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THINGS ON WHICH HE MAY BE LED

ASTRAY.

BUROPEAN FIRED UPON. SEQUEL TO OIL THEFT AT NORTH POINT.

Mr. W. B. Lightburn, manager of There are already several "Guides to the Asiatic Petroleum Company's North Hongkong," but now that the tourist Point Installation depot, had a startling. traffic has ravived it is evidently thought experience at the depot,, on Thursday that there is a call for another. Messrsight, when he was fired upon with a Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., have just published volver by a Chinese. At about twenty que entitled The Newcomer's Guide: minutes past seven Mr Lightburn was What to see in Hongkong." The compiler, standing on his verandab, watching for the return of four of the company's. H. M. Eiana, is, we understand, a lady lighters, As be watched the noticed a but" whether married or single we are not informed; hence the absence of the Chinese standing on the jetty. The manager thought this somewhat strange as he know there were no men working The book is published at a dollar and, there at that time, and accordingly, be written in a naive, chatty style. It is proceeded to investigate. He went down very comprehensive little guide covering to the jetty, and on the way passed the about alty pagus but it contains a few armed guard who was standing on the sea statements, that are Dow to those wall. On reaching the end of the jetty who know the Colony intimately. For Mr. Lightburn noticed that the man was. instance, a monument at the junction of drawing oil from the pipe line which the Harlech ant Lugard Roads, we are told, company used to feed ships with. Ho was put up by the regiment of sheath was pouring the oil into a receptacle Middlesex, who were in Hongkong a few which locked like a Chinese pail, He years ago, to the memory of those sat on the feed pipe for a while and who went down in the Tyndareus

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watched the thief, and when be had seen

MUSIC and SONG.

UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR: THE HONGKONG PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

WILL GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT.

AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

(CITY HALL)

on the 26th and 27th FEBRUARY, 1923.

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the interests of historical accuracy, the enough for his purpose he got up with BY THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY,

authoress might like to know that although the object of interrogating hima.he the Tyndareus struck a mine she did not did so someone in one of the four sam go down, and no lives were lost. Tho

pads which were moored to the jetty fired stane commemorates the fact that the shot at him. The bullet track the men of the 5th Middlesex Beat, preserpipe line, but beyond making a dent did ved the Birkenheau tradition when their no damage. A second that was fired, and ressel might have gone to the bottom the man on the jetty scrambled into one with all on board.

of the sampans. Menawhile Mr. Light- burn' hid behind the pipe till the shooting was all over. He then went back to look,| for the guard, but by this time he was

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Another piece of information new to ts is that near to the Fanling Golf Course a temple has been erected to the god of gully The authoress tells the new the other end of his beat and bad comer that "the new road brought much heard nothing. The rampan people man- prosperity to the district and the main aged to get safely away. Mr. Lightburn feature of the new road was the presence does not think the man who fired the of men carrying bags of clubs. So a god shot intended to hit him, but rather Will play at the above Hotel on SATURDAY, was created in their image. If The hoped to frighten him. The past day a Newcomer's Guide" was not a more of search was made and a coolie found one less serious publication we should regard of the bullets on the jetty. Up to the this as subtle humour. We presume the time of writing no arrests have been reference is to the "half way house on made.

the main course, erected in the Chinese?

style of architecture by the generosity of

the late Sir Henry May and Mr. "Jock" SEQUEL TO A ROBBERY AT Forrest two enthusiastic members of the

SAM SHUI PO...

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golfer, where is the summer months bis FOUR MEN BROUGHT BEFORE. THE thirst may be quenched.

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Another paragraph at which the sident will jib reads: There is no

"The four men arrested in connection regular European Theatre, Wandering companies occasionally land on the island with a recent robbery at Yu Yuk Street, and give a show in the City Hall." They Sam Shui Po, were charged before Mr. don't they give the show in the J. R. Wood, yesterday, with armed rob "Theatre Royal."Dances and lectures bery and with the unlawful possession of are given in the City Hall. The author one revolver, five rounds of ammunition seems to know something of this, too, for and five daggers. on another page, she says "the City Hall alls the same role as the assembly Rooms at. Bath"

"The Hongkong 'Club, we learn. "was founded to promote good understanding between Navy, Army and Commerce Everybody who is anybody at all belongs

to it."

