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ART OF BEGGING.

WAYS OF THE ORDINARY WIFE.

AMUSING SKIT.

POLICE RESERVE.

COMMANDER OF THE SHARPSHOOTERS.

TRAINING PROGRAMME.

The ordinary wife lives in an or-

The following ortlers by the dinary home sometimes with an ex- traordinary husband, who, in his Hon. Mr. E, D. C. Wolfe, Captain hong of hearts, thinks she has an Superintendent of Police have easy time. Can she not stay at been issued:- home when he is forced unwillingly

Indian Company,

THE CHINA MAIL,

GOLDEN STREETS.

WILDEST OF WILD-GOOSE'

CHASES. -

QUEST FOR LOST CITY.

Wildest of all the wild-goose chasca in America's history-s0 somebody has called. Coronado's expedition, nearly four centuries ago; to find streets paved with gold in what is now Kansas. Perhaps

to meet the rain of a summer morn Training The following is the Ponce de Leon's quest for the ing in perpetual pursuit of money? result of the examination in Parts fountain of eternal youth In Compared with his complicated ffe 2 (kaowledge of Police Duties and Florida should take the prize in her little problems are purely child-Regulations) held on December that line; but at any rate, the

ish.

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If he is one of those "homey" Passel with credit-Constable men who love to potter and snoop R.248, Rangin Shah. about the house like an amateur pluaber, he secretly envies her.

Passed--Constable R.215, Fazal

How happy he would be could he Mohanud. R.225 Kadar.

stay at home all day and just mud-

dle round delightfully. If he is a

Flying Squad.

Cleveland Plain Dealer remarks, not one of the many fables that have since lured travellers to Kan- as is half as romantic ns the one about the seven cities of Cibola und their golden streets, which induced there eager Spanish trea-

sure-hunters to wander 8,000 miles across unexplored plains to find them. And now, as that paper

The weekly instructional patrol sterner type he likes to think of the of the Hong Kong section on ense and comfort which his streng- Thursday will start from Central ous efforts have brought to the Police Station as usual at 5.15 notes, the Kansas State Historical woman of. I was going to say, hisp.m. sharp. choice.

In accordance with the romantic

and therefore at his mercy. If he

Dress-Khaki.

Sharpshooters Co.

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Society is excavating near Lyons, about the middle of the State, with a view to finding the actual site

We read:

English custom she is penniless, Mr. E. R. Dovey has been ap-of one of the elusivo "cities" which turns aut a bad lot she is tied to pointed by the Captain Superin, almost lured Coronado to his loom, him by pride; necessity, or chil tendent of Police to command this

It was the hope of finding great dren. Sometimes he is amused to Company with the rank of Sub-quantities of loot, such as had been observe her working up prettily to Inspector.

yielded by the temples of the Incas, that sent Coronado out upon his long adventure. When tales of the

a request for money. Instead of saying: "You need a new costume

him

General. (Part 3 Musketry).

and I would like you to have it." he The following Police Reser- great wealth reached him, he was waite for her to sit on the arm of vists will attend at the Kennedy ready to believe, eager to believe. his chair and wheedle round Road Revolver Range in mufti on What he and his fellows had seen Sunday, at 10 am, sharp for in-in the countries below the Rio struction in revolver shooting Grande made him credulous,

It was in 1540 that Coronado set under Inspector H. J. Paterson.

forth from México 5 men to be detailed by O.C.

with 300 Chinese Co.

"I wonder if you' could let have a cheque”

"What for?"

me

"! haven't had anything new for agans,

"Eat that thing you've got on is beautiful! Surely you don't need a new eng yet!

"Surely you don't need a new one yet! How can he know that she

5, men to be detailed by O.C. Indian Co.

10 men to be detailed by O.C. Flying Squad.

