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One small incident occurred at the Margate Conference which, though as informal as a stage aside, has a signi. ficance of its own, because it outa right

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at the heart of Socialist politics. One of the Communists forming the small band to whom we have referred, got up and remained on his feet in defance of the Chairman's ruling that he was out of order. Probably he had his orders

Hongkong residents learat yesterday week at. the General with some surprise that His Royal High issued from Moscow to create distar- bance. He kept en talking and trying Hospital, Shanghai. Deconsed, an oldness Prince George, K.G.. who is now to talk till one of the delegates called out resident of Shanghai, had been connected serving as A Prepared from our own special impatiently "Oh do go and get a with Messrs. J. N. Marshall & Co., Ltd., Hawkins is leaving on Thursday for an England. Princo. George will travel on formula, flavoured with real fruit shave" The Communist felt his chio- and will be also remembered as essence and the finest Eastern and suddenly sat down. A casual enthusiast is walker, who led the English the RM.S. Empress of Russia accom spices.

observer might regard this as a purely team successfully on numerous occasions,panied by Lieut. Halsey, R.N., who on ceremonial occasions has acted as his Unequalled by any similar pro-personal incident. But it is much more.

Revenue Officers seized approximately A.D.C. His Royal Highness.. is dus tồ duct throughout the world.

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Sub-Lieutenant Prince George, R.N1, as he then was, arrived in Hongkong "on the ss. Malwa in May, 1995, to take up his appointment to H.M.S. Hawkins.

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"I will have no milksops in my Members of the Mounted Infantry and family," is a remark popularly accredit. Therein lies the difference between the Armoured Car Companies of the Honged to H.M. King George, and his fourth The only genuine brewed ordinary Englishman and Communists kong Volunteer Defence Corps encamped son, who is now a years old, has gone Ginger Beer in the East. Pre-The latter not only flout the accepted at Fanling during the week-end. Os through the usual rigours of the British pared by a special process of fermentation with the finest conception of what is proper and decent Saturday morning the Machine Gunters anval training "ashore and afloat. selected ginger and frait cssences in personal appearance, but they do it had only 14 out of an availing strength capital sportsman and an efficient officer which gives it that distinctive deliberately. They seem to go out of of 80, and the Mounted Infantry 17 out he has been thoroughly popular, in the

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conventions which are inseparably assofght took place between the Volunteers Royal Highness is popularly known, ciated in the English mind with self-and the 579 Punjab Regiment. The rode, though without being placed, in the United Services Cup at the Jockey Club; respect, self-control and the average

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A confiscation order was made at the Central Magistracy yesterday. in re- spect of the 4,000 taels of opium, valued at 840,000, which was seized on the s.s. Haiching on Sunday night

The ship's company of H.M.S. Carlisle held a very enjoyable dance at the Royal Engineers Theatre, Wellington Barracks, last night. There was a good attendance, and a very enjoyable time was spent.

Scottish Company of the Volunteers are camping at Fanling this week-ned.

A slight mishap occurred to the Meridian Star when she was berthing at the Star Ferry Wharf at Hongkong yesterday just before noon. The ferry was due to leave Hongkong at 11.45, and when she arrived a few minutes before: it appears that the bolts, or nuts, holding the bottom of the gangway landing plank, which is det down from the side of the ferry for passengers to disembark, anap ped. The result was that the ferry had. to back out, turn around and lower the gangway on the oposite side of the vessel. This caused the ferry's delay in leaving Hongkong, but she continued to run. The damage done was slight.

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THE A.D.C. SEASON.

A NOTE ON THE PLAYS.

In a previous notice of the A.D.C. Season, which commences next Saturday,

reference was made to the two plays which from the first part of the Dramatic Medley promised on this occasion. A brief note is now added on the plays in A rife match between the US. S. Huron the second half of the performance.

After the interval in which Professor and the Royal Marines from H.M.S. Gonzales orchestra gives a selection of Findictive, held at the Municipal Range, light music, the curtain rises on Shanghai, on November 2nd, resulted in Burglar and the Girl"

Now here is a play which, in itself, a win for the Huron, team by 99 points.perhaps, a slight piece, depends entirely for its success on the very competent handling of the two parts.

Mr. J. Mason, of the Kowloon Naval Yard, was complainant in a case at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, when a Chinese was sentenced to two months' hard labour för stealing the boonet cover from a motor-card-

The Far Eastern Travellers Gazette for the quarter ending December has just been issued by Messrs. Thos. Cook and Sons. It is well illustrated, contains much information to travellers and gives the rates of various shipping lines.

Draft programmes and entry forms for the sixth extra race meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club, to be held on Saturday, November 27th, are now ready and may be obtained at the Race Course, Hongkong and Causeway Bay stables Entries close at noon on Saturday.

"The

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Prince George attended a number of dances and other social functions last winter and at a fancy dress dance mad an impressive figure in the costume of a Chinese Mandarin.

A Real Naval Officer, "His Royal Highness has been here strictly as a naval officer; the training he has received in that profession evi- dently being regarded by H.M. the King, himself an experienced naval officer, as the best preparation for the arduous public career always undertaken in later life by a member of our Royal House. Twice only has the Prince been called upon to perform duties of a public and ceremonial nature and on each occasion

he has had the pleasant duty of investing HE the Governor (Sir C. Clementi,

CMG.) first with the insignia of

K.C.M.G. and on Monday last with the insignia of a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. On the former occasion, which was a particularly impressive ceremony, it may be recalled " that the Hon. Sir Shour-son Chow, the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Mr. George Duncan, Mr. George White, and Subadar Major Fazal Khan also received decora

tions at the Prince's hand.

