please everyone, he has som- Some cheery notes are to hard grown. Does he intend to become promised, asking the audience to re- from 3r. John W. Kennedy, of a "spud merchant", himself” main seated throughout the picture H.M.S. "Hermes." Writing from

Immanuel, the Brave Toreador: and instructing the orchestra to Penang on September 18 he anys;

Another lap in our journey homo Ab, sanorita, to-night I will steal play the National Anthem at the commencement of the programme, has been completed, and here we are beneath your balcony and sing you when everybody can participate. at Penang, having arrived yea- a sweet acrenade. This seems to us a most satisfac- terday morning. We spent rather Consuelo, the Beautiful senorita: tory compromise. After all, we a glorious time at Singapore and Dd. "And I will drop you a flower.

Immanuel: Ak, in a moment of would add, this agitation amongst showed various teams our sporting the British in Shanghai is put the prowess. Seletar football team, mnd love?

Consuelo: No, in a pot. remarkable record. visible expression of a patriotic which holds a hunger which

runs through our we met and drew with on their

Moneyed Magnate (to hard-up race, particularly when far from own ground. On Thursday morn the Homeland. Here we

maying the Governor arrived in his suitor)-"Young man, d'you know

aboard, later how I made my money?" honour our King at the completion yacht and

Bright Young Man-"Yes, but I of every cinema show, every indulging in a fight over the

the can't permit that 'to stand in the concert, every theatrical perform- Colony. H.E. looked 'none ance, whereas the British Shanghai-worse for the experience on his re-way of Muriel's happiness.” lander seldom if ever has an op- turn. At 6.30 p.m. we left in all portunity, of doing so.

NEW RAILWAYS.

MORE FEEDERS FOR

C.E.R.

The Chinese Eastern Railway Directorate, at à recent meeting has approved in principle of the' proposed building of new feeders to the Railway.

came

our glory, the angels themselves seeming in sympathy wih us and shedding their tears in the form of a tropical'.shower.

En route to Penang wo opened up a local Bisley and many are the aspirants for the hightly pools, We've had band nights and cinemas to help relieve the monotony of the evening.

A Malayan Theatre. During our stay here we ap- parenly intend to make our pre- The new line from Sansing to cerce felt. Challenges from the the C.E.R. Main Line was voted local Rugby and Swimming Clubs as the most important, and a peti- were accepted on our arrival and tion has been sent in to the local we were rather badly defeated by Chinese authorities to give the C. E. the local XV. The presence of a Railway necessary concession to crocodile in the swimming pool build the line. This line is 150 caused the postponement of the verats long and is to traverse the water polo match. produce belt in North Manchuria.

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A foreign paper contains the fel- lowing advertisement:

"Any person who can prove that my tapioca contains. anything in- jurious to health will have three him free of boxes of it sent to charge."

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A music-hall wizard of the black- board was calling for long words..

'called ศ "Incomprehensible,"

voice from the pit.

"Thank you."

"Rubber," suggested a gallery boy.

That isn't long."

"You can stretch it."

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"How nicely you have ironed these things, Jane," said the mis- tress admiringly to her maid. Then, Personally glancing at the glossy linen, sho continued, in a tone of surprise, "Oh, but 1. see they are all your

own."

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allot the present site of the Club It will put out 2,000,000 puds pro--would not fancy the idea of old duce and 11,000,000 puds timber a man croc playfully following the to the military for recreation pur-year. The construction costs will ball, unless, of course, he was

"Yes," replied Jane "and I'd do R.15,000-20,000 per verst. muzzled or had vialted one of the poses. Having, allotted the be

all yours just like that if I had time." King's Park area to the Naval Next, the Directorate considered numerous dentists ashore here.

the proposed building of a line from During the evening I visited n Words fail me Officers Club and having decided] Chacchou to. Mango as petitioned Malayan Theatre.

"I'm all in the dark about how that the military should have the for the General Guild, Chaochou. to describe all I felt. "The Mer-

these bille are to be paid," said This new feeder is 30 versts long, chant of Venice" was being present- use of the present site of the and when it is ready it will send ed, but I honestly think that if old Mr. Hardup to his wife. "Well, |K.C.C., did it intend that the lat- 3,000,000 puds produce to the C.E.R. Wil Shakespeare had any idea of Henry," said she as she pulled out

Line, not to speak of a large amount ter Club should cease to function of imports to carry as return its rendering at that Theatre,. the a green one and laid it on the top

the Government | freight.

just because

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1

poor old fellow would turn in his of the pile, "you will be if you don't made a mistake? Even now, the In case of the gentry obtaining grave. The seating was alright, the pay that one, for it's the gas bill," the desired concession from the prices were alright, but really, I

First Boy (sneeringly)-Listen Government can do no more than Chinese authorities, the C.E.. don't quite remember Antonio sing- promise the Kowloon Cricket Club Directorate derided to offer finan- ing 'You're the kind of a girl that to your father snoring.

