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Hongkong Daily Press.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General

Post Offifee in the United Kingdom,.

陸拜禮 日拾弍月柒年九廿百九仟登英

ESTABLISHED 1837.

No. 22,154號牌拾伍百登仟萬弍第

日期拾月鍌年巳己

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JULY 20,

1929.

UNDER THE

PUNKAH.

,

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High Lance is rather out of my line, but I am heartily in agree ment with the gentleman who says there should be more buaknotes about. Many times I have tried in make the gentlemen on the busi aess side of the grille along the counter realise that unless they show themselves Д little more generous in responding to my re- quests, life becomes very, very hard. Now that the matter as been brought public potier through the Press, perhaps a little more notice will be taken of .

In that interesting little periodical down that road, and the traffic How many people in the Colony i know that during the past week called The Yellow Dragun I find policeman at the bottom very kind-

some very

amusing examination | ly holds up the cross traffic for three ball-games

played howlers."

abetting Whether, students of them, thus aiding and These were held at Happy Valley Queen's College are responsible for offenders in their offences! What aud Caroline Hill between the the perpetration of these atrocities he should do is to stop the drivers I don't know; there is no indica at the bottom of the hill and make Racecourse Reds and Wanchai War- tion as to whether they are home them go back all the way in re riors, and Sookunpoo Sluggers and made or imported, but whatever verse.. One application of this Bowringtun Braves respectively their origin, they are funny enough remedy would be sufficient, especi The Hong Kong Football Club to warrant reproduction, as thus:ally on a nice, sunny day. very considerately, and with their To find the volume of an irregu customary courtesy, had the stands ar solid take a brunette and clamp removed for one whole day, and it. verticuity in A stand. Pour also provided free drinks for all water into the brunette until it is present. South China was not lack ful, then let water slowly run out. ing in hospitality either, for they The C.G.S. system lent their ground for the afternoon, Continental Government System. supplying hot dogs, peanuts, and The results of the British system ice cream to all and sundry. In ad- are kept ander the stairs in the dition the South China Scouts tarn Houses of Parliament. ed out in full force to help serving the refreshments and distributing cigars and cigarettes which the Recreation Grounds Committee Columbus discovered Colombo,

Mem very generously provided.

Hygicae is being careful of what bess of the very energetic body you eat and keeping your drains were present at both matches, and clean. so fascinated were they by the ball. games that they at once decided to take on the Rest of the Colony" in a friendly 9-inning game, This came off last Thursday on the football ground (again by kind per mission). It is understood that these gentlemen are so pleased After the translation of the Bible with the game how that they have into every foreign language Martin played it themselves that they have Luther was enabled to know the decided to alloy the whole of Happynik interior of the Church. Valley to the Baseball Association, to be used exclusively for baseball only!

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Columbus was an exploder and discovered some Swedes floating on the sea.

To separate sand from copper salphate take a crucified lid

and an iron busom....

The Duke of Monmouth escaped from the battle and changed clothes with a pheasant and was found lay ing in a ditch.

Savonarola occupied the place of a sinner in the Renaissance,

Caesar entered the room wearing

A coral reef,

Bigamy means having two wives too many.

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Banks proposing to issue more

bundles to me for favour of review, addressed" care of the Editor On second thoughts, no; it might be better merely to send a chit. asking me to cal. There is plenty of room in my "Astibecker is for a few parcels.

notes may send a few specimen

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And whic on the topic, I would like to take this opportunity of say. ing that Hong Kong notes are surely the most filthy and delapi dated things of their kind in the A short description of the third

wide world. Is there any age-limit and last game may prove interest

at which a note may retire from ing. The **Recs."--as

cust

active service 1 Some of the beastly call the Recreation Grounds Com.