Police Training School..

has fallen in love with something Classes for instruction in Part in Oxford Street or Regent Street 2 of training course will be held

as fiercely as a boy with a steam en at the Police Training School gine: that she hardly dares to look!

thing necesary to her peace

Spaniards and several hundred In- burdens and do the hardest part of dians, prest into service to bear the

any fighting that might be need- ed. Up the west coast of Mexico. through southern California, over the mountains to the eastward he went, eventually to swing north- ward and enter Kansas. At least, so goes the fragmentary account. his trip which historians have

tion which existed in the central

When early last spring John

In the shop window in case some under Inspector H. J. Paterson on been able to discover. It is to find other woman has taken it: some-Thursday and Tuesday, com- traces of his visit, to learn the of mencing both evenings at 5.30 truth about this unknown civilisa- mhid for which with the Immoral- p.m. sharp. fty of a woman on fire she would Training Part 1. (Squad Drill). part of Kansas, that archeologists forge, embezzle, and roh: hul, be- All members of the Police Re-are at work. ing a wife, for which she must beg serve, who have not yet passed

it seldom occurs to him, 'unless out as efficient in Part 1 will Malone, living four miles west of bian mustal type, that it is parade in mufti at the Central Lyons, plough his land for wheat bum Sating for her to beg; he toes not attempt to save her from it; in Police Station for Squad Drill planting, he uncovered a number 1.et he rather likes it; it makes and Rifle Exercises under Ser- meel generous and powerful. geant R. J. Hunt as follows:- in the sharp, temperamental Chinese Company on Thursday carone, for which small houses are and Tuesday.

desired, he sometimes thinks that

bhas made a bad bargain-that| al non make bad bargains.

Surely, he thinks, some wives try

1 become proficient at their jobs.

Flying Squad on Tuesday.

MALAYA'S LOSS.

of arrow-heads, and stones fashion-

ed for tomahawks. He called in the aid of the Kansas State His- torical Society, and closer investi gation revealed many remnants of the civilisation of the Quivira In- dians.

A large jar was found in frag- ments and put together, and several

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WATER SUPPLY.

Storage of water in Reservoirs on

Storage in millions and decimala of gallons.

1928 1027 296,89 304.94

Total 462.43 428.55 Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions and decimals of gallons dur- ing the month of October.

1926 1827 Consumption

78.84 101.04 Consumption per head Estimated population 157.300 162,840

per day............... 18.1 20.00 Full Supply in all districts during October, 1926 and 1927. show that the quality of the water in The Government Analyst's reports satisfactory.

Total rainfall to October 31, 1926, 95.88; October 31, 1927, 104.87 ins..

fi is true that her early life was de- When the Hon. Mr. Reginald primitive corn-grinding machines ed, until they reached the section The excavation work to uncover voted to the arts and not to the Crichton, Resident Councillor, were discovered, Investigations where water was scarce and fond the village will not give results stare practicalities of an unpaid Malacca. goes on leave prior to rewas temporarily halted by Malone, hone too plentiful.

such as would occur in Europe or profession. (But surely not unpaid? tirement Malaya will lose pro who did not wish his pasture and

Here other guides, who had been | Asia. No walls will be found. 1. he not the reward?) She was minent igne in the world of local wheat lands dug up until the grass telling Coronado all the time that The grass huts seon rotted away, November 1, 1927 trught to play the piano badly and sport. Says the "Straits Times": had dried and the wheat had been the Turk was leading him astray, All that can be found are the to sing sickly ballads and to paint "Starting with football at Eton, he harvested,

began to prevail. The leader foundation stones of the huts, By water-colours, achievements entered Oxford and rowed and Present-day archeologists are not listened to them for the first time. rocks marking pathways and walks, which served their purpose and in-played tennis for University Col-as inclined as Coronado to believe Far to the north, they told him, and implements of the tribe.

1924 1927. vested her in these romantic days lege.

Tytam...

333.12

334.45 the stories of the golden streets, were the cities he sought, and the a spurious hale of cleverness,

The villages have been deserted Tytam Byewash Just twenty-seven years ago he remarks "The Plain Dealer," but it loot he desired to take home as a probably 200 years.

11.75 8.02 105.98 He thinks in dyspeptic moments, came out to Taiping to begin his is known that there were many present for his majesty, the King time not much accumulation

During that Tytam Intermediate

195.00 Tytam Tuk as the shoulders of sheep and the career

..... 1,405.98 1,335.00 in the Civil Service of artizans in gold and silver among of Spain.

of Wong Nei Chung.. 1 of bulls follow

debris could cover over the spot,

17.15 18.60 one another Malaya in which he has exhibited these Indians, who had a high

Pokfulum

54.38 The Turk was made, a prisoner.except during periods of overflow across his table in dull and unmarked ability in

56.40 the numerous civilisation for their time. Hence A camping place was found, and from Cow Creek. The location of imaginative procession, that were offices he held both in the Colony]

