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FOR

CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES

Char

·NURSING SISTERS'

PENSIONS.

AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATIONS.

The regulations regarding the mensions of Nursing, Sisters in the Colony have been amended by the following rules:

Every European matron of a Government hospital, and every European auring sister, who has served for a period of 10 years and has attained the 'nge of 50 years,

"WHY MERRIE?””

THE CLUBMAN EXPLAINS.

The sun slipped behind the Peak, and I slipped pot of the Office and made my unfaltering way to the Club Bar.

The "Clubman' had eaten the sun by about six fingers, and was looking for a target at whom to discharge his spirituous projectiles I joined him of vituperation. without a murmur (I have long learned it is no use kicking).

NEW RAILWAY REGULATIONS.

| AMENDMENTS TO PRESENT ORDINANCE.

PROPOSALS BEFORE LEGIS LATIVE COUNCIL,

An Ordinance to amend the Rail ways Ordinance of 1000 will be in-

Legislative Council. troduced at the next meeting of the

The Objects and Reasons" of the measure state :

er who, irrespective of age, has. "I sce that the Hong Kong! served for a period of 20 years, Philharmonie are producing "Mer-

The drafting of certain new Rail- may be allowed to retire and may rie England," a comic opera by be awarded a pension at the rate Edward German. A cursory glance way rules has shown the de of ten-sixtieths of her salary with at a preliminary puff in the sirability of making certain al- an addition of one-seven-hundred paper I have before me, shows iterations in the Railways Ordin- and twentieth for each month of to be. in an Elizabethan setting, 1909, Ordinance No. 21 of 1900. This Ordinance proposes to service in excess of ten years; to Tell me, why is the epithet “Merrie' nake those alterations, and some the computation at the said rate always used in connection with others, but it is not a general res five sixtieths of the salary will be this period?

vision of the principal Ordinance. added in respect of tropical allow.

Administration" is defined in the principal Ordinance as "the manager or such other person as the Governor may appoint to con-

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When "The Clubman Bays **Tell me" he means I'll tell Personal allowances equivalent you so I waited patiently. "All accounts of the

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to salary, shall in the case of every the historical European matron and every Euro-Queen at this time" he continued, dust the affairs of any railway." pean nursing sister, who is en holding up two fingers to the titled to free quarters, with other privileges (if any), he computed at the sum of £30 a year or at one sixth of the pay reckoned in the computation of her pension, which ever sum is greater.

Every nurse whose ense does not come within these

provisions but who, being eligible for a pen gion, has served for a period of 18 years or upwards may be allow ed to retire on attaining the age of 50 years, and may be awarded a pension at the rate of eighteen sixtieths of her salary with an ad- dition of" one-seven-hundred-and- twentieth for each month of ser vice in excess of fifteen years.

barman, show her to have been an unsightly individual She had a beard and ginger hair, and her teeth were so decayed, owing to her insatiable appetite for sweetmeats, that the odour of her breath made conversation with her extremely objectionable and necessitated the use of strong perfumes amongst those whose daily round brought them into contact with her. I cannot, sup that this state of affairs pose rendered England any ́ ́ merrier ' than it is to-day!!!

As this is a person it is consider- ed that the word "administrator' is more suitable, especially as the word "administration" i also used in the principal Ordinance as

as abstract noun.

The definition of the term rail- way is extended to cover railways. works connected with railways an thorized to be constructed.

in process of construction and

The powers of the administrator are defined, collected and extend ed. These powers will include a power to make rules subject to the -approval of the fovernor

Council. As the rules will be very

I agree with you entirely" I murmured, as he paused to drink detailed and voluminous, and will I hope the producer of the deal solely with railway adminis H.K.P.S. will not try to The grant of pension to matrons,

repro-

tration, it is not considered. neces- dace the exact state of affairs at nursing sisters and nurses

sary that they should be gazetted--- who have attained the age of 35 years

the court of Queen Elizabeth. The administrator shall keep at or who retire before renching the (he dislikes interference)

That is unlikely he snapped each station a copy of the rules "One in English and Chinese and shall age-of-55 on the ground of ill-had also to remember that the age allow any such copy to be inspect- health will be dealt with under the of the Puritan was rapidly aped at all reasonable hours.

proaching, and its above clauses.

already casting a gloom over the social life of the nation. I always feel that a Puritan is extremely CHINESE ENGINEERING & difficult to cultivate." "Agreed

I gulped. But surely you will MINING CO., LTD. admit that an age which produced

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such literary giants as Shakes peare, Jonson-"

The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Chinese En- gineering and Mining Co., Ltd., was held in London on December 6th. when the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended June 30th, 1997, were sub mitted.

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"Have Bernard Shaw, Thomas Hardy, or Dean Inge brightened the particular suburb that you have come from he demanded fiercely, "millions of people have not ever read the works of our greatest writers, how many people Elizabeth's time could have read the current literature, even

they had wanted to Tell me subsided). You will next draw my attention to Drake, Frobisher, and the lights of the seagoing fraternity, and you will say that surely with such men, about, the nation would have been roaring with laughter." (I moaned). What about Scott, Seagrave, and our 14 intrepid bird-men, and yet we are not known as "Merrie Eng- land" now.

Extract From Directors' Report. The net result of the year's transit actions shows a balance to the credit of profit and loss account of £400,930 made up as follows:-- Proportion of Kailan Mining Administration's profits plus interest of China.....£350,088 Interest in Europe

15,360 6,000

Agency fres

Sundries

Balance brought forward

(less sundry items)

Expenses in Europe...£15,175

DEDUCT.

