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MESSES JOHN DEWAR

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

issued on the eve of the recent debate: Quarantine restrictions have been im

posed against arrivals from Shanghai on

There is no doubt that the Japanese account of cholera.

naval officers enjoyed themselves at A coolie was sentenced to two months' Mountain Lodge Garden Party. Many of

in the House of Commons. We have had an opportunity of perusing this document, The case against the Soviet is full'and complete. The present gang in power at hard, labour, at the Kowloon Magischem did not come prepared in the matter Moscow-are-revealed as miscreants who tray yesterday, for stealing 190 catties of dress for tennis, but that did not deter have murdered the soul of Russia, and of spring onions from the garden of anthem from playing. Shoes and rackets not content with ruining that once great other Chinese, at Ten Hang Village.

were produced from somewhere and in

revolution.:

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country Aro ceaselessly engaged The Chinese, newspapers report that spite of the uniform and other encum-. fomenting trouble in Britain and the the "Young Emperor" is negotiating brances some vigorous hitting was in British Empire with intent to produce with the "government" in Paking for dulged in. On the other hand, a few did the return of the palaces in the Forbidden come with the requisite garments, and, City. He is also asking permission to so it is whispered, performed the neces sary undressing and dressing' coram Only those who have not been in Japan populo. Quite a homely thing to do.

cording to their degree of tolerance, and were shocked, surprised, or smiled ac

retain his titlo.

The return of notifiable disease, for the 24 hours ended on July 23rd, showed two Chinese cases, one of small-pox and one of enteric fever. The only item on

The debate in Parliament was remark. able in many ways. It was opened by Commander OLIVER LOCKER-Lamesos, the Conservative Member for Handsworth, who spoke with intimate knowledge of the subject. During the war he served the return for the 48 hours ended on July knowledge. Others who had been there with the Russian armies under the regime 25th was that of a dog which had con- In the matter of customs of this sort the

tracted rabies.

A small outbreak of fire occurred at 136, Jervais Street, on Sunday evening, the second Boor of premises used as cracker and paper score. being involved. Little damage was done, and the fire was

saw nothing" untoward in the incident.

Chinese and the Japanese stand at op- posite poles, with the British somewhere in between, with a strong tendency, as shown in present ladies fashion, to lean to the Japanese side.

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of both the Tear and the first Republic. recently secured the FAM- He preferred a terrible indictment against OUS ROYAL LOCHNA the Soviet Government. It had turned GAR Distillery at Balmoral, a quarter of the globe into a graveyard which is situated on the

and a shambles. "It has made assassinn ESTATE OF H. M. THE KING. In addition they

tion" an art," he declared, and expro priation policy." Russia, alone of own directly or are jointly

Britain's allies, had repudiated her debt interested in NINE OTHER of the finest MALT DISTMTM of £800,000,000 due to the British nation. TILLERIES in Scotland, They had confiscated British property by thus ensurlag Fature sap-the hundred million, and they had inter-

There have evidently been one or two plies of their well known fered with impudent audacity in a serious brands

British industrial dispute by sending

narrow escapes of prominent residents, money to support the miners, hoping

according to the reports now going round. One doctor, during the lightning display, thereby to prolong the coal strike. Fur-

had rather a trying experience. The ther, they had-as disclosed in the Blue The Eastern Extension Australasia and lightning, after Bancing round and per Book-tampered with the British general China Telegraph Co., Ltd., announce that forming every feat except striking the election by paying the expenses of ram telegrams for Kalgan and places in house, finally flashed and burat up the pant Socialists and Communists. Sit Mongolia will again be accepted for electric lights. The current then con- transmission via Peking but owing to tinued its journey to the telephone and ting in the gallery to-day," he said, censorship at Peking all telegrams, ex-severely scorched a shirt which lay in its » pointing to the crowded public benches, cept Government telegrams will be ac path but which fortunately did not con- "listening to this speech is a man-acepted at sender's risk only. Mr. MARTIN, whom these monsters de- prived of sight. He can hear us; he cannot see 175. He was blinded by the Bolshevists."

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There is a notice nicely painted on the confined within narrow limits. À certain

wall under the bridge near the Govern- amount of damage was done by water.

ment flats on the Peak which states At the Penang Assizes, on July 14th,The water is not to be used for drink- a Chinese was sentenced to death for the ing or cooking purposes, as it may be murder of his aged aunt at Butterworth contaminated by order of the P.W.D." The deceased, he alleged, was constantly abusing him and he stabbed her twice. When she fell and continued to abuse him he again stabbed her. Then she became quieti-Straits Times.

Mr. Edward M. Raymond, formerly a partner in Messrs, Moxon & Taylor, wishes it to be known that he is not the Secretary or a Director of the Hongkong Development Building & Savings Society,

tain its owner.. It was possibly the same flash which coursed through the wire of a reading lamp, the flex of which lay Partly on the bed, and so led the current through the spring mattress and shot the occupant out of,hed with greater celerity

Such is the indictment, and there is no Ltd. During the past few days he has than this gentleman is accustomed to dis reply to it. The, astounding thing is-that received repeated enquiries concerning play at this early hour of the morning.

on the Government side all that has been the Company from those who have con. said in the Press in denunciation of 'fused him with the Mr. Raymond who is Soviet iniquities is frankly admitted the Secretary.