The other day. a young lady in grimy, greaay things that come my mittee now had a tough makeup, Kowloon got into trouble with the way must have been printed seventy||—HOTEL CONSTANCE, which included the C.S. who did police for driving a car with one years Bgo, During their long very useful work in the box, while hand and eating incream with the period of public service they ap Sailings from Hong Kong: Daily, at SAM. &10.00P.M. (days

(10.00..only). | Dr. Tao proved a first-rate catcher. other-well, you know what I pear to have been used for wrap- The "Rest and they are still mean, folding an icecream in one ping-up kippers, blackleading

Abbit, Sailings from Canton: Daily, at 8 AM. & 4.30 P.M.

resting-included R. 4.30 PM. only)

Sirhand and the car in the other. stones, greasing rickshaw-wheels, Robert Ho Tung, W. E. Hollands, Now I see a Chinese motorist has and on

numerous occasions been and the skipper of the Kau Sing

been summoned for having one arm damaged by lawn mowers and The Rest" first, went to bat, and

on the steering wheel and the other mincing-machines. I wonder if & beautiful in-curve from the C.Sound & girl's waist. This one-arm there is any legal provision stipu caught the batter nicely under the driving is regarded as being dan lating the proportion of original chin. Not knowing that he could gerons to the public, but so are note to stamp-paper? Some of the walk to first on that, he threw the three-piece rickehaws which gorage I have seen consist mainly of down his bat and said: "I'm tearing about town with brokers sticky paper, with just enough of tiring-hurt!" Seme more excite handy smiling us terrified, pedes the original note to indicate what ment occurred in the third innings, trians sentter, in all directions as the wretched thing is supposed to when one of the "Recs."-having the three yelling runners come he. It's no we blaming the water lost his bearings between second bearing down on them. Talk about shortage for Hong Kong's filthy and third base started running in dangerous driving-de these fellows banknotes-why not give us nice the direction of centre-feld.

Oh-why keep to the right side of the road? bright silver dollars? being urged to slide, he reproach. They do not. Do they show any not? fully remarked that he had not brought his exates with him. In consideration for the rights of

"There's 40 convincing some the fifth innings one of the "Rest" people going about on their own

two feet? They do not, Do the people, and the Chinese gentleman got his toes entangled when trying police ever held up these death. who remembers seeing in 1918 to hit a fast one, and brought his defying desperadoes or rehuke them something in Shanghai that bat down "on the catcher's cranium

for taking corners at full speed on never there is unfortunately only with terrific force. As the man

one of many similarly afflicted. Re- with the mitt bad forgotten to put the wrong side! They do not. But

a girl ambling easily along. wide member the hundred of thousands on his mask, the bat was splintered read in a cat who nibbles at an

We offer you our services of people at home who saw-yes.

ing agents for British or Conti- into a thousand pieces. There were icecream cone is a public danger actually saw-the Russian troops

mental goods Established in 1814 out many other interesting incidents,

thoroughly up-to-date, our success and on the whole the game was Well, I can only repeat the oft- passing through England on their

attained by making out surtamore very much enjoyed Dr. Teo glans repeated prayer that one of these way to the Western front in the

interest our first aims. Five orper-" med a ball right out of the ground, days somebody who really matters early days of the war! How did

bayers, with capable 'staffs," mausge and it wasn't til he made the com-ets knocked down by some of they know they were Russians 1

different departments, buying, with plete circuit and was starting round these three-piece pirates, and then Because they spoke a strange lan-

greatest ozre every class of goods again just to show the crowd his action will be taken to restrain guage-hecause of their characteris.

giving our customer. all the advan wind was good that, the umpire their high epirits.

inge of wide experience, and enraring called foul ball, The final secre

their requirements being rightly sup And how considerate the police was 0-0, and a return match will

plied at lowest prices, and bust probably take place at an early are in the wrong direction! One date, and a record gate is ex- of the very steep roads leading pected. By the way, the total gate down into Queen's Road is a one receipts for this, game (8978) Enve way thoroughfare, and that one way heen given to the local hospitals. is up. Yet all day long cars go

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Yes, the snow on their boots!!! indeed: you can't get away from facts like that, and I personally

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Diary of Coming Events.

To-day. (July 20.)

Sunday.. (July 1.)

Eighth Sunday After Trinity. Goff: Bogey Pool, Fanling, Chinese Recreation Club Meeting,

Golf: Bogey Pool, Fanling. Lawn Bowls:-Div. I.: Police v. Civil Service, Kowloon Dock v. Kowloon C.C., Craigengower v2.30pm. Bowling Green, Taikoo v. Recreio, Div. I: Bowling Green v. Ci- gengower, Civil Service v. Yacht. Club, Recreio . Taikoo, Kowloon C.C. . H.K. Flectric.

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Monday.

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Star Theatre: "The Auction (July 29.)....

Block" Queen's Theatre: "Strong Boy."

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