Directors' fees

4.200

Exchange

36,658

Income tax

84,132

Interim div. paid

6/5/27

70,000

240,100

£611,704

Why, then, do men "look back on this insanitary period na "The Goode Olde Dages of Merrie England "-telline-Because man delights to dress himself up-he is vain as a peacock, he pictures his forbears strutting about in doublet and hose (or is it hoses), in one perpetual fancy dress, and he sighs because, unless he is 210,785 Bishop, a Mason, or a high oficial, he cannot weär bright colours and Leaving a net balance of £100,930 gold chains-all is vanity

I left him, and went out to which the Directors recommend hook my seats for Merrie

CHRISTMAS should be appropriated as follows: England.

PUDDING CHARMS

in

Sterling Silver cause endless fun at the

Xmas Dinner

pcs. $1.25 8 pcs. $1 50 12 pcs. $1.95

12 pcs. $2.25

Final dividend of 10 per cent. (free of income tax)

£140,000 Directors' percentage 4,492 Balance carried forward... 258,447 | ↑

*****£400,920

"EXCHANGE RATES.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]

Paris

Rucny, Dec. 9th,

Brussels.............. Amsterdam Berlin Copenhagen d

15 pcs. $3,50

Vienna Helsingfors Lisbon

34.69

12.071

20.45

18.20-

34.62

103)

2.7/16

785

47.7/8 2/72 1/10.10/33 4.68.11/18.) 25.27

90

18,09

18.34

Prague

164)

Madrid

29.52

Athens

3871

Rio

5.29/32

Bombay

Hong Kong

1/0.1/16 2/0.3/8

Silver (pot)

. Silver (forward) ......

20.0/16

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BANK NOTES. IN CIRCULATION.

OFFICIAL RETURNS FOR NOVEMBER. :

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The new Ordinance, provides for the procedure upon an appeal to the Governor against the imposi tion of a penalty by the manager. The old Ordinance provides that the manager may not impose any penalty on any railway employee which would exceed the amount af seven days pay in any one month.

The This might be insufficient. new form of the acction will not contain this limitation, but it will provide that, for the purpose of the recovery of the penalty, not more than seven days pay may be deducted in any one month, except upon the termination of the per- son's employment.

With one "slight exception, the remaining sections of this "Ordin- ance provide for increases of the penalties provided in the princi- pal Ordinance. This seems to lie too low in many cases. To take two examples at random $100 seems ton low a maximum for the offence of wilfully imitating a railway signal, and $20 seems too low a maximum for attempts to defraud the railway.

CHARGE AGAINST A CANADIAN..

DATES OF MAGISTERIAL

HEARING FIXED.

Richard Charles Williams, "alias Charles Puig, alias Charles Stone, the Canadian, who is charged on" three charges of forgery, and false pretences again appeared before before Mr. R. E.. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy on Saturday morning.

It will be remembered that de- fendant was extradited from Chile and brought to the Colony on the Fushimi Muru

Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Leo 'd'Almada, Benior, was for the

defence.

Returns of the Average Amount His Worship decided to hear the of Bank Notes in Circulation and

case on Thursday next, December of Specie in Resorve in Hong 15th, at In.m., and, if unfinish Eong, during the month ended ed on Thursday, again on the fol November 30th, 1927, as certified lowing Thursday at 11.30 am. by the Managers of the respective Banks, are as follow:-

Banks, Chartered

Average Specie in Amount. Reserve.

Bank $15,170,094 85,800,000* Home Kong

Shanghai

bi

Benk 45,261,133. 34,000,000+

Mercan Vile

Pank

1,879,643

580,000g

Mr. d'Almada-Will your Wor ship direct that the prosecution permit me to see the papers with regard to the extradition of this man 1

Mr. Lindal-I don't think the prosecution has the papers..

Mr. Hugh Jones:-They are with the Chilean authorities.

Mr. Lindsell:-1 am not direct- concerned as to how defendant came before the Court. I vill make a note, if you like, when the

Total 862,301,180 $40,380,000 case comes on.

In addition Sterling Securities

Mr. d'Almada then made an

deposited with the Crown application to his Worship to the effect that the money found on Agente valued at £1,267,000. In addition Securities deposited the defendant, as well as an article with the Crown Agents and of jewellery, a stone called the

cat's eye, Straits Government valued at

be banded over, id' | him. £3,287,205. In addition Securities deposit The Magistrate ordered that the d with the Crown Agents money and the jewellery be hand-

ed over to Mr. d'Almada. valued at £180,000,

KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL

In Lots of not Note Reduction in Prices. less than..

1-toa:-

Delivered to Peak District (above Bowen

Road), $24.00

per ton.

Delivered to Bowen Road and Lower Levels, $22.00 per ton. Delivered to Kowloon, $20.00"

per ton.

For Pries Apply to

Ordars should be sant in writing not

by telephone at least 24 hours, before the Coal In required

All orders must be ao- companied by Cash, Choque, `or Compra-

dore payable *The Kallan Mining Ad- ministration."

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION DODWELL & CO. LTD., Agents, Hong Kong.

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to

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Also delightful pieces of Mounted Platinum Jewellery for Ladies and Gentlemen. Rings, Brooches, Necklaces, etc, at Very Moderate Prices

Kodaka's celebrated large Australian PINK PEARL costing $10,000.will be on view during the Exhibition.

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