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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1981.

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formed) will completely ignore Last night a Chinese, named Lom the Currency Commissioners' re- Wong, (48), was admitted to the

Kowloon Hospital in a serious' con ference to $1 notes but will endition as the result of a fall from sure the community a constant a window of an un-numbered house, supply of hygienic oncs. There In an unknown street. is a happy medium between such

Leung Kam, Mistress of the Tam and the mutilated fragments, Cheung Kee Jewellera shop No. 1, pasted together, that once upon Shelley Street has reported to the

Social Functions. Ja time were permitted to do duty Police, that Chan Sing a workman,

To-day Entertainment by L48 to whom she entrusted jewellery to Dofehans and William Rimola, here. The Government or the the value of $510, to be made up. Peninsula Hotel "Rose" Room. Currency Board will be in a posi has absconded. tion to control the output of $1 notes and they can likewise control their replacement on the ground of hygiene!

From Other Pens.

Slowing Them Down.

FIRE BRIGADE.

To-day-Tea Dance at Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances at Peninsula. and Hong Kong Hotels.

To-morrow Cricket Interport Dinner, Hong Kong Hotel.

To-morrow-R. E. Old Comrades Association Annual Dinner, Hotel

Annual Inspection and Cecil, 8 p.m.

Display.

LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS.

Entertainments.

To-day King'a Theatre; "The Brat."

Today Queen's Theatre: "Strangers May Kiss.".

Today Central Theatre; "Ladies of Loisure."

The Duke of Marlborough, it is] reported, has evolved a mechanical speed-reducer for the motorists'

To-day Majestic Theatre: who have been driving too fast over

The annual inspection and de-"The Vagabond King:" also "Rex the private roads in the grounds of

monstration in fire-fighting and Peggy." Blenheim Palace"sharp bumps methods of the Hong Kong and Today Star Theatre: have been built on the straight Kowloon Fire Brigades was held "Lord Byron of Broadway." stretches of roads, bumps which in the Central Police Station Today "Dear Brutus" by are easily negotiated at a reason compound yesterday afternoon, A.D.C., Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.m. able speed, but are calculated to in the presence of a large num-

Concerta.

give a sharp jolt to any road hog="ber of interested spectators, To-morrow The Schneider Trlo What happens if his Grace himself which included. H.E. the Gov.in Two Chamber Music Recitals, is in a hurry to catch a train is ernor (Sir William Peel) and Helena May Institute, 9.20 p.m. not explained-perhaps his chauf- Lady Peel, the Hon. Mr. W. T. To-day Concert; Helena May feur has a secret road map showing Southorn, the Hon. Sir Shou-son Institute, 5.30 p.m. how to steer a swift but unshaken Chow, Kt., and the Hon. Dr.

Home Malls. course in and out of the ex-R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D., To-day Inward from Europe crescences that are liable to bump and Mrs. Kotewall.

via Suez (Corfu); Outward for off the baser sort.

The parade was under the Europe via Siberia (Empress of However, it has to be admitted direction of the Chief Officer of Asia), 0 p.m. that the idea, though undoubtedly the Brigade LTD.

(the Hon. Mr.

To-morrow-Inward from Ameri- aristocratic, is not new. It is E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G.), whilst ca (Pres. Jefferson); from Europe year or two now since Lord Cecil the demonstrations were super-vin Siberia (Kashgar). Outward proposed a shollow trench right vised by the Superintendent for Europa via Siberia (Corfu) 1.80 across the road at the entrance to (Mr. H. T. Brooks, M.L.F.E.) [p.m. overy English vilings with the iden assisted by Messrs. J. H. Fitz-

Jumble Sale. “

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out reason, that if the governing of forcing motorists to slow, down. henry, G. Saunders, W. Smith, November 28-Hong Kong Bene- authorities force a silver dollar He not only proposed it, but actual J. W. Wollard and R. Brooks. volent Society Jumble Sale, City WALKER-WEIR:At the

The brigades went through a long Hall, 11 a.m. Peak

currency upon him, they shouldly introduced a real bill into the

House of Lords that would have and interesting competitive pro-

Land Sales. Church on November 18, 1931, Jumes McLellan Walker,. of initiate some procedure to en-obliged local authorities to dig gramme.