Second Ditto (indignantly)-Dad tenure of its present site for two cial and technical aid towards the men forget" though of course, I

construction of the line.

may have been reading some other isn't snoring, He's dreaming about

a dog, an' that's the dog growlin'. years with a "half" promise of a

A third railway line connecting ploy. further two years. True, it has Paichuan with Anda, will be 134 When Portla, as the judge, ar-

Marie-Why did Jane break off rerats long and will find 27,800,000rived, with an ulster over her or undertaken to allocate to the Club puda of grain to carry, when ready dinary dress, wearing a trilby hat, your engagement?

Honouring The King.

Line.

New Chinese Plan.

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Fred-Because I stole a kiss. Marle-But surely she wouldn't

Fred-Ah, but I stole it from an- other girl.

object to that?

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A girl was asked what she thought of married life..

A certain well-known and respect-

Timothy had been passing judg ment on a neighbour, a judgment that was far from flattering.

"I hate the old cat," he cried, stamping his foot.

at the end of these two periods of

The Chinese authorities planning and supporting a moustache on her two years the site at King's Park

to build a railway between Kaitung upper lip by the first and third fin to which they had the prior claim, on the Ssupingkat-Taonan Line to ger of her left hand-I almost but why should it toy with the Fuyu (Petune) on the Sungart creeched. But when she began the have caused a surveying party of "mercy speech" and the moustache Club with "half" promises? Does 7 sent out by the Ssupingkai fell off-words fail me. it fear that it will be forced into Taonan Line Office under Chief

"Open to Visitors." The party left

"Oh, there's not much difference," Kaltung on the 30th ult.

During the evening, a dance was she replied. "I used to wait up Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1927, another ugly position by the mill- Engineer Nieh.

tary in respect of the present We hear that the orders for the K.C.C. site, which it has promised survey of the route had. been given given by the Residents in honour half the night for Tom to go, and for a military recreation ground? the Ssupingkai-Taonan Line people of the officers of the Ship and the now I wait up half the night for K.C.C. GROUND PROBLEM,

through the Director of the Peking- Semreh Orchestra, in attendance, him to come home,"" Will it have to confess to another Mukden Line. The construction once again proved their efficiency. After many anxious months mistake? If so, there is room expenses will be defrayed by the I was rather busily engaged else

Peking-Mukden Line.

where until midnight gaging the the Kowloon Cricket Club now for much greater efficiency in the

The new route to be surveyed is density and capacity of varied sizes ed Judge was noted for his gentle

manner with prisoners. know exactly where they stand in conduct of Government affairs 80 miles long and the surveying in tumblers!

operations will require about a

On one occasion he was dealing On Sunday afternoon, the ship regard to the all-important ques-than exists at present.

month's time to finish.

was declared "open to visitors." I with a poor fellow who looked Fuyu, the proposed terminus, is don't really know whether all the miserably broken and contrite. tion of ground. At a special

situated near the confluence where

"Have you ever been sentenced to meeting some time ago a resolu-

the two Sungarles join each other people in Penang Island came on tion was adopted requesting the

to become the Nen river, then flow-board for I never worried about imprisonment?" the Judge asked in When that splendid British naval ing near Taifaihar. Fuyu is in counting them, but I don't think & sympathetic way.

"Never, never!" exelaimed the Government for a guarantee of a

fim, "The Flag Lieutenant," was the midst of a very fecund country many of them neglected the oppor. five years' tenancy of their pre-shown in Hong Kong a little while that is already putting out a large tunity of viewing the ship at close prisoner, bursting into tears.

"Don't cry-don't cry," said the quarters. The Ship's Band played) sent ground or for possession of ago, local cinema-goers were con amount of staple produce.