It is impossible to say anything about the play without giving away its secret, which is only divulged at the last mo ment, but it is giving nothing away to way that the parts of the burglar and the Prince George will take with him the girl are taken by two such finished actors, so well-versed in character portrayal, good wishes of the whole Colony and the that the very most is made of the tense subsequent career of this modest and situation. When the climax is finally capable member of the Royal Family will reached, one realises the situation first be watched with great interest by all with a sign of relief as the tension is relaxed, followed by an uncontrollable who came in contact with him in the Far desire to laugh.

East.

The last of the four plays is just A. A. Milne" at his best:

An approximately accurate description of it would be, probably, a farce with a dash of melodrama.

SWEDISH ROYALTY.

NEXT WEEK.

CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS.

The humour consists in the pieture of PASSING THROUGH HONGKONG John and Mary, a very typical sit-by-the fire prosaic couple of stay-at-homes, to happen, suddenly, involuntarily, im with a yearning for something exciting mersed in a piece of good old Adelphi melodrama, bringing in the hero, the

As already announced, H.R.H. the villain, the bad man, etc., to say nothing Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and of the man in the bowler hat, whose the end of the play, when he provides the Sweden are passing through Hongkong “, RAISON D'ETRE is not apparent until HRH the Crown Princess Louise of

solution.

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A FEATURE of the Labour Party Confer ence which was held at Margate last month was the trouncing given to the Communists. There were twenty of them present, sent their by misguided Trade Unions in spite of the resolution passed by the Conference last year solemnly excluding Communists from official con- nection with the Labour Party. The Unions-or at least some of them-appear to be unable to get rid of the "Reds," whom they carry much against the will of the moderate men as Sinbad theJohn Ambulance Brigade, which were The annual swimming sports of the St. Sailor carried the Old Man of the. Sea, postponed last Sunday in view of the parade and investiture ceremony held on The Conference possessed no power to Afonday, are to take place next Sunday exclude these undesirables since they morning at the Victoria Recreation Club's bath. The commencing time, has were present as duly-accredited delegates, not yet been decided: and the latter knowing they were..un- wanted and disliked proceeded to make themselves objectionable after the manner of their kind. They shouted, retarded the business, created "scenes" made interminable spreches, and generally gave an exhibition of bad manners. It was, of course, quite in accordance with A BOOK FOR THE GLOBE TROTTER precedent. Whenever Communists fore gather there is sure to be trouble. It could marcely be otherwise. Communism has nothing constructive in its teaching or its practice. It is the negation of all the old-established laws and usages of civilization as $1.75

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A A. Milne succeeds in making an ex- tremely amusing farce out of the reaction For stealing a blanket from on board | of John and Mary to this particular in- the Empress of Russia, a discharged vasion, and it forma a very fisting wind member of the crew, who was arrested up to an evening which proves once again on leaving the ship after dismissal, with what a very wide diversity of local the article among his belongings, was talent there is yesterday sentenced to twenty-one days hard labour by Mr. J. H. B. Nibili, at the Kowloon Magistracy.

At the Central Police Court yesterday, a Chinese woman was fined 860 for selling illicit opium Mr. R. E. Lindsell subsequently doubled the penalty on being informed by the prosecuting officer that the defendant had on a previous occasion jumped her bail of 860. In another cases proprietor of a secret zam opium. divan was fined $100.

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A Chinese returning from Australia after 27 years' absence from China, was charged at the Central Magistracy yester day with having in his possession 125 rounds of ammunition for use with

The Prince and Princess arrived "in the Orient via U.S.A. They left Sin

N.Y.K. Shingo Maru, spent two Francisco on the 3rd August by the

weeks at Honolulu, and arrived at Yokohama on the 6th September by the me. Siberia Maru.

old Japan.

It will certainly be interesting to see bow Hongkong takes the A.D.O.'s new departure of putting on four short plays They were enchanted with the scanery every evening instead of one long one and tights of Japan, and as the Prince It undoubtedly tends to widen the appeal and should bring in those who like their and Princess possess considerable Know- evening's amusement served up in small ledge of archaeology, they were presented doses with a variety of emotions. There with valuable archaeological specimens of may possibly be those who hold the mis taken idea that the A.D.C. is too “high- brow" for them. There never was any

After leaving Japan, they proceeded to reason for holding such an erroneous Korea, then by rail through North China idea, and on this occasion, particularly to Shanghai, where they will embark the fare provided makes an appeal to every taste, and supplies an all too rare on the Katori Maru on 10th instant. opportunity of an evening's amusement Arriving in Hongkong on the 19th, they which is something different from what one is used to. No-one should miss the sail at 11 am, next day by the same opportunity of going to the Theatre steamer for bome.

season, and owing to its being Interport Mr. Nils de Radebeck (Grand Chamber two teapoys. The gun was not found. Week, seats should be booked in good lain), Mrs. A. Dudebeck, and Captain

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'Gosts Asbrink' (side-do-camp).

A fine of $200 was imposed.

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