Total.... 2,024.28 1,044.27 he a wife he would have set him-and the neighbouring States. For liam E. Connelley, secretary of the except thirty picked knights, rode old bed of the Arkansas River, but and Hill District in millions and de- Close inquiry has convinced WII- Coronado, leaving all his party, the cities is believed to be in the Consumption of water in the City. Self to learn the profession of five years he was District Officer at Kansas State Historical Society, northward with a new guide, and the river is believed to have shift-cimali of gallons during the month of housekeeping from A to Z. He Kuala Kangsar where he became a that perhaps one of the streets of with the Turk, still a prisoner ed to its present location, fifteen October. would have become the best house-great friend of the Sultan of Perak, one of the villages was devoted to across what is now the Panhandle miles to the south, long before the Consumption ....... keeper on earth.

with whom he is now spending his gold and silversmiths, tie would have studied cookery last few days in Malays.

who plied of Texas, Oklahoma, and the Quiviras built their first huts on Estimated population 405,900 418,220 At one their trade in making ornaments southern portion of Kansas. and have invented dishes, Hetime he was State Treasurer, Pa- to satisfy

the scene. would have invented all kinds of hang, subsequent posts

the vanity of Indian The Arkansas River was crossed

Consumption per head being maidens. Tales of this, an

Coronado exploded the myth of per day

20.6 28.8 things. He would have surround- those of Assistant Adviser, to the usual thing for

un- near Sterling, Kansas, and Coronado the golden streets, and the archeo. Full Supply in all Rider Main Dis ed. himself with proficient and Government of Johore and Assis travelled far and wide.

the Redskins, entered the land of Quivira. Along logists do not expect to find any tricts during October, 1926 and 1927. obedient servants ("Of course, tant Colonial Secretary, Straits time it had reached the Spaniard Greek the villages were sighted. But they do think that some trace By the the banks of poetically named Cow romnants of their craftsmanship. they can be found!") who would Settlements."

KOWLOON WATER WORKS, leap respectfully to his orders in- Ife is also an ardent devotee of into "streets of gold." Coronado ing cavalcade, ran out

far in Old Mexico, it had grown The Indians, seeing the approach- of Coronado's visit may be found, stead of pottering round in slip- polo and captained in 1910 the team was eager to hear such a repert, strated themselves

and pro-because-

Storage in millions and decimals shod revolt:

which won the K.O.R. Polo Cup and ready to

before the The knights and their horaes

of gallons. After all, what is there to from Singapore. He hopes to hunt question.

believe it without "white gods."

were armoured. In their stay of

1926 1927 manage in a small house?

in England and is going to the

From all accounts which were several werks, it would be strange Shek Lai Pui Reservoir 100.80 100.80 Kowloon Reservoir.... 351.03 927.75 She, having long ago descended Argentine on his way Home with a set out to find the cities.

He was not the first explorer to left, Coronado was greatly dis- if some pieces of worked from were Reception Reservoir from the hills of romance into the view to securing some horses.

There appointed in what he found. The not lost and left behind. This deeper but less exciting valleys of Mr. Crichton is also a keen ama- to his, both of which ended in were mere grass huts. What little Spanish visit, as the Indians, did were at least two expeditions prior streets were not of gold, the houses would be sufficient evidence of a affection, finds herself surrounded, tour actor and took part recently in failure. swamped, smothered, and obsessed an entertainment given at the

precious metal was in the hands not know the use of iron. by the trivial. At the back of her Malacca Residency.

Uncertain at first as to the of the gold and silver smiths was Students of Indian life are con- mind to the mournful reflection that

location, and with many guides, not of enough importance to carry fident that here is located the lure had she not been an Aurrounded,)

ench

wishing to lead him to a back.

which led the first white man swamped, smother, and obsessed,|

different pince, Coronado started However, the civilisation of the across the great section that now she might have been vaguely bril is blind to those occasions when, northwest. He arrived first at the Quiviras was the greatest of any comprises the south-central part Hant at-what? That is not clear. watching him sitting so placidly Arizona, which can be seen to this They lived in

stone puebics of New Mexico and of the Indians of that region. of the United States; that gave the In her moments of dyspepsia she after his exciting day, she longs to day. Many archeologists say that rather than roving about.

permanent camps, world some idea of the resources feels shut up in a box. There is utter a loud scream and hit his bald these in reality were the cities of grew their own crops, principally that gave to Spain the right to They and immensity of the area, and no escape. The wide, thrilling head with the nearest metai imple- Cibola, but they were not the cities of corn, instead of depending en- claim and hold the land until its world goes on outside and she is ment. She wishes at times that he sought by Coronado. cooped up with an unwilling girl. was less fond of his home. He is

They were tirely on the hunt for their food cession to France.. tied to perpetual problems concern becoming part of the unadventur-squalid, dirty, on barren aandy supply. They had a government ing the buying of minute quantities ou routine. Is there no excite-wastes, with no signs of gold or of a better nature than the raving of milk, bread, meat, and

allver. They were not even well tribes. Their huts of grass were! vege- ment in life; no unexpectedness? tables.