The Chinese plan is evidently to selections during the afternoon, Judge, consolingly. "You're going the area originally allotted to fronted with a difficulty, which was: them at King's Park. Three days Should they stand to attention absorb the produce stocks of the whilst various members of the to be new."

visitors. (Drinks were not provid- after that meeting the President whilst the chestra rendered the district to the Ssupingkai-Taonan Ship's Company entertained the

National Anthem during the pro-

New Taonan-Solun Line. discovered that the area at King's gress of the picture? Most of

The new Taonan-Solun Line ed). They all seemed rather im-

ter-pressed by what they saw. Park had been previously allotted them, it appears, did not, reserving starting from Taonan, the by the Recreation Grounds Com- their outward acknowledgment un-minus of the Saupingkat-Taonan mittee to a Naval Officers' Club the piece was played, as usual, Line and the starting point of the upon the completion of the pro- Taonan-Angang-chi Line; was to for a period of five years. gramme. Now in Shanghai, we have 15 stations over the distance the President pointed out at the hear, a like situation has arisen, of 350 miles, for which the surveys annual meeting of the Kowloon The film is being shown at the have been aiready concluded at the Cricket Club last night, the Club Carlton Theatre there, and the oc- hands of the Peking-Mukden Line casion has brought into being a

We hear that the proposed route were given no notice of such in- large crowd of critics who maintala is to be altered more or less, and

Do not fail to take a sporting The hero and heroine had "dried. tention with regard to the King's that the claema patrons should a surveying party is to be sent out

rise to their feet whenever the afresh for the purpose shortly."V

chance at the Ministering Child-up" completely in their love scene, Fark ground and no opportunity strains of "God Save the King" Mukden-Hallang-cheng Line, ren's League Dollar Stallon and the voice of the prompter came of protesting. It is all very well break forth. These critice, of A report says that, on the 5th October 1 at the Fun O The to them in a whisper, "The moon is for the Government to turn round course, are all British. Their con- inst., the new Mukden-Hallung Fair. One dollar buys you à now and state that a mistake was tention, we think, is hardly as cheng Line was, opened right numbered ticket, every ticket draws up and still the lovers looked

Yours may be lucky rouns hopelessly

Again came the voice, The moon logical in Shanghai as it would be through to the Haflongcheng ter- a prize. made. If this is the way the Gov in Hong Kong. There one had a minus. From a technical point of number. Books, of ten tickets-or ernment conducts its business mixed, an international community, view, the new line is said to leave separate tickets at $1 can be is up," and still the lovers looked (and it is) it must shake the con- Not more than twenty-five per cent. quite a good deal more to be de- obtained from Miis F. C. Woo, St. round hopelessly

sired, and as in any enterprise of Paul's Girls' College, Macdonnell More audibly the line was re- fidence of a great many people in of picture house patrons in the this kind in China, one or two Road. The Dollar Stall will be peated, and then, in a voico clearly

Settlement, it may safely be said, scandals are scented against a few found in the No. 2 House at Lee audible to the audience, The the Colony (and it does). It mustare British; so if a move was made of the principal officials, few Gardens, fermoon-la-up." be presumed that the Recreation by these patriots towards obtaining Still the mere fact that the Remember too the American "Yes, I know," said the hero, “but Grounds Committee, of which the general acknowledgment of the Chinese should have succeeded in Kandy Kids. They will sell Nou- who says it?"

British National Anthem every completing the construction with rishing Nought, Divine Divinity, Director of Public Works is Chair- time it was played in the course of out outside help speaks much for Tempting Toffee Palatable Panoche

An elderly woman, wandered over man and on which the Colonial the film, trouble, would most likely the competency of the Chinese en- and other Satisfying Sweats in the Secretary and the Director of arise. This point has been fully gineers that command a due res most cunningly contrived Candy the golf course in company with her

Cartons ever circulated.Orders Ittle dog, Diddy pect and recognition Education are members, had all realled by Mr. H. W Ray of Hong CER, Southern Section to be. at 82 per lb. can be booked with Over the crest of Blight risa

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Mrs. Meyer, 18 Feak Road came a golf ball. It rolled up to her the data before them. It must sent in Shanghal. In a letter to

If you want a motor car, please The Laohslackou Taglaichno sec- further be assumed that its deci- the Press he emphasises that he Istion on the CE.R. Southern Sec- Inspect the Studebaker car rent. The dog. sion was subsequently confirmed left on the horns of a dilemma. tion being inclined to show arously given by Captain Bayliss by the Government. Why, then He has either to displease one part freight congestion because of the and purchase your tickets in the

hope of proving the lucky winner.app should a mistake have been made?

on the bang bang te amatpe

It is a sorry admission of incap city

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cargoes landed from the vessels on the Sungari, the same section is emg double tracked, cepecially in view of the recent Increasdinated in passenger traffic on the sam

FUN O' THE FAIR.

TAKE A SPORTING CHANCE!

Mr. George Heu-chien hat moved from his former place of at Ting a garden to a

>Helakwan, ac

hinese, news-

"You shouldn't say that, Tim," corrected his mother.. "The Bible says we must love everybody."we

"I know," was the reply; but Mrs. Ginns wasn't alivo when the Bible was written."

diately seized

golfer

him

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