November 28-—At P.W.D. Offices The prize-winners were: Helensure that that silver dollar can such trenches. The astonished but

two lots of Crown land, 3 p.m. Chartered Bank, to

Box Competition.-- Audrey Weir, of Matilda Hos-pass the scrutiny of ever-suspici- unconverted custodians of privilege Despatch

would have none of it—the Bill for Three men, Central (1 and 2). pital.

ous retailers or conductors of

Better and Bigger Bumps for Vil-{ Two men, Kowloon, 1; Central, public vehicles. Why should the lage England died at birth. But 2. individual be penalised for some- some memory of it seems to have One man, Fireman 69, 1: Fire-racing motorist, had one of the most thing over which he has not the survived, and now the Duke of man B, 2.

Marlborough applies the notion in Motor Escape competition drill.- slightest control never had his own domain, Manchester Central, 1; Kowloon, 2, and never shall?

Motor pump competition.-Mong kok, 1: Central, 2.

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Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL

A demonstration of the working) it seems to be unquestionable Week by week, the proportions of of the fire motor-cycles was given, It does not require an acade- that the Colony already contains the books arriving from Home by Sub-Inspector Chester Woods

more dollar coins than it can ever publishing houses are noted to be and Sgt. Bastings. mical knowledge of currency on

less voluminous. Considering the the part of the average indivi-require for use in active circula-price of books, especially when the ANTIBETAN BOL dual in this Colony for him to tlon, we have sought for some nimble shilling (about 422 cents) agree with that portion of the automatic method of increasing is reckoned at 60 cents, we like to Currency Commission's report the amount of notes in circula-got value for our money.

Most of us still prefer to have dealing with currency reforms. tion when required. It is obviour mental pabulum served up gener

of ous that there are two ways injously on big platters, but by de- In considering the defects

grees, as each learns to pick out the present system, the Com-which this might be provided

the essential vitamins for his in- a suitably regulated dividual temperament, we may all missioners declare that the first either by defect is that the form of cur-issue of Government currency become satisfied with fewer and rency which is the only unlimit-notes or by altering the present smaller meals, daintily served. The ed legal tender, the silver dollar, conditions of issue of bank notes. success which is reported to be at- is entirely unsuitable for that The first step can be taken by purpose.. there is an almost the Government at its own dis- unsuperable obstacle

tor

to

tending tentative experiments in

this direction may wall mean that the reaction against mere bulk has already set in. One would fancy that there ought to be a good mar-

CRICKET To-day, Kowloon C.C. v. Shanghai at the K.C.C. at 10.30 am.

Hong

SaturdayLeague Kong C.C. v. R.A.; Indian R.C. v. Civil Service C.C.; League II- Civil Service C.C. v. Indian R.C.; Police v. Hong Kong C.C.; Friend- lles-Kowloon C.C. v. Craigen- gower C.C.; Craigengower C.C. II.

v. Kowloon C.C. II. the cretion; the second requires the

Gazette.

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HOCKEY-To-morrow-Hong Kong Hockey Club "A" v. Jat Regiment on the Marine ground at 6 p.m.; C.B.A. v. Radio Sports Club.

FOOTBALL — Saturday — La! Wah Cup Civilians v. Navy,

GOLF-To-day-First round of Railway Cup (Ladies).

Sunday Open Championship of the Colony; R.H.K.G.C. Jasper Clark Cup Competition.

TENNIS Sunday - U.S.R.C. Mixed Doubles Tournament.

R101 MEMORIAL.

Impressive Simplicity Of Altar Tomb.

BIRKIN'S' ESCAPE.

famous

Sir Henry Birkin, the

amazing escapes of his thrilling career at Brooklanda when the re- cord-breaking Bentley owned by the Hon. Dorothy Paget, in which he was practising for the 500-mile Bro at. 120 miles un race, caught.

hour.

Sir Henry was passing the fork. on the track when he found his legs. enveloped in a sheet of flame. The heat was terrific but he strove desperately to keep the great blue car on a straight course until he could reach the spot a mile away where his mechanics had fire ex- tinguishers in readiness for such a mishap.

The car gradually slowed down,. but the cockpit was like a furnace, and Sir Henry had to stand up on the seat to steer, The steering wheel itself he could only hold, in two fingers, as that also had become alight.

At about 20 m.p.h. he dived for the handbrake, situated over the running-board on the off-side, and in spite of the fact that the lever was nearly red-hot, he succeeded in jamming it on hard. He then set the pose of the car to the side of the track, and, jumping out, ran along- side to his mechanies and the ex tinguishers.