It is also the anniversary of their supplied with food.

far superior to the makeshift Her life is a stupid routine of wedding, He has forgotten. She aged. He slew his old guides, who

But Coranndo was not discour- teepeen of other Indiana. ordering dust to be removed from says to him hopefully:-

For his treachery in leading the December rooms designed to hold as much! "George, what day is it to-day?" led him astray, and took up with party astray, history relates, the dust as possible; of ordering the "Thursday," he replies promptly, cause he had a beard, a strange populace of the

another, called "The Turk," be-Turk was executed before the minute portions of food to be cook-looking over the evening paper. ed; of seeing that the plates which "Hulio," he says, "what's up?" thing for an Indian. The Turk villages, the first red man to fall contained the food are washed up; "Don't speak to me!" she cries, said he knew where the citics beneath the fren heel of Spain in distressing trivialities which go on and bursts into tears; which pains sought by Coronado were located, the land of Quivira. three times a day year after year. and horrifies him. An entirely although they were raany leagues seems to have treated the Indians She is the slave of cleanliness, comfortable world has been aud- distant.

of the villages with consideration, cookery, and monotony.

denly shattered for no reason what-

The Turk deliberately set out to as he was obliged to, for they far She knows that she is an ama-soever! In a moment of accidental islead the party, according to the out-numbered his small party. teur, but she does her best with.... inspiration he suggests a din-historians. The reason given is "The Plain Dealer" continues:- ahocking bad material and little ner and a theatre. In the taxi-

Several weeks were spent in the money; she knows that she is no cab on the way back he thinks she He lived far to the south, where region. Scouts were sont out to organisor; but she does not realise looks rather brilliant. He kisses he had seen the results of Spanish ascertain if any villages or temples that she is one of millions of simi-hor, feeling slightly foolish. She oppression, and was resolved that worth looting were in the sur lar amateurs who support, instead responds with great enthusiasm, this should not be visited on the rounding country. It is believed of combining to abolish, the stupid She is like something escaped. inhabitants of the land of Quivira, these scouts went as far north as tyranny of the kitchen. Some day Later, when screwing his neck Although he was not one of them, Nebraska, west to Colorado, and wife will press a button and food round to battle with his starched brethren, and was resolved to die; was found, except occasional rov- he was loyal to these Indian east to Missouri. Nothing more will shoot in from a communal kit collar, he says:- chen; she will press another and

"We must.... damn this stud if need be, to protect them from ing bands of Indians. the remnants of the feast will die-go out a bit more

the yoke that had been thrown One member of Coronado's party, appear.

confound the thing!"

upon the native tribesmen of kept a diary. He was the his- It is only the capacity which wo- "Do you love me?" she asks Mexico.

torian of the trip. His description men have for suffering in silence with alarming earnestness.

With implicit confidence, Coro- of the land of Quivira, of the grass and their instinctive inability tol "You krow I do. Good Lord nado followed him. The party buts, of the great river (the combine which have preserved the what's the matter now!"

went due east, toward the great Arkansas) which was. crossed, stupidities of the kitchen.

"Oh, nothing. only I'm so I waste region of west central show plainly that here is where Prohibition Administrator, will

Mr. Maurice Campbell, Federal, Bangkok, She can sense every mood of her can't help it happy ["!

Teras, now known as the Staked the Spaniard ended his search for not permit his agents to sample woking. husband. She knows at once when

(Women, so think these excel Plains, where he hoped to lose the elusive rainbow. The Quiviras he is liberlously entrying a secreti lent husbands, are really most ex them. Onward, week after week, were the only Indians of the en- Liquor sold in New York. His men when he is clumsily trying to hide traordinary)-H. V. Morton on the mailed knights of Spain and tire plains region who lived in have as much right to live as any- anything. He, on the other hand, "Rangoon Times.”

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