In reply to the Magistrate, Sub-Ins pestor Peter Grant said that the arms were used in connection with the robbery.

of

In outlining the case "laspector Grant said that six men gained access into No 77, Ya Yuk Street. Three of them were armed with revolvers. The robbers bound and gagged the inmates and stole pro A historical error creeps in again in perty to the value of 8450. A report of the reference to Kowloon Old City as the robbery was circulated to all stations "not under direct British administra and some time afterwards, the same day, tion" but quite safe" the authoressa Chinese detective in Yaumati was in adds. If she had consulted the historical formed that a number of bad characters article in the Directory published had assembled at No. 80, Yee Chau by the Hongkong Daily Pre she Street. Inspector Murphy led a party would have read: In the Conven-Chinese detectives to the house, the door tion it was provided that Kowloon of which was opened by the fourth de City was to remain Chinese, but it having fendant. This man later informed the been established beyond doubt that the police that the revolver was hidden in hands of the Chinese officials were by no hole in the kitchen. The police found means clean in respect of the disturbances the daggers in the house and a quantity that occurred on the taking over of the of the stolen property. leased area, the Home Government decid. } At the request of the Inspector the case ed to mark their sense of the duplicity of was remanded until Tuesday. the Chinese in a suitable manner and orders werd accordingly issued to the military authorities to seiza Kowloon walled city, and Shamchun, This was done on the 18th May, 1800, no opposition being encounted at either place."

DAGGER

CONCEALED IN A WALKING STICK.

No detail is considered too small for this

As the result of a police raid carried "Guide." The writer notes that one can out by Inspector Murphy on a house at never get anything but European" eg No. 386, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, a cupa, which are too small for Chinese egg, carpenter was charged before Mr. J. R. and that the pigs in Kowloon have such Wood at the Magistracy, yesterday morn- short legs that their tummies can't clearing, with unlawfully having in his the ground,"

possession a dagger.

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Praise of local shops, our Guide tells Inspector Murphy said that be visited

are not advertisements... but pro the house at 7 o'clock in the morning end fessional men will probably deprecate found in the defendant's room a dagger as.being in conspicuously bad taste such made from a three-cornered file. The reference to 2 medical firm (address dagger was sheathed in walking stick, and telephone number givan) as that which was lying alongside another stick one of the partners is reputed to ba of exactly the same pattern. It was the the best surgeon, and another the best Inspector's belief that the defendant was baby doctor in the colony." Equally in not of the criminal type and asked his discreet are certain references in the book Worship to grant a remand with bail. to other cations and their Armies and

The case was adjourned to this morn Navies...

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One joins with the authoress in bering, bail being fixed at $150. praise of the view from Lugard Road, but one wonders whether she has really seen there a butterfy "that looks like a Persian cat"

Out of doom there is nothing so restful Commenting on the apparently happy and comfortable for the eyes in the light life that goes on in the incredibly crowded tenements out Shaukiwan way" the reflected from green fields and trees, the authoress pulls herself up short with this absorption of the ultra-violet and orange footnote

rays by the chlorophyll of the leaves; They look crowded but the Sanitary hence the introduction of Fisuzal Glass, Department kerpa a strict look out for real overcrowding which it stops at yellowish green in colour, which is pro- once, Further, every single cubicle induced in several shades, and lenses made thickly populated areas is thoroughly of this may be worn as a protection by cleaned out and disinfected by over-sensitive eyes where it is desirable Department twice a year.”

Curious, in view of this, that the to tone down excessiva hight and glare. Medical Officer of Health abould so fro Fieuzal lenses of any prescription in quently address the Sanitary Board ou pither regalar, or Toria forms are manu the evils of overcrowding in Hongkong

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