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FHR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 1926

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-and not in a sense that gives any satisfaction a to the person concerned.

However good and expensive clothes may be, if they are creased or shabby, one is not doing oneself justice, and especially now that it is so easy to keep a well-dressed and smart appearance with such a small expenditure of time, money and effort.

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IS IT YOU? LET'S HAVE SOME TEA.

HOW A BANDIT CHIEF TREATED

·HIS PRISONER,

MR. FRED KWONG'S EXPERIENCES.

Mr. Fred Kwong, formerly of Mel bourne but now resident in Hongkong, spent some time as a prisoner in the hands of bandits near Macao, early this month.

Fortunately for Mr. Kwong, however, the bandit chief happened to be an ac quaintance of his, and his experiences consequently were not very alarming.

When Mr. Kwong was first taken prisoner, the bandita demanded a ransom of 840,000.

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According to our Chinese correspon. dent Mr. Kwong replied nothing. doing or words to that effect.

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In due course, therefore, he was taken before the bandit chief. "Oh," said the chief with a laugh. "Is it you! Let's have some tea!""One can imagine the consternation of the band at finding that they had simply brought in a guest to a tea party, but the arrangement natural- ly suited Mr. Kwong admirably.

There was no further talk of ransom and he was subsequently set free.

Mr. Kwong's business takes him fre- quently between Canton, Macao, and Hongkong, and it was in one of his trips from Canton to Hongkong by way of Kongmoon, Macao, and ports en route when he was taken prisoner on board a native tow-boat.

Mr. Kwong's relatives bad an anxious time when trying to locate him and their enquiries and search, cast a fair sum, but no other expense was incurred.

Mr. Fred Kwong is a brother of Mr. "William . Kwqng, employce of the

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DUCAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.

THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S ESTATE.

CHATSWORTH TURNED INTO A COMPANY.

The Duke of Devonshire has turned his family estates into a company under the title of Chatsworth Estates, Ltd.

He is the seventh duke to take this step, which is necessitated by the crash- ing burden of taxation on large privately owned landed estates.

By turning his estate into a company a Innd-owner avoitia excessive taxation, is enabled to deduct the running expenses of the estate from his income tax and puts more money into developing it, and avoids death duties when he dies.

So heavy are death duties on land at present that it is estimated that the balk of privately owned estates must be in evitably broken up within three genera tions of ownership hence the rush to turn them into companies.

Landowners who have already turned their estates into companies include the Duke of Portland (capital £780,000), the the Duke of Rutland (£500,000), the Duke of Marlborough (£200,000), the Duke of Grafton, the Duke of Buccleuch (£100,000), the Duke of Sutherland (£100,000), the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Zetland (£30,000), the Mar. quis of Northampton (£300,000), the Earl of Leven and Melville (£200,000), the Earl of Darnley (£50,000), Lord Methuen (£150,000), the Earl of Carnarvon (£200,000), the Earl of Moray (£312,500), Lord Dalmeny (£100,000), the Earl of Berkeley, the Earl of Portsmouth, Vis count Ullswater, Viscount Novar, Lord Leconfield (£400,000), Lord Howard de Wälden, Viscount Wimborne, Saltoun.

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ETON PRAISED BY THE

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ADMIRATION FOR ITS "YOUNG

BRITONS...

The ex-Kaiser pays a tribute to British school teaching-he mentions Eton-in "Early this week's instalment of his Life," published in The Spectator.

Comparing his fellow students in Ger- many with the manly and athletic lads at (say) Eton," he says that the com- parison was not one to give him any pleasure.

"The young Britons," he writes, “had learned much less Latin and Greek, but they were inspired with the idea of making Great Britain still greater and stronger. They dreamed of new Colonial conquests, of exploring unknown regions, of expanding British trade, and of acting as pioneers for their Fatherland, with the logan My country-right or wrong.'”

A Failure..

Afterwards, says the ex-Kaiser, be con- teaded for reform in the school-teaching of German youth. The reform did not materialise in the shape he wanted and did not attain the him he proposed.

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this

To whis degree," he addı, neglect contributed to our downfall will Probably become clearer to future genera tions,

A visit he paid to Balmoral was pre- cious," he writes, as being the occasion of an extraordinary proof of Queen Vic toria's attachment to him-she granted hir permission to wear the Royal (Stuart) clan tartan.

When he said good-bye, the Queen referred to the Prince Consort

In charging three taxicab drivers be She patted me on the shoulder," he fore Major C. Willson at the Central says, and gazing dreamily into the dis- Magistracy yesterday, with refusing to tance, said, My dear boy, never forget accept fare, Sub-Inspector Alexander him. Your grandfather was the best man mentioned that Col. Robertson sent a in the world Try as much as you can to man to fetch a taxi. and all three refused become like him. God bless you."" to..go.

Dickens, e Блуа, was one of his favourite authors..

A messenger fram the Hongkong Club gave evidence of approaching each of the men in turn at the Pedder Street stand at B p., on October 18th only to be met with an excuse.

The first defendant in explanation said that his lights had gone wrong, another that his tyres were out of order, and the third that oil was leaking out of his car.

PREPAID "WANTED' ADVERTISEMENTS.”

His Worship, in imposing fines of $100 LET-FIRST CLASS EUROPEAN on each of the defendunt, remarked that TRESIDENCE, 3. MCDONNELL BORD, 2 these excuses pointed to a general re Storied, with Garage. Phone, Light, Gas luctance to go for some reason which be Installed. Moderate Rental Apply Box No. could not understand.

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