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This Kowloon bugbear featurely vanishes of itself, and that there really is no proof for all the fuss that has been made about it. In fact, it appears that if the Jockbank is regulated, the permission to do so will be found. Hongkong people and various outsiders who have thought in their knowledge to take up the question have shown an extraordinary excess of ignorance both of facts and probabilities. We now realize from Mr. Lochhart's photographs, that the much-talked of "city" consists of an coloured parallelogram about half the size of the Eaton Square, with a total population of 744, of which the garrison alone, we are told, will of course have to go away. The remaining 200 being wretched hangers-on of the garrison, who may be expected to leave when the garrison leaves; so that when this event arrives, Kowloon City will for all...

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53 This Kowloon bugbear featurely vanishes of itself, and that there really is no proof for all the fuss that has been made about it. In fact, it appears that if the Jockbank is regulated, the permission to do so will be found. Hongkong people and various outsiders who have thought in their knowledge to take up the question have shown an extraordinary excess of ignorance both of facts and probabilities. We now realize from Mr. Lochhart's photographs, that the much-talked of "city" consists of an coloured parallelogram about half the size of the Eaton Square, with a total population of 744, of which the garrison alone, we are told, will of course have to go away. The remaining 200 being wretched hangers-on of the garrison, who may be expected to leave when the garrison leaves; so that when this event arrives, Kowloon City will for all...
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53

this Kowloon bugbear

featurely vanish of itself,

cile

aud

that there

،

really no prowed

ནང་

apee CPF

for all the fuss

res

вид

that has

S

been wade about in.

Le

fast, in

twe

that

if he Jockbank is reglen

the parmention appears to

retter This faroun

be fou

Hongkong people and

barous autreden who

the

Lo

have

thought in their Curwiege

to take up the question have

thom an

extraadziing acxavsh

of iurance both of facts

ड्र

and

pedabilities. We now

hrow

& realize from hv.

Lochbart's photography, that

the wich-talbed of

city consists

g

Kor Moore

an cualored

parallelopen of G /

ae

apperents about half the

Eaton feuare,

size of

with

a total population of 744, of

منسي

which the garrison alove, crick

will of course have to go in ayy

g

Care

consiste

ешалиў

544

emaining 200 being warty

cintian hangers-on of

the farmson,

who ing be expected to leave

cugbe

when the farrison Leaver; to that

منسيه

when this impment arrives

Howtoon Caty will for all

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