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Oven be danged, lass," came an exhausted voice. It's takken me all Ah knaws to keep it, i'th kitchen."

So a solemn warning has been given to people in England regard

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日叁廿月叁年九世百九仟变英

the preparatory work being done. at the new children's playground in Kowloon. Objection seems to ba taken to the fact that dirt, rub- bish, and thick black grease is being dumped on the ground, and this is considered to be an in- sanitary foundation for a play. ground. Surely the writer of that youth. A heap of rubbish and lots letter has forgotten the days of his of thick black grease seems to me aa ideal place for recreation for amall boys. I 43 inclined to think that what the Editor's cor- respondent has seen is not pre liminary work at all, but the finish.

a perfectly gorgeous)" Ay,” “said the man. barbour you have!" said a lady to five boba wuth of barm mo on the ferry the other morning. He was playing next day, so he I blushed becomingly. Than decided to start baking in the you, madam." I replied. "I don't afternoon. His wife went upstairs quite know how much of it may be for a nap. Abort four o'clock ahe regarded as mine, but I certainly woke up and called down the agree with you that it is a lovely

stairs, Neauw then, Jack, sta harbour." The lady opened up her kodak and snapped a passing junk. Retten brend i' the oven pet'"

And not only is the view so per fectly wonderful," she resumed. but you have even decorated the water as well! How perfectly cute three Chinese are such artists, and so ingenious Never in all my travels have I seen what one might call a floral waterway. Isn't it pering the danger of eating eggs im-ed article, and the authorities fectly sweet 7"

ported from China. It seems that responsible for it deserve warm somebody who has lived for seventy congratulations upon their good The lady pointed over the side, years or so in Hsachusawentas has judgment in providing a play. and began to talk about water lilies, actually seen Chinese chickens run- ground such as boys would choose and gelden orchids, and lotus leaves, ning about the villages trying to for themselves. I followed her gaze-and realised pick up a living ne best they can. that she must be extremely short- Moreover, in the said villages there sighted. I had not the heart to is not a single habitation whers

The custom of passing round the disillusion her, but the fact was the running hot and cold water is whisky bottle at Scottish funerals good ship Guiding Star was plod-available, and the general domestic is now a thing of the past. So ding her way through the usual arrangements are well, let us say declares the Rev. J. A. O. Mackel mass of decayed fruit and veget- very primitive. Therefore Chinese lar, a Glasgow clergyman, who ables which fonts about in mid-egge should be avoided by British gives this as one of the reasons for Where all this rubbish consumers in other words, they a slump in whisky north of the comes from goodness knows. should scorn the foreign yoke. (I Tweed. He is convinced that drink thought there was a regulation am sorry, dear reader, but I simply is not associated with Scotland's whereby anybody dumping such had to work that in, and I trust sceal customs as it used to be, and stuff into the harbour is liable to the Editor won't notice it. for he adds that at all the funerals he has be shot at sight. Maybe there is, is sure to knock it out if he does attended recently he has never but the Water Police don't shoot His greatest delight in life is to once seen the bottle produced. An because they don't see the offenders spoil other people's writing.) ·

undertaker who admitted in the net. It is a pity, because one of these days the garbage will foul a ferry propeller and a lot of people will be late getting to office but many are now. for that matter

A friend of mine who comes from Manchester has a grievarte. He says the papers are always print- ing jokes about Irishmen, Scotch men, and Jews, but never does man from Oldham figure as the hero of a story, I assured him the matter would have my serions at tention, and here is the result. In Oldham they have rabbit-pie shops, and one day the local inspector called, and after approaching & substantial-looking gentleman on the other side of the counter, said, "Are you the proprietor of this establishment?"

stream.

| Ay.

--

"I'm," continued the inspector, and who owns the horseflesh shop next door"

at

one one time there was some truth in

0

That he bade her fond farewell

whisperings of outings, picnics, Memories, with impish canning,

Now within his heart will dwell,"

Of course, what can one expect the saying that "a wedding wasna in the way of eggs since these near Bic & grand affair as a funeral, wretched Reds have been running at which ye were aye sure 6' plenty wild all over China! The wonder whisky and wee biscuits," confess. is that they have not long aged that nowadays the custom was organised a strike-among the hens unknown. But whether we should refuse to eat an egg without written It was with a dash of sadness; guarantee from the owner of the the best corn and has imbibed only hen that she has been fed only on distilled water and has been kept strictly within the confines of a poultry farm approved by the local P.W.D. is another matter. Every time I take a stroll around old Kowloon and see the pigs I swear that never again will I eat pork but what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve, and after all there isn't very much meat in a pork sausage.

A citizen of Budapest in petition- ing for divorce because his wife wipends most of her time playing

"Me," said the substantial one. "And what's it got to do thee?"

"Never mind about that; do ever put any horsefesh in rabbit pies!"

As a bit,"

you

your

Hectic moments spent alone,

Quite content with just each other, He and sho-the world their own! Yes, she'd been a real good comrade, Such a ripping chum, you know, Yet she'd one fault so outstanding, She had always been too slow; Still, regrets he meant to bary, Fature joys he would not ma He would swap that motor-cyclo

For a jolly little car!

Welsh "students of Liverpool bridge with a certain expert for University feel that a long-felt her partner.

At the preliminary want has been satisfied. They have hearing the other day the sugat last got a college yell all of The Welsh students gestion was made that the presid- their own. ing judge should take lessons in the held an eisteddfod recently and

"How much is a bit ?" said the game, in order to determine whethere was so invitation competition

inspector eagerly.

Oh, fifty-fifty." "And what do you mean by "Oh, one horse to one rabbit."

that ?""

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ther or not bridge be a Mary entries

ed as a good to the plainder rolled in and the prize way judge ought to know, without taked to the following:-

Ha ha, hwyl ha ha, hwyl, ing lessions. He has only to watch

dyma Di, dyma ni hogia Lerpwl, genethod Lerpwl, Cymry gwir ynghanol tre, hip hip here, hip hip hwre, Lerpwl

bridge being played, and to note

how a man will suddenly tear a three of spades to tatters and huri corner, or bite through a

And here is another one from Oldham. A young millhand wedded it into

a wife who could not bake. Ascoring pad. Then consider, also, ways brought up on home-made the tense way in which women bread, he could not bear the make their hids, with the nails of thought of ready-made loaves, 80 he undertook to do the baking him self. He called at the grocer's on bis way home and said: Ah want five bobs wuth of fleaur, please."

"Oh," said the grocer," and you'll want some barm, too, won't i you !"

the disengaged hand dug deep into. the palm, and the rolling eyes bloodshot at the edges. After chess, bridge is the most dangerously emotion pastime in the world.

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I see somebody has been writing to the Editor.complaining about

A rough translation is:-"Ha ha, fun, here we are, here we are, Liverpool boys, Liverpool girls, true Welsh folk in the town, hip hip hurrah, Liverpool",

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Diary of Coming Events.

To-day.

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University Sports, half mile open, 4.30 p.m.

Queen's College Athletic Sports, Causeway Bay, Prize distribution, 5.30 p.m.

Cricket:-Division : Craigen gower v. Chinese (F), Indians v. Kowloon, (F), Navy. Hong Kong C.a. (F) Division II.: University Civil Service (L). Kowloon Indians (F), Hong Kong C.C. s. Police (F).

...

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