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A seizure of over 12,000 cigarettes was

The Peak tram, which seems to be like the proverbial woman these later years, "to one time table. constant never, excited the wrath of one victim of its

WINSTON CHURCHILL put LENIN and his made, by the police, on the s.s. Taishan capricious moods, who, on being told it supporters in the pillory in their speeches yesterday. The cigarettes were of good could not run because there was no quality, of B.A.T. manufacture, and the "juice" asked how any responsible body dalivered just before the Blue Book was discovery was one of the biggest for of officials could possibly try to run "en. printed." Lord BALFOUR and other leading some time. No arrests were made. The gines without making provision for grease EAST. Possession from 1st 51PTEMBER, DUNCAN.On July 18th, at 1844, North Conservatives have admitted that the price of cigarettes in Macao make such and oil. The whole lot ought to be back.

charges are well-founded. They know smuggling an attractive and profitable and declare that the gold which was sent venture, and it is said that the traffic is SCOTT.-On June 23rd, in London, from Russia ostensibly as contributions very extensive.

following an operation, WILLIAM MURRAY SCOTT, of Wakehills, Hasle from Ruasian miners on strike, was sup- mere, Surrey, late of. Hongkong,phed by the Soviet Government. aged 58.

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ed. It was disgraceful."

The touching faith of some Peak resi dents in the ability of the Peak tram to perform its allotted task of getting to i Barker Road, even under abnormal con-

HAT-On July 24th CHARLES WILLIAM COOK, the Communist secretary of the

HAY. of Ashurst Wood House, East Miners' Federation of Trade Unions, panding quarter of last year. The total after a most exhausting effort, but was

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BONGLONG, JULY 27TH, 1926,

RUSSIAN GOLD AND BRITISH TOLERANCE.

greedily snatched at the money and in a speech during the strike "thanked God

The total value of importa into the F.M.S. for the first quarter of this year Mr.

amounted to over five millions sterling,ditions, was madely shaken on Friday an increase of £1,891,068 over the corres evening. The full car reached May Road value of exports for the same period not equal to the "strain of finishing the amounted to sistten and a half millions remaining part of the journey without a lightening of the load. Orders therefore for Russia" He has played the game sterling, an increase of £9,876,351 over

came down that all but twenty must which Moscow desired him to play, not the value for the first quarter of last

alight. This order was obeyed with vary. to have a settlement in the coalfields. year.

ing degrees of grace, grumbling and cuss-` Instead of a settlement, Moscow wanted Governor-General Wood, in the Budgeting. Determined not to be done out of to prolong the coal stoppage until the submitted to the Philippine Legislature a seat on the next car, and to make sure. industries, of Great Britain were ruined has requested a total appropriation of they would be one of the chosen sweet

Pesos 74,918,599 for the insular govern and twenty on the next ascending jour and trade destroyed, hoping that by then

ment in 1:27, out of an estimated incanse ney a few got into the descending car the workers would be in a frame of mind of Pesos 73,153,100, or an increase over and were thus taken down once more to favourable to revolution. It is, of course, the current appropriation for 1928 Kennedy Road. There they were inform mad and wicked folly to imagine that amounting to Pesos 1,060,000. The esti-ed that there would be no more cars that such a thing was in the remotest degreeing to Budget estimates, will be Pesos night, but that they would be the first possible. We had evidence of the real 1,234,511.

to be carned up next morning if they spirit of Britain at the time of the

cared to wait. General Strike; but the Soviet gang in Russia a country whose political develop ment is 200 years behind that of Britain cannot understand the character of free

mated surplus at the end of 1927, accord-

There should have been sold, by order of the mortgagees, at the China Auction When e boulder fall into Government Rooms, yesterday afternoon, leasehold ¦- properties as Shankiwan, known as property our officials are deprived of the Shaukiwan Inland Lots Nos. 525 and opportunity of making the retort courte 516. The properties, which contain areas ous which was made to the private per- of 39,790 square feet, and 12,650 square feet, and annual Crown rental of 806

son into whose house the last big boulder and $68, were put up simultaneously at fell. When he wrote that be bad a nice, an upset price of 845,000, but, there

were withdrawn from the sale.

In spite of vigorous newspaper cam paign and the support of several men Englishmen. Therefore, they keep on prominent in public life the demands trying to stir up trouble, with crack aam for delivery in Hongkong: including recently made in England to sever official brained political agitators of the Cook being no advance on this figure, the big piece of granite in 'his house, and as

relations with Soviet Russia came to type to do their bidding. nothing We are not surprised to learn that there are competent observers who are highly critical of Government policy They want to see the Soviet Trade or ganisation which is established

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ing took place. of the Soviet interference in British George, en route to Seattle. Admiral affairs, both in England and abroad, George was formerly in command of the

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Readers are reminded that Professor when there are so many conflicting in- now that everyone is acquainted with Maximillian Langener, MLLO, (Karnterests. The Water: Department wants their methods and their designs. The Iki) will give a demonstration at the the Colony to be wet, very wet, while, good sense of the British people is re- City Hall this evening, commencing garded as proot, against anything the promptly at 3.18. Professor Langener the Drainage Department and the Build- emissaries of LENIN and ZINOVIE can do. will give demonstration in mental tele- ing Authority want it to be dry or com There is a certain measure of contempt pathy and its future evolation, especially for Moscow in this official attitude, which in the service of criminology, magnetism, paratively dry. It is said that the head pleases us, although, at the same time, auto-suggestion, auto-hypnotism and its of the Water Department was the only popular opinion at home that the most humanity. An offer is made to curs registered 20 inches. He chortled, that is, we must confess that we sympathise with suggestions for the good of suffering one who shortled when the rain gauge who repay your hospitality with treachery non-believers will be specially welcomed brick into his pumping works antisfying way of dealing with koaves stammerers free of charge. Critics and till he heard some one bad dropped a is to kick them out of your house.

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to the demonstration.