Sir Henry's shoes and overalls and even the cushions of his ma chines were burning flercaly, while his hands were badly blistered. But within an hour the car had been thoroughly examined and set right and he was once again at the wheel wearing gloves to protect his ini juries and achieving further speeds of more than 120 m.p.h.

To-day's Thought.

volume of coin expanding at all willing co-operation of the note ket for pocket "thrillers." "Some And so the books are to be tasted," wrote times sufficiently to meet the issuing banks." public needs in the cumbrousness Commissioners recommend that Pacon, "others to be swallowed and of the legal tender dollar coin." the legal tender status of the some few to be chewed and digeat- ed." None of these categories Not only is there the matter of dollar coin be limited to $10, and would suffer by being published in cumbrousness to be considered: that the, preadnt note-issuing handier format. All that is want- is thinner paper-Pinang there is the large number of banks be made the sole unlimited ed "chopped" or defective dollars in legal tender, except, of course, circulation that are daily creat-by the banks themselves in pay-

News in Brief, ing very great inconvenience and ment of notes tendered for re-

For bringing into the Colony an annoyance to the individual, demption,

Later, the Commissioners unregistered mul-teal, Yiu whether he be a retailer or #1

"We have considered chuen was to-day fined $10. customer, or bus or train conduc-state:

a rikisha whether, in view of the altera-

The piracy report, of the affair or a passenger, puller or a "fare," Of a "chop- tion in the status of the silver which occurred in Chinese waters of $1 notes on Tuesday morning, when a num

ber of pigs and chickens were ped" or defective coin be ac dollar, the issue cepted a defect sometimes be-should be resumed; but we are stolen, is now considered by the ing so infinitesimal as to escape definitely of opinion that this Police to be doubtful. notice by any other than a man would be undesirable on grounds

The A, D. G. repeated its success | handling hundreds, if not thou both of hygiene and expense." with "Dear Brutus" at the matince At Cardington cemetery, near

It Why not, then, recommend a ban yesterday. when there sands, of dollars each day

wax Bedford, builders have removed a good audience, which In-hoarding and revealed an ́altar) is made the subject of a few on the $1 note in Malaya? Why a

cluded many children, who tomb, approached by steps, above

[From the "China Mall” of cents discount, only for the dis- not ban the circulation of copper were particularly delighted with the the grave of the R.101 airship vic

November 19, 1921.1. counter, perhaps, to pass it on to coin, to touch some of which is scene in the wood.

If difßcult to bee that "Margaret" It is in Portland stone on a con- To-day's dollar is worth 2/8 3⁄41⁄2. an unwary customer who may be repulsive and forbidding?

crete base, made when the grave] victimised again- per medium of the silver dollar is to go as all was a favourite with them.

was filled in, and stands in a aquare Although no announcement about, why the self-game dollar! If a "chop-fervently hope it shall —

Two charges, one of being in pos- sunken enclosure with stone coping, it appeared in the papers, there ped" or defective dollar be not expect the individual to carry a session of 196 counterfeit ten cent. At one end there is carved in was a Parliamentary election at accepted (and this is quite com-pocketful or a handbagful of sub. pieces at Wanchal and the other of rollef the Royal Air Force device Taikoo last night. It was a mock mon on buses and trams) quite sidiary coins which have an un-returning from banishment were and the motto, "Per Ardua ad one and figured as the first itera on preferred against Ho Tai, before Astra" At the offer appears the the agenda paper of the Talkoo De unnecessary inconvenience and happy knack of disappearing like the Pulsne Judge. (Mr. Justice Lind- inscription: "Here lle the bodies bating Society.

Mr. D. B. Bone' (Independent annoyance are caused to a pas lightning on a shopping expedi-sell at the Ansizes yesterday. The of forty-eight officers and vien who senger who may have not one tion? A fine incentive to thrift, jury found him guilty on the first perished in his Majesty's airship Labour), and Mr. J. Simpson (Coall-

count, and he was sentenced to 18 R.101 on October 5, 1980.

tion) were the candidates and Mr. ten-cent piece or no bank note indeed! It is hoped that months all and two years on the The names, in alphabetical order, S, Boulton, President of the Debat- under the value of five dollars, the Government and the Cur-second, the sentences to run conte-are, carved on the two long facesing Society, acted as Returning

lot the tomb.

Officer." The individual argues, not with rency Board (if everone belcutively.

It was

not time.

You will never be considered selfish if you keep your troubles to